6) New Hampshire
Violent crimes per 100,000: 199.6
Population: 1,323,459
Total 2013 murders: 22 (tied-6th lowest)
Poverty rate: 8.7% (the lowest)
Percentage of adults with high school diploma: 92.8% (2nd highest)
New Hampshire reported 22 murders in 2013. Around 93 percent of New Hampshire residents aged 25 and older had at least a high school diploma in 2013, the second highest rate in the nation. Around 35 percent of adults had at least a bachelor’s degree.
5) Kentucky
Violent crimes per 100,000: 198.8
Population: 4,395,295
Total 2013 murders: 167 (24th highest)
Poverty rate: 18.8% (6th highest)
Percentage of adults with high school diploma: 84.1% (5th lowest)
A typical family in this Bluegrass State made $43,399, around one of the lowest median incomes in the United States of America. Around 19 percent of Kentucky’s residents lived in poverty, more than 3 percentage points above the national rate. Relatively poor socioeconomic conditions have not exacerbated criminal activity in this state.
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