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About the Midwest: Livability

Crime Rate

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Crimes per
100,000 people

15

Iowa

2,813.3

18

Wisconsin

3,040.7

24

Minnesota

3,251.4



State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Crimes per
100,000 people

1

South Dakota

1,766.9

2

North Dakota

2,033.9

3

New Hampshire

2,034.7

4

New York

2,075.5

5

New Jersey

2,343.8

6

Idaho

2,413.3

7

Pennsylvania

2,485.1

8

Vermont

2517.6

9

Massachusetts

2,540.5

10

Connecticut

2,563.1

11

Maine

2,621.9

12

Virginia

2,631.5

13

Kentucky

2,681.7

14

West Virginia

2,718.5

15

Iowa

2,813.3

16

Rhode Island

2,817.4

17

Montana

2,986.2

18

Wisconsin

3,040.7

19

Wyoming

3,097.6

20

Illinois**

3,098.1

21

California

3,205.1

22

Colorado

3,218.7

23

Michigan

3,246.6

24

Minnesota

3,251.4

25

Nebraska

3,401.5

26

Mississippi

3,423.6

27

Delaware

3,557.9

28

Alaska

3,579.8

29

Maryland

3,619.7

30

Indiana

3,634.6

31

Ohio

3,678.2

32

Oklahoma

3,769.7

33

Utah

3,776.8

34

Oregon

3,795.7

35

Kansas

3,947.5

36

New Mexico

3,963.4

37

Nevada

3,968.6

38

Missouri

4,001.0

39

Georgia

4,161.0

40

Arkansas

4,229.0

41

Alabama

4,238.7

42

Washington

4,334.1

43

Florida

4,341.2

44

Louisiana

4,343.9

45

Tennessee

4,349.4

46

North Carolina

4,376.5

47

Texas

4,401.2

48

South Carolina

4,556.8

49

Hawaii

4,564.7

50

Arizona

4,729.6



*While this data has been used to compile rank, the Department of Justice warns that such rankings “provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime in a particular town, city, county, state, or region.”

**Limited data available for Illinois.

United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. (September 2008). Crime in the United States, 2007 .