Cook County in Illinois had the highest total homicides — 805 — at a
rate of 15.8 per 100,000 people. It’s the largest county in the Chicago
metro area. The second-most were in California’s Los Angeles County
with 659 homicides, a rate of 6.8 per 100,000 people.
The homicide rate per 100,000 people was highest in Shelby County,
Tennessee, which is part of the Memphis metro area. The county had 372
homicides, or 40.9 per 100,000 people. St. Louis, Missouri, (which
operates independently of the county) had 106 homicides, or 37.6 per
100,000.
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