Average firearm homicide rates per 100,000 people

Texas’ most populous counties had higher firearm homicide rates over the last two decades. But a handful of counties in South and East Texas had disproportionately high rates based on their size.

Note: Counties without data points either didn’t have firearm homicides or had too few to be reported by the CDC. Source: CDC WONDER database, 2000-20 Credit: Caroline Covington