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Table 231.65. | Total number of public school students who brought firearms to or possessed firearms at school and number of students who did this per 100,000 students enrolled, by state or jurisdiction: 2009-10 through 2016-17 |
State or jurisdiction | Total number of students who brought firearms to or possessed firearms at school | Number of students who did this per 100,000 students enrolled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | |||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||||
United States | 2,660 | 2,534 | 2,687 | 2,936 | 3,048 | 2,888 | 3,186 | 3,272 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.5 | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 52 | 39 | 12 | 91 | 97 | 67 | 100 | 70 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 13.4 | 9.4 | ||||||||||||
Alaska | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 33 | 33 | 43 | 39 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 79 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 7.0 | ||||||||||||
Arkansas | 97 | 114 | 105 | 115 | 113 | 123 | 112 | 142 | 20.2 | 23.6 | 21.7 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 25.1 | 22.8 | 28.8 | ||||||||||||
California | 375 | 238 | 157 | 323 | 316 | 321 | 380 | 346 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||
Colorado | 47 | 65 | 67 | 42 | 45 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
Connecticut | 35 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 24 | 36 | 41 | 40 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||||||||||||
Delaware | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 7 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 72 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 66.3 | 0.0 | 92.1 | 23.5 | 15.5 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||
Florida | 104 | 113 | 105 | 96 | 120 | 134 | 146 | 131 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||||||||||||
Georgia | 169 | 180 | 141 | 179 | 134 | 122 | 185 | 204 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 11.6 | ||||||||||||
Hawaii | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.7 | 13.8 | ||||||||||||
Idaho | 25 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 22 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 184 | 177 | 189 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.3 | ||||||||||||
Indiana | 50 | 33 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 56 | 81 | 67 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||
Iowa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 7.1 | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 89 | 40 | 30 | 48 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 51 | 18.8 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 10.3 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 22 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 45 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
Louisiana | 198 | 188 | 162 | 194 | 214 | 143 | 178 | 170 | 28.7 | 27.0 | 23.0 | 27.3 | 30.1 | 19.9 | 24.8 | 23.7 | ||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | ||||||||||||
Maryland | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 77 | 93 | 67 | 108 | 91 | 96 | 60 | 25 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 48 | 110 | 110 | 114 | 70 | 50 | 58 | 44 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 25 | 29 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 71 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 18 | 24 | 38 | 14.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||
Missouri | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
Montana | 23 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 16.2 | 12.0 | 22.5 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.1 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 8 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 19 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 5.9 | ||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 4 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 11.8 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||
New Mexico | 82 | 65 | 53 | 52 | 59 | 25 | 78 | 70 | 24.5 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 7.3 | 23.2 | 20.8 | ||||||||||||
New York | 73 | 1 | 103 | 1 | 253 | 180 | 238 | 247 | 184 | 137 | 2.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 5.0 | ||||||||
North Carolina | 40 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 98 | 84 | 115 | 100 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 6.5 | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 7.9 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 10.1 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 103 | 91 | 75 | 71 | 102 | 88 | 83 | 81 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 49 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 38 | 29 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||
Oregon | 43 | 43 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 42 | 30 | 38 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 6.6 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 52 | 24 | 22 | 34 | 24 | 46 | 18 | 24 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 35 | 10 | 38 | 74 | 108 | 76 | 91 | 102 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 10.1 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 13.2 | ||||||||||||
South Dakota | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9.7 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 6.6 | ||||||||||||
Tennessee | 115 | 42 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 121 | 127 | 11.8 | 4.3 | 2 | 7.5 | 2 | 6.4 | 2 | 5.7 | 2 | 5.7 | 2 | 12.1 | 12.7 | ||
Texas | 108 | 397 | 397 | 397 | 95 | 104 | 107 | 146 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||
Utah | 35 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 101 | — | — | — | 6.1 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 16.1 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Vermont | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2.2 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 59 | 57 | 52 | 50 | 45 | 54 | 53 | 65 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||
Washington | 134 | 33 | 127 | 100 | 91 | 97 | 42 | 125 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 11.3 | ||||||||||||
West Virginia | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 211 | 220 | 281 | 229 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 75.1 | 78.5 | 101.3 | 83.6 | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 31 | 40 | 39 | 47 | 43 | 63 | 51 | 57 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | ||||||||||||
Wyoming | 12 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 13.6 | 15.7 | 10.0 | 24.0 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 24.4 | ||||||||||||
Jurisdiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bureau of Indian Education |
0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
DoDEA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Samoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Guam | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Northern Marianas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 7 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
‡Reporting standards not met (suppressed due to data quality concerns). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Data for New York City Public Schools were not reported. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 Due to data quality concerns, totals exclude students reported under the "other" firearm type category. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, data represent the sum of student counts for all firearm type categories (handguns, rifles/shotguns, other firearms, and multiple types of firearms). DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 086, Data Group 596, extracted August 20, 2018, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source); and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2009-10 through 2016-17. (This table was prepared September 2018.) |