"From 2016 to 2020, the two U.S. counties to experience the most gun
homicides per capita were rural, Phillips County, Ar., with 55.45
age-adjusted homicides per 100,000 people, and Lowndes County, Al.,
with 48.36 age-adjusted homicides per 100,000. During the same years,
13 of the 20 U.S. counties with the most gun homicides per capita were
rural. Some 80 percent of these 20 counties are in states that
received an "F" grade for their weak gun laws, say the Giffords Law
Center to Prevent Gun Violence's 2021 annual state scorecard rankings.
Overall, the total gun death rate for rural communities—when
age-adjusted per 100,000 people—was 40 percent higher than it was for
large metropolitan areas in 2020. The center contends that "despite
negative media attention, many large cities are proportionately safer
from gun violence than their rural counterparts. It notes that
Chicago's Cook County ranks 79th for firearm homicide rates, and
Philadelphia County ranks 38th."
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