1. Results
  3. Race and violent crime:
  4. Correlation Coefficient: 0.662
  5. p < .001
  7. Poverty and violent crime:
  8. CC: 0.331
  9. p = 0.019
  11. Unemployment and violent crime
  12. CC: 0.460
  13. p < .001
  15. HS dropout rate and violent crime
  16. CC: 0.486
  17. p < .001
  19. Population density and violent crime
  20. CC: 0.064
  21. P = 0.659
  24. Stats
  26. State: Alabama,Alaska,Arizona,Arkansas,California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,Florida,Georgia,Hawaii,Idaho,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Kentucky,Louisiana,Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Montana,Nebraska,Nevada,New Hampshire,New Jersey,New Mexico,New York,North Carolina,North Dakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,Oregon,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,South Carolina,South Dakota,Tennessee,Texas,Utah,Vermont,Virginia,Washington,West Virginia,Wisconsin,Wyoming
  28. Poverty Rate (by Household Income): 16.7%,10.0%,15.2%,15.9%,13.2%,11.4%,9.7%,9.2%,11.1%,14.4%,8.6%,9.9%,11.5%,12.6%,11.3%,12.5%,14.8%,18.3%,12.6%,9.7%,10.1%,12.0%,8.1%,20.1%,11.6%,13.8%,9.5%,10.6%,5.6%,6.8%,17.9%,14.5%,13.1%,11.2%,12.3%,15.6%,12.0%,11.2%,12.1%,15.0%,11.8%,15.0%,16.2%,9.2%,7.6%,9.2%,10.2%,15.4%,10.2%,10.6%
  30. % African-American: 26.38%,4.27%,4.16%,15.76%,6.67%,4.28%,10.34%,20.95%,15.91%,30.02%,3.08%,0.95%,14.88%,9.07%,2.68%,6.15%,7.71%,31.98%,1.03%,29.44%,7.02%,14.24%,4.57%,37.30%,11.49%,0.67%,4.50%,8.10%,1.22%,14.46%,2.97%,15.18%,21.60%,1.08%,12.04%,7.96%,2.01%,10.79%,6.36%,28.48%,1.14%,16.78%,11.91%,1.27%,0.87%,19.91%,3.74%,3.58%,6.07%,1.29%
  32. % Latin-American: 3.9%,5.5%,29.6%,6.4%,37.6%,20.7%,13.4%,8.2%,22.5%,8.8%,8.9%,11.2%,15.8%,6.0%,5.0%,10.5%,3.1%,4.2%,1.3%,8.2%,9.6%,4.4%,4.7%,2.7%,3.5%,2.9%,9.2%,26.5%,2.8%,17.7%,46.3%,17.6%,8.4%,2.0%,3.1%,8.9%,11.7%,5.7%,12.4%,5.1%,2.7%,4.6%,37.6%,13.0%,1.5%,7.9%,11.2%,1.2%,5.9%,8.9%
  34. Black+Hispanic %: 30.28%,9.77%,33.76%,22.16%,44.27%,24.98%,23.74%,29.15%,38.41%,38.82%,11.98%,12.15%,30.68%,15.07%,7.68%,16.65%,10.81%,36.18%,2.33%,37.64%,16.62%,18.64%,9.27%,40.00%,14.99%,3.57%,13.70%,34.60%,4.02%,32.16%,49.27%,32.78%,30.00%,3.08%,15.14%,16.86%,13.71%,16.49%,18.76%,33.58%,3.84%,21.38%,49.51%,14.27%,2.37%,27.81%,14.94%,4.78%,11.97%,10.19%
  36. Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted): 6.2,6.5,7.8,7.5,8.5,6.5,7.6,6.5,6.4,7.7,4.4,6.1,8.7,7.3,4.4,5.1,8.2,6.3,6.4,6.4,7.1,8.8,4.6,8.3,6.1,5.2,3.7,9,5.1,7.8,6.4,7.4,7.4,2.6,7.4,5.4,7.3,7.3,9,7.1,3.6,8.1,6.1,4.3,4.4,5.4,6.8,6.1,6.3,4.4
  38. % HS dropouts: 17.9%,8.6%,15.8%,17.6%,19.4%,10.7%,11.4%,12.6%,14.7%,16.1%,9.6%,11.6%,13.6%,13.4%,9.5%,10.2%,18.3%,17.8%,9.8%,11.8%,11.0%,12.1%,8.5%,19.6%,13.2%,9.2%,10.3%,16.1%,8.7%,12.6%,17.2%,15.3%,15.7%,9.9%,12.4%,14.4%,10.9%,12.1%,15.3%,16.4%,10.1%,16.9%,20.1%,9.6%,9.0%,13.4%,10.3%,17.2%,10.2%,8.2%
  40. Population density (inhabitants per square mile):
  41. 94.65,1.264,57.05,56.43,244.2,49.33,741.4,470.7,360.2,172.5,216.8,19.15,231.9,182.5,54.81,35.09,110,105,43.04,606.2,852.1,174.8,67.14,63.5,87.26,6.858,23.97,24.8,147,1205,17.16,415.3,200.6,9.916,282.5,55.22,40.33,285.3,1016,157.1,10.86,156.6,98.07,34.3,67.73,207.3,102.6,77.06,105.2,5.851
  43. Violent crime Per 100,000: 425,688,501,552,533,392,281,682,712,471,281,247,542,315,284,425,263,698,116,679,447,562,312,299,546,254,282,742,139,352,643,435,476,128,350,497,280,439,228,766,171,760,516,224,137,282,346,280,284,240
  46. Sources
  48. poverty by state: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_poverty_rate
  50. blacks by state: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_African-American_population
  52. hispanics by state: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans#Population_by_state_or_territory
  54. unemployment by state: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_unemployment_rate
  56. % without HS degrees by state: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_educational_attainment#High_School_Degree
  58. population density by state: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density
  60. violent crime by state: http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank21.html