Suicide rates per 100 000 population over 2002–2019 by US state, veteran status and method of suicide
| State | N | Total suicide | Firearm suicide | Non-firearm suicide | ||||
| Veteran | Non-veteran* | Veteran | Non-veteran* | Veteran | Non-veteran* | Veteran | Non-veteran | |
| Alabama | 1 232 667 | 2 340 530 | 30.1 (28.9 to 31.4) | 31.1 (30.1 to 32.0) | 23.9 (22.8 to 25.1) | 24.6 (23.7 to 25.4) | 6.2 (5.6 to 6.7) | 6.5 (6.1 to 6.9) |
| Alaska | 218 333 | 400 654 | 32.9 (29.8 to 36.0) | 36.7 (34.3 to 39.2) | 25.7 (23.0 to 28.5) | 25.7 (23.7 to 27.7) | 7.2 (5.7 to 8.6) | 11.0 (9.7 to 12.4) |
| Arizona | 1 613 667 | 2 558 370 | 39.2 (37.9 to 40.4) | 38.3 (37.3 to 39.3) | 29.0 (27.9 to 30.0) | 26.9 (26.0 to 27.7) | 10.2 (9.6 to 10.9) | 11.5 (10.9 to 12.0) |
| Arkansas | 750 833 | 1 378 019 | 34.9 (33.1 to 36.6) | 33.5 (32.2 to 34.7) | 25.4 (23.9 to 26.8) | 25.9 (24.8 to 27.0) | 9.5 (8.6 to 10.4) | 7.6 (7.0 to 8.2) |
| California | 6 136 333 | 16 187 315 | 26.5 (26.0 to 27.0) | 25.0 (24.7 to 25.3) | 15.9 (15.5 to 16.3) | 13.4 (13.2 to 13.7) | 10.6 (10.3 to 10.9) | 11.6 (11.3 to 11.8) |
| Colorado | 1 261 667 | 2 280 441 | 38.4 (37.0 to 39.8) | 37.3 (36.3 to 38.3) | 24.9 (23.8 to 26.1) | 23.2 (22.4 to 24.0) | 13.5 (12.7 to 14.3) | 14.1 (13.5 to 14.7) |
| Connecticut | 698 167 | 1 346 120 | 18.7 (17.4 to 20.1) | 20.6 (19.6 to 21.6) | 8.8 (7.9 to 9.7) | 9.1 (8.5 to 9.8) | 9.9 (9.0 to 10.9) | 11.5 (10.7 to 12.2) |
| Delaware | 234 500 | 394 426 | 20.6 (18.2 to 23.0) | 24.8 (22.8 to 26.9) | 12.9 (11.1 to 14.8) | 13.9 (12.4 to 15.4) | 7.7 (6.2 to 9.1) | 10.9 (9.6 to 12.2) |
| Florida | 5 080 333 | 9 542 776 | 31.9 (31.2 to 32.5) | 32.7 (32.2 to 33.2) | 21.8 (21.3 to 22.4) | 20.1 (19.7 to 20.4) | 10.1 (9.7 to 10.4) | 12.6 (12.3 to 12.9) |
| Georgia | 2 223 500 | 4 910 396 | 26.0 (25.1 to 26.8) | 27.6 (27.0 to 28.2) | 19.8 (19.0 to 20.5) | 20.3 (19.8 to 20.8) | 6.2 (5.8 to 6.6) | 7.3 (7.0 to 7.6) |
| Hawaii | 360 833 | 782 736 | 17.2 (15.5 to 19.0) | 23.8 (22.5 to 25.2) | 5.7 (4.7 to 6.7) | 5.6 (5.0 to 6.3) | 11.5 (10.1 to 13.0) | 18.2 (17.0 to 19.4) |
| Idaho | 392 500 | 646 455 | 39.7 (37.2 to 42.3) | 42.8 (40.8 to 44.9) | 30.0 (27.8 to 32.2) | 31.9 (30.2 to 33.7) | 9.8 (8.5 to 11.0) | 10.9 (9.8 to 11.9) |
| Illinois | 2 329 667 | 5 178 346 | 22.6 (21.8 to 23.4) | 21.0 (20.5 to 21.6) | 13.4 (12.8 to 14.0) | 10.6 (10.2 to 10.9) | 9.2 (8.7 to 9.7) | 10.5 (10.1 to 10.8) |
| Indiana | 1 476 000 | 2 833 829 | 27.8 (26.7 to 28.9) | 30.2 (29.4 to 31.1) | 19.3 (18.3 to 20.2) | 20.4 (19.7 to 21.1) | 8.5 (7.9 to 9.2) | 9.8 (9.4 to 10.3) |
| Iowa | 723 167 | 1 315 099 | 27.7 (26.1 to 29.2) | 25.6 (24.4 to 26.7) | 17.0 (15.7 to 18.2) | 15.5 (14.6 to 16.4) | 10.7 (9.7 to 11.7) | 10.1 (9.4 to 10.8) |
| Kansas | 688 167 | 1 273 271 | 30.5 (28.9 to 32.2) | 31.5 (30.2 to 32.8) | 20.6 (19.2 to 22.0) | 21.6 (20.5 to 22.6) | 10.0 (9.0 to 10.9) | 9.9 (9.2 to 10.6) |
| Kentucky | 1 007 833 | 2 131 903 | 34.2 (32.7 to 35.7) | 33.5 (32.5 to 34.5) | 25.5 (24.3 to 26.8) | 25.5 (24.6 to 26.4) | 8.6 (7.9 to 9.4) | 8.0 (7.5 to 8.5) |
| Louisiana | 994 667 | 2 329 063 | 27.3 (26.0 to 28.6) | 27.2 (26.3 to 28.0) | 21.2 (20.1 to 22.4) | 20.6 (19.8 to 21.3) | 6.0 (5.4 to 6.7) | 6.6 (6.2 to 7.0) |
| Maine | 397 833 | 624 969 | 31.6 (29.3 to 33.8) | 33.9 (32.0 to 35.8) | 21.3 (19.4 to 23.1) | 22.6 (21.1 to 24.2) | 10.3 (9.0 to 11.6) | 11.3 (10.2 to 12.3) |
| Maryland | 1 349 500 | 2 865 598 | 19.3 (18.4 to 20.3) | 21.6 (20.9 to 22.3) | 12.3 (11.5 to 13.0) | 12.6 (12.1 to 13.1) | 7.1 (6.5 to 7.6) | 9.0 (8.6 to 9.5) |
| Massachusetts | 1 240 667 | 2 437 486 | 17.1 (16.1 to 18.0) | 17.2 (16.5 to 17.8) | 6.6 (6.0 to 7.2) | 5.6 (5.2 to 5.9) | 10.5 (9.7 to 11.2) | 11.6 (11.0 to 12.1) |
| Michigan | 2 163 500 | 4 223 368 | 27.0 (26.1 to 27.9) | 26.5 (25.9 to 27.2) | 17.8 (17.1 to 18.6) | 17.2 (16.7 to 17.7) | 9.2 (8.7 to 9.7) | 9.3 (9.0 to 9.7) |
| Minnesota | 1 165 833 | 2 008 987 | 25.4 (24.2 to 26.6) | 22.6 (21.8 to 23.5) | 15.2 (14.3 to 16.1) | 13.7 (13.0 to 14.4) | 10.2 (9.5 to 11.0) | 8.9 (8.4 to 9.5) |
| Mississippi | 652 333 | 1 522 566 | 31.6 (29.8 to 33.3) | 27.7 (26.7 to 28.8) | 25.6 (24.0 to 27.2) | 22.1 (21.1 to 23.0) | 6.0 (5.2 to 6.7) | 5.7 (5.2 to 6.2) |
| Missouri | 1 522 167 | 2 530 426 | 33.2 (32.0 to 34.4) | 31.9 (31.0 to 32.8) | 24.0 (23.0 to 25.0) | 22.8 (22.1 to 23.6) | 9.2 (8.6 to 9.9) | 9.1 (8.6 to 9.6) |
| Montana | 300 333 | 466 980 | 48.9 (45.7 to 52.2) | 41.8 (39.4 to 44.2) | 36.6 (33.8 to 39.4) | 30.0 (28.0 to 32.0) | 12.4 (10.8 to 14.0) | 11.8 (10.5 to 13.0) |
| Nebraska | 442 500 | 762 408 | 25.4 (23.5 to 27.3) | 23.3 (21.9 to 24.7) | 17.4 (15.8 to 19.0) | 15.1 (14.0 to 16.3) | 8.0 (6.9 to 9.1) | 8.2 (7.4 to 9.1) |
| Nevada | 696 167 | 1 164 937 | 46.3 (44.2 to 48.4) | 46.5 (44.9 to 48.1) | 31.0 (29.3 to 32.7) | 31.0 (29.7 to 32.3) | 15.3 (14.1 to 16.5) | 15.5 (14.6 to 16.4) |
| New Hampshire | 355 833 | 533 053 | 28.4 (26.2 to 30.7) | 31.8 (29.9 to 33.8) | 18.3 (16.5 to 20.1) | 18.7 (17.2 to 20.2) | 10.2 (8.8 to 11.5) | 13.2 (11.9 to 14.4) |
| New Jersey | 1 416 667 | 3 169 054 | 16.4 (15.6 to 17.3) | 17.3 (16.7 to 17.9) | 8.0 (7.4 to 8.6) | 6.6 (6.3 to 7.0) | 8.4 (7.8 to 9.1) | 10.6 (10.1 to 11.1) |
| New Mexico | 519 333 | 924 103 | 41.1 (38.9 to 43.4) | 40.9 (39.2 to 42.5) | 28.8 (26.9 to 30.7) | 28.0 (26.7 to 29.4) | 12.4 (11.1 to 13.6) | 12.8 (11.9 to 13.7) |
| New York | 2 988 833 | 8 186 276 | 18.3 (17.7 to 18.9) | 16.4 (16.1 to 16.8) | 9.7 (9.2 to 10.1) | 6.4 (6.2 to 6.7) | 8.6 (8.2 to 9.0) | 10.0 (9.7 to 10.3) |
| North Carolina | 2 301 500 | 4 877 939 | 25.9 (25.1 to 26.8) | 27.6 (27.0 to 28.2) | 18.7 (18.0 to 19.4) | 19.8 (19.2 to 20.3) | 7.2 (6.7 to 7.6) | 7.8 (7.5 to 8.2) |
| North Dakota | 178 000 | 386 620 | 30.1 (26.9 to 33.4) | 25.7 (23.7 to 27.8) | 20.3 (17.6 to 23.0) | 16.7 (15.1 to 18.4) | 9.8 (8.0 to 11.7) | 9.0 (7.8 to 10.2) |
| Ohio | 2 773 667 | 5 089 117 | 26.8 (26.0 to 27.6) | 27.1 (26.5 to 27.7) | 18.0 (17.3 to 18.6) | 17.5 (17.1 to 18.0) | 8.8 (8.4 to 9.3) | 9.6 (9.2 to 9.9) |
| Oklahoma | 997 833 | 1 689 913 | 33.6 (32.1 to 35.0) | 35.8 (34.6 to 37.0) | 24.3 (23.1 to 25.6) | 26.2 (25.2 to 27.2) | 9.3 (8.5 to 10.0) | 9.6 (9.0 to 10.2) |
| Oregon | 1 021 833 | 1 615 474 | 39.6 (38.0 to 41.2) | 39.1 (37.8 to 40.3) | 27.7 (26.3 to 29.0) | 26.2 (25.2 to 27.3) | 11.9 (11.1 to 12.8) | 12.9 (12.1 to 13.6) |
| Pennsylvania | 2 992 667 | 4 887 119 | 27.5 (26.7 to 28.3) | 28.7 (28.0 to 29.3) | 18.2 (17.6 to 18.8) | 18.4 (17.9 to 18.9) | 9.3 (8.9 to 9.7) | 10.2 (9.8 to 10.6) |
| Rhode Island | 230 500 | 407 748 | 20.6 (18.2 to 23.0) | 19.1 (17.4 to 20.9) | 9.0 (7.5 to 10.6) | 5.9 (5.0 to 6.9) | 11.6 (9.8 to 13.4) | 13.2 (11.8 to 14.6) |
| South Carolina | 1 237 000 | 2 245 273 | 27.6 (26.4 to 28.8) | 29.4 (28.5 to 30.3) | 20.4 (19.4 to 21.5) | 22.0 (21.2 to 22.8) | 7.2 (6.5 to 7.8) | 7.4 (6.9 to 7.8) |
| South Dakota | 223 667 | 393 370 | 30.6 (27.7 to 33.6) | 27.7 (25.6 to 29.8) | 20.0 (17.6 to 22.4) | 18.6 (16.9 to 20.4) | 10.6 (8.8 to 12.3) | 9.1 (7.9 to 10.3) |
| Tennessee | 1 529 000 | 3 135 056 | 32.3 (31.1 to 33.5) | 33.7 (32.9 to 34.5) | 24.1 (23.1 to 25.1) | 25.4 (24.7 to 26.1) | 8.2 (7.6 to 8.8) | 8.3 (7.9 to 8.7) |
| Texas | 5 022 667 | 11 919 450 | 28.4 (27.8 to 29.0) | 24.9 (24.6 to 25.3) | 20.7 (20.2 to 21.2) | 17.4 (17.1 to 17.7) | 7.8 (7.4 to 8.1) | 7.5 (7.3 to 7.8) |
| Utah | 446 833 | 872 824 | 39.3 (36.9 to 41.7) | 38.6 (36.9 to 40.3) | 26.1 (24.2 to 28.0) | 25.8 (24.4 to 27.2) | 13.2 (11.8 to 14.6) | 12.8 (11.8 to 13.7) |
| Vermont | 145 667 | 289 160 | 35.0 (31.1 to 38.9) | 36.1 (33.3 to 39.0) | 23.5 (20.2 to 26.7) | 25.3 (22.9 to 27.7) | 11.6 (9.3 to 13.8) | 10.8 (9.3 to 12.4) |
| Virginia | 2 301 167 | 4 454 124 | 23.3 (22.5 to 24.1) | 27.4 (26.8 to 28.0) | 16.3 (15.6 to 17.0) | 18.8 (18.2 to 19.3) | 7.0 (6.6 to 7.5) | 8.6 (8.3 to 9.0) |
| Washington | 1 850 000 | 3 021 506 | 28.6 (27.6 to 29.6) | 33.3 (32.5 to 34.1) | 18.2 (17.4 to 19.0) | 21.0 (20.3 to 21.7) | 10.4 (9.8 to 11.0) | 12.3 (11.8 to 12.8) |
| West Virginia | 494 500 | 883 590 | 36.4 (34.3 to 38.6) | 35.2 (33.6 to 36.8) | 29.0 (27.0 to 30.9) | 27.8 (26.3 to 29.2) | 7.5 (6.5 to 8.5) | 7.5 (6.7 to 8.2) |
| Wisconsin | 1 289 833 | 2 392 773 | 28.4 (27.3 to 29.6) | 25.7 (24.9 to 26.5) | 17.7 (16.8 to 18.7) | 15.6 (15.0 to 16.3) | 10.7 (10.0 to 11.5) | 10.1 (9.6 to 10.6) |
| Wyoming | 146 167 | 277 438 | 52.5 (47.7 to 57.2) | 44.7 (41.5 to 47.9) | 40.0 (35.8 to 44.2) | 34.2 (31.4 to 37.0) | 12.4 (10.1 to 14.8) | 10.5 (9.0 to 12.1) |
Note: 95% CIs are in parenthesis. Population sizes (N) are average populations across the 3-year intervals.
*Non-veterans are weighted to match to the veteran population on age and gender and are not representative of the broader state populations. Non-veteran N is the effective sample size of the weighted non-veteran population.