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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 2019-20
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
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
United States 2,660   2,534   2,687   2,936   3,048   2,888   3,186 3,272 3,482 2,939   2,431 5.4   5.1   5.4   5.9   6.1   5.7   6.3 6.5 6.9 5.8   4.8
Alabama 52   39   12   91   97   67   100 70 40 40   17 6.9   5.2   1.6   12.2   13.0   9.0   13.4 9.4 5.4 5.4   2.3
Alaska 8   3   6   5   4   4   7 7 10 8   8 6.1   2.3   4.6   3.8   3.1   3.0   5.3 5.3 7.5 6.1   6.1
Arizona 33   33   43   39   34   36   29 79 41 27   10 3.1   3.1   4.0   3.6   3.1   3.2   2.6 7.0 3.7 2.4   0.9
Arkansas 97   114   105   115   113   123   112 142 148 126   69 20.2   23.6   21.7   23.7   23.1   25.1   22.8 28.8 29.8 25.4   13.9
California 375   238   157   323   316   321   380 346 376 310   261 6.0   3.8   2.5   5.1   5.0   5.1   6.0 5.5 6.0 4.9   4.2

Colorado
47   65   67   42   45   22   27 30 48 51   46 5.6   7.7   7.8   4.9   5.1   2.5   3.0 3.3 5.3 5.6   5.0
Connecticut 35   40   42   45   24   36   41 40 22 23   16 6.2   7.1   7.6   8.2   4.4   6.6   7.6 7.5 4.1 4.4   3.1
Delaware 8   6   2   3   7   3   7 3 6 8   7 6.3   4.6   1.6   2.3   5.3   2.2   5.2 2.2 4.4 5.8   5.0
District of Columbia 7   6   49   0   72   19   13 11 14 11   14 10.1   8.4   66.3   0.0   92.1   23.5   15.5 12.8 16.0 12.4   15.6
Florida 104   113   105   96   120   134   146 131 172 181   188 3.9   4.3   3.9   3.6   4.4   4.9   5.2 4.7 6.1 6.4   6.6

Georgia
169   180   141   179   134   122   185 204 203 167   137 10.1   10.7   8.4   10.5   7.8   7.0   10.5 11.6 11.5 9.4   7.7
Hawaii 8   2   1   1   0   0   34 25 26 21   17 4.4   1.1   0.5   0.5   0.0   0.0   18.7 13.8 14.4 11.6   9.4
Idaho 25   0   17   5   7   6   9 8 7 2   5 9.0   0.0   6.1   1.8   2.4   2.1   3.1 2.7 2.3 0.6   1.6
Illinois 22   7   7   5   5   184   177 189 190 57 1 230 1.0   0.3   0.3   0.2   0.2   9.0   8.7 9.3 9.5 2.9 1 11.8
Indiana 50   33   48   49   51   56   81 67 74 72   57 4.8   3.2   4.6   4.7   4.9   5.4   7.7 6.4 7.0 6.8   5.4

Iowa
5   2   3   4   3   3   1 36 38 58   19 1.0   0.4   0.6   0.8   0.6   0.6   0.2 7.1 7.4 11.3   3.7
Kansas 89   40   30   48   40   35   35 51 42 50   27 18.8   8.3   6.2   9.8   8.1   7.0   7.1 10.3 8.4 10.0   5.4
Kentucky 22   19   23   36   45   50   52 58 45 34   44 3.2   2.8   3.4   5.3   6.6   7.3   7.6 8.5 6.6 5.0   6.4
Louisiana 198   188   162   194   214   143   178 170 179 148   148 28.7   27.0   23.0   27.3   30.1   19.9   24.8 23.7 25.0 20.8   20.8
Maine 2   2   4   2   0   1   0 3 6 8   2 1.1   1.1   2.1   1.1   0.0   0.5   0.0 1.7 3.3 4.4   1.1

Maryland
9   12   12   11   7   8   9 14 15 12   13 1.1   1.4   1.4   1.3   0.8   0.9   1.0 1.6 1.7 1.3   1.4
Massachusetts 77   93   67   108   91   96   60 25 22 25   8 8.0   9.7   7.0   11.3   9.5   10.0   6.2 2.6 2.3 2.6   0.8
Michigan 48   110   110   114   70   50   58 44 134 85   64 2.9   6.9   7.0   7.3   4.5   3.3   3.8 2.9 8.8 5.7   4.3
Minnesota 25   29   14   21   32   26   30 28 33 18   21 3.0   3.5   1.7   2.5   3.8   3.0   3.5 3.2 3.7 2.0   2.4
Mississippi 71   32   32   39   49   18   24 38 18 9   14 14.4   6.5   6.5   7.9   9.9   3.7   4.9 7.9 3.8 1.9   3.0

Missouri
12   9   4   8   5   9   8 9 9 4   3 1.3   1.0   0.4   0.9   0.5   1.0   0.9 1.0 1.0 0.4   0.3
Montana 23   17   32   15   16   13   16 9 12 9   8 16.2   12.0   22.5   10.5   11.1   9.0   11.0 6.1 8.0 6.0   5.3
Nebraska 8   14   11   17   16   17   10 12 19 23   12 2.7   4.7   3.7   5.6   5.2   5.4   3.2 3.8 5.9 7.0   3.6
Nevada 19   20   23   25   26   12   9 28 28 28   31 4.4   4.6   5.2   5.6   5.8   2.6   1.9 5.9 5.8 5.7   6.2
New Hampshire 4   10   19   17   22   13   9 8 16 5   8 2.0   5.1   9.9   9.0   11.8   7.0   4.9 4.4 8.9 2.8   4.5

New Jersey
6   5   6   9   5   7   3 7 8 6   6 0.4   0.4   0.4   0.7   0.4   0.5   0.2 0.5 0.6 0.4   0.4
New Mexico 82   65   53   52   59   25   78 70 58 39   45 24.5   19.2   15.7   15.4   17.4   7.3   23.2 20.8 17.3 11.7   13.6
New York 73 2 103 2 253   180   238   247   184 137 277 265   119 2.6 2 3.8 2 9.4   6.6   8.7   9.0   6.8 5.0 10.2 9.8   4.4
North Carolina 40   72   67   75   98   84   115 100 124 117   88 2.7   4.8   4.4   4.9   6.4   5.4   7.4 6.5 8.0 7.5   5.6
North Dakota 5   15   14   8   15   4   11 4 18 9   4 5.3   15.6   14.3   7.9   14.4   3.8   10.1 3.6 16.1 7.9   3.4

Ohio
103   91   75   71   102   88   83 81 70 58   39 5.8   5.2   4.3   4.1   5.9   5.1   4.8 4.7 4.1 3.4   2.3
Oklahoma 49   17   25   32   23   29   38 29 41 33   33 7.5   2.6   3.8   4.8   3.4   4.2   5.5 4.2 5.9 4.7   4.7
Oregon 43   43   59   47   37   42   30 38 51 43   22 7.4   7.5   10.4   8.0   6.2   7.0   4.9 6.3 8.4 7.1   3.6
Pennsylvania 52   24   22   34   24   46   18 24 27 22   17 2.9   1.3   1.2   1.9   1.4   2.6   1.0 1.4 1.6 1.3   1.0
Rhode Island 3   8   2   0   2   0   5 9 0 5   1 2.1   5.6   1.4   0.0   1.4   0.0   3.5 6.3 0.0 3.5   0.7

South Carolina
35   10   38   74   108   76   91 102 117 90   48 4.8   1.4   5.2   10.1   14.5   10.0   11.9 13.2 15.0 11.5   6.1
South Dakota 12   6   10   13   5   1   10 9 16 10   4 9.7   4.8   7.8   10.0   3.8   0.8   7.4 6.6 11.6 7.2   2.9
Tennessee 115   42 1 75 1 64 1 57 1 57 1 121 127 128 99   86 11.8   4.3 1 7.5 1 6.4 1 5.7 1 5.7 1 12.1 12.7 12.8 9.8   8.5
Texas 108   397   397   397   95   104   107 146 195 182   150 2.2   8.0   7.9   7.8   1.8   2.0   2.0 2.7 3.6 3.3   2.7
Utah 35         101   ---   --- --- 47 117   66 6.1         16.1   ---   --- --- 7.0 17.3   9.6

Vermont
2   9   4   3   11   4   5 5 5 1   3 2.2   9.3   4.4   3.3   12.4   4.6   5.7 5.7 5.7 1.1   3.5
Virginia 59   57   52   50   45   54   53 65 73 51   57 4.7   4.6   4.1   4.0   3.5   4.2   4.1 5.1 5.7 4.0   4.4
Washington 134   33   127   100   91   97   42 125 156 111   90 12.9   3.2   12.1   9.5   8.6   9.0   3.9 11.3 14.0 9.9   7.9
West Virginia 9   7   12   1   211   220   281 229 19 13   14 3.2   2.5   4.2   0.4   75.1   78.5   101.3 83.6 7.0 4.9   5.3
Wisconsin 31   40   39   47   43   63   51 57 55 41   26 3.6   4.6   4.5   5.4   4.9   7.2   5.9 6.6 6.4 4.8   3.0
Wyoming 12   14   9   22   13   13   13 23 4 7   9 13.6   15.7   10.0   24.0   14.0   13.8   13.7 24.4 4.2 7.4   9.5

Bureau of Indian
    Education
0   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- 1 1 1   --- 0.0   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- 2.2 2.2 2.3   ---

DoDEA3
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Other jurisdictions
                                                                       
American Samoa ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- --- --- ---   --- ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- --- --- ---   ---
Guam ---   ---   ---   ---   0   0   0 0 0 1   0 ---   ---   ---   ---   0.0   0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4   0.0
Northern Marianas ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- --- --- ---   --- ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   --- --- --- ---   ---
Puerto Rico 7   24   16   10   4   0   2 12 7 10   7 1.4   5.1   3.5   2.3   0.9   0.0   0.5 3.3 2.0 3.3   2.4
U.S. Virgin Islands 0   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   0 0 0 0   0 0.0   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0   0.0
---Not available.
‡Reporting standards not met (suppressed due to data quality concerns).
1 Due to data quality concerns, totals exclude students reported under the "other" firearm type category.
2 Data for New York City Public Schools were not reported.
3 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
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).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 086, Data Group 596, extracted November 3, 2021, 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 2019-20. (This table was prepared November 2021.)

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