8) Utah
Violent crimes per 100,000: 209.2
Population: 2,900,872
Total 2013 murders: 49 (14th lowest)
Poverty rate: 12.7% (14th lowest)
Percentage of adults with high school diploma: 91.5% (tied-9th highest)
Utah recorded 49 murders in 2013. At 12.7 percent, the poverty rate is fourteenth lowest. Despite low poverty rates, the state witnessed a rise in violent crime rate between 2012 and 2013. This is mainly due to 10.7 percent increase in reported robberies.
7) Idaho
Violent crimes per 100,000: 204.7
Population: 1,612,136
Total 2013 murders: 27 (9th lowest)
Poverty rate: 15.6% (25th highest)
Percentage of adults with high school diploma: 89.4% (tied-21st highest)
Idaho’s population is 1,612,136. Poverty rate in Idaho is 15.6 percent. Violent crime rate fell by more than 2 percent between 2012 and 2013 to about 204.7 per 100,000 residents. While rape and aggravated assault rates were among the lowest in the US, they accounted for the majority of the violent crimes reported.
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