We were a little surprised on this one.
The Institute for Economics and Peace just released its newest U.S. Peace Index, which rates states by their level of peacefulness. They come up with this list by looking at five factors: (1) number of homicides per 100,000 people, (2) number of violent crimes per 100,000 people, (3) number of people in jail per 100,000 people, (4) number of police officers per 100,000 people and (5) general availability of small arms.
The national average is 2.056, almost a full point lower than #10 on this list.
A list of the top ten least-peaceful states follows:
1. Louisiana
2. Tennessee
3. Nevada
4. Florida
5. Alabama
6. Texas
7. Arkansas
8. Oklahoma
9. South Carolina
10. Maryland
Here are the top ten most-peaceful states:
1. Maine
2. New Hampshire
3. Vermont
4. Minnesota
5. North Dakota
6. Utah
7. Massachusetts
8. Rhode Island
9. Iowa
10. Washington
Posted By: Siebra Muhammad
Sunday, April 17th 2011 at 2:50PM
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