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. Three of these states we might have guessed would make, but the others threw us for a loop. Flip through and let us know if any of them shocked you.
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You Might Need To Move: The Top 10 Most Violent States (New York Didn’t Make The List!)
