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Number of Hate Groups Per One Million People By Region/State
Yearly number of SPLC-identified United States
Hate Groups per 1,000,000 persons, by Region/State: 1998-2007
Region/State |
Year/Number of Active Hate Groups |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Northeast: |
0.73 |
0.69 |
1.03 |
1.18 |
1.44 |
1.32 |
1.23 |
1.07 |
1.46 |
1.40 |
... |
Connecticut |
0.61 |
0.61 |
0.88 |
1.75 |
2.61 |
2.31 |
1.15 |
1.44 |
2.01 |
1.72 |
Maine |
0 |
0.80 |
0.78 |
0 |
0.77 |
0.77 |
1.52 |
0 |
2.28 |
0.76 |
Massachusetts |
1.63 |
0.97 |
0.95 |
1.56 |
1.56 |
1.09 |
1.71 |
1.55 |
1.24 |
1.39 |
New Hampshire |
0.84 |
0.83 |
0.81 |
0.80 |
1.57 |
1.56 |
0.77 |
1.54 |
3.82 |
3.05 |
New York |
0.44 |
0.66 |
1.21 |
1.10 |
1.30 |
1.25 |
1.09 |
0.98 |
1.24 |
1.34 |
Rhode Island |
1.01* |
0* |
0 |
0.95 |
0.94 |
1.87 |
0.93 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Vermont |
1.69* |
0* |
0* |
0* |
0* |
0* |
1.62* |
0* |
3.22* |
1.61* |
... |
Mid-Atlantic: |
2.65 |
2.18 |
2.21 |
2.49 |
2.39 |
2.89 |
3.16 |
3.07 |
3.15 |
3.32 |
... |
Delaware |
1.34* |
1.33* |
2.55* |
2.52* |
0* |
1.23* |
3.63* |
3.58* |
2.35* |
2.32* |
Maryland |
2.53 |
2.51 |
1.51 |
1.49 |
2.21 |
1.46 |
1.62 |
1.79 |
1.78 |
1.25 |
New Jersey |
0.86 |
0.61 |
1.43 |
2.24 |
2.34 |
3.61 |
3.60 |
2.90 |
3.94 |
3.93 |
Pennsylvania |
2.25 |
1.58 |
2.12 |
2.04 |
1.79 |
2.35 |
2.59 |
2.19 |
2.18 |
2.66 |
Virginia |
2.80 |
1.89 |
3.67 |
4.03 |
3.44 |
3.40 |
3.89 |
4.37 |
3.93 |
4.42 |
Washington, D.C. |
1.92* |
1.93* |
5.24* |
5.19* |
5.18* |
8.66* |
8.63* |
12.03* |
10.25* |
13.61* |
West Virginia |
3.86 |
5.53 |
1.66 |
2.78 |
3.33 |
4.44 |
4.99 |
5.54 |
4.98 |
3.87 |
... |
South: |
2.64 |
2.27 |
3.26 |
3.69 |
3.90 |
4.13 |
4.07 |
4.13 |
4.13 |
4.12 |
... |
Alabama |
5.98 |
7.55 |
8.77 |
8.07 |
7.61 |
5.35 |
5.99 |
4.63 |
4.80 |
5.19 |
Arkansas |
5.12 |
5.10 |
6.73 |
4.83 |
7.77 |
7.73 |
8.39 |
7.95 |
6.78 |
6.36 |
Florida |
2.55 |
2.05 |
2.44 |
2.63 |
2.64 |
2.30 |
2.48 |
2.82 |
2.66 |
2.69 |
Georgia |
2.62 |
2.05 |
3.66 |
3.68 |
3.61 |
6.18 |
4.60 |
4.40 |
4.72 |
4.41 |
Kentucky |
2.54 |
2.27 |
1.98 |
2.21 |
2.94 |
1.95 |
3.14 |
3.12 |
2.86 |
3.07 |
Louisiana |
2.75 |
2.74 |
4.25 |
3.81 |
4.47 |
5.79 |
5.98 |
6.41 |
5.60 |
5.12 |
Mississippi |
5.09 |
4.33 |
9.49 |
13.67 |
9.45 |
9.42 |
9.01 |
9.32 |
9.67 |
9.59 |
North Carolina |
2.78 |
2.61 |
3.35 |
2.80 |
3.73 |
3.92 |
4.34 |
4.04 |
3.73 |
3.10 |
Oklahoma |
2.70 |
2.08 |
1.45 |
1.15 |
1.72 |
2.00 |
2.85 |
3.97 |
4.48 |
3.60 |
South Carolina |
1.56 |
0.77 |
2.99 |
8.62 |
10.24 |
10.86 |
11.20 |
10.83 |
10.41 |
10.22 |
Tennessee |
2.21 |
1.82 |
2.46 |
2.39 |
4.14 |
4.62 |
5.25 |
6.02 |
5.77 |
6.18 |
Texas |
1.57 |
0.95 |
1.82 |
2.39 |
2.21 |
2.45 |
1.78 |
1.89 |
2.35 |
2.81 |
... |
Region/State |
Year/Number of Active Hate Groups |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Midwest/Plains: |
2.03 |
1.71 |
1.88 |
1.91 |
1.83 |
1.99 |
2.11 |
2.30 |
2.31 |
2.38 |
... |
Illinois |
1.41 |
1.32 |
1.29 |
1.52 |
1.27 |
0.79 |
1.58 |
1.73 |
1.80 |
1.79 |
Indiana |
3.22 |
2.19 |
2.96 |
2.12 |
1.95 |
2.43 |
1.93 |
2.40 |
2.54 |
2.84 |
Iowa |
0 |
0 |
0.68 |
1.02 |
1.02 |
2.05 |
0.68 |
1.02 |
1.35 |
1.34 |
Kansas |
2.27 |
1.13 |
1.49 |
1.48 |
1.84 |
2.20 |
2.56 |
2.92 |
2.18 |
2.52 |
Michigan |
2.44 |
1.52 |
1.41 |
1.40 |
1.69 |
1.69 |
2.18 |
2.48 |
2.48 |
2.59 |
Minnesota |
1.48 |
1.26 |
1.63 |
1.61 |
1.40 |
1.39 |
1.38 |
1.57 |
1.75 |
1.35 |
Missouri |
3.13 |
2.19 |
3.04 |
3.37 |
2.82 |
3.16 |
4.01 |
3.98 |
3.94 |
4.93 |
Nebraska |
2.41 |
5.40 |
2.92 |
2.33 |
2.32 |
2.89 |
2.87 |
2.86 |
2.27 |
1.70 |
North Dakota |
0* |
0* |
1.56* |
1.57* |
1.58* |
1.58* |
0* |
0* |
0* |
1.57* |
Ohio |
1.87 |
2.13 |
2.38 |
2.46 |
2.28 |
2.89 |
2.71 |
2.97 |
2.71 |
2.44 |
South Dakota |
0* |
1.36* |
1.32* |
1.32* |
1.31* |
0* |
0* |
1.28* |
0* |
0* |
Wisconsin |
2.30 |
1.71 |
1.49 |
1.85 |
2.02 |
2.19 |
1.82 |
1.62 |
2.15 |
2.14 |
... |
West: |
1.64 |
1.31 |
1.44 |
1.61 |
1.73 |
1.58 |
1.47 |
1.82 |
2.03 |
2.44 |
... |
Alaska |
0* |
0* |
1.60* |
6.32* |
1.56* |
1.54* |
3.03* |
1.50* |
1.48* |
0* |
Arizona |
1.93 |
2.72 |
1.56 |
1.51 |
1.47 |
1.61 |
1.39 |
2.52 |
1.62 |
2.68 |
California |
1.10 |
0.75 |
0.86 |
1.22 |
1.37 |
1.27 |
1.18 |
1.45 |
1.74 |
2.20 |
Colorado |
1.26 |
1.23 |
1.63 |
1.81 |
1.33 |
1.54 |
2.17 |
2.36 |
2.74 |
2.48 |
Hawaii |
0.84 |
0.84 |
0.83 |
0.82 |
0 |
0.81 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Idaho |
7.31 |
5.59 |
6.96 |
6.81 |
6.71 |
5.14 |
5.03 |
4.21 |
4.79 |
5.35 |
Montana |
5.68* |
4.53* |
4.43* |
4.42* |
2.20* |
3.27* |
2.16* |
4.28* |
5.29* |
6.27 |
Nevada |
1.15 |
0.55 |
4.00 |
2.87 |
4.62 |
2.69 |
3.01 |
4.16 |
4.83 |
4.31 |
New Mexico |
0.58 |
1.15 |
1.65 |
1.09 |
1.08 |
0.54 |
0 |
0 |
1.03 |
1.02 |
Oregon |
3.35 |
1.51 |
1.46 |
2.31 |
1.71 |
2.25 |
1.96 |
1.66 |
2.72 |
2.94 |
Utah |
1.43 |
2.82 |
1.34 |
0.44 |
0.86 |
0.42 |
0.82 |
1.20 |
0.39 |
0.75 |
Washington |
2.99 |
1.91 |
2.04 |
1.67 |
2.64 |
2.13 |
1.46 |
1.76 |
2.67 |
3.10 |
Wyoming |
2.08* |
0* |
2.03* |
2.03* |
6.04* |
6.01* |
5.97* |
9.88* |
3.90* |
3.82* |
... |
Total, United States |
1.99 |
1.68 |
2.14 |
2.37 |
2.46 |
2.58 |
2.60 |
2.71 |
2.82 |
2.94 |
Sources: The Southern Poverty Law Center; U.S. Census.
Note: Figures marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a region with less than
one million persons for a given year.
Yearly number of SPLC-identified United States
Hate Groups per 1,000,000 persons, by Region/State: 2008-2017
Region/State |
Year/Number of Active Hate Groups |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Northeast: |
1.48 |
1.88 |
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... |
Connecticut |
1.43 |
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Maine |
0.76 |
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Massachusetts |
2.00 |
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New Hampshire |
2.28 |
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New York |
1.23 |
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Rhode Island |
1.90 |
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Vermont |
3.22* |
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... |
Mid-Atlantic: |
3.76 |
3.48 |
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... |
Delaware |
4.58* |
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Maryland |
2.31 |
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New Jersey |
4.61 |
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Pennsylvania |
2.97 |
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Virginia |
3.35 |
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Washington, D.C. |
13.52* |
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West Virginia |
7.72 |
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... |
South: |
4.26 |
4.04 |
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... |
Alabama |
7.72 |
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Arkansas |
7.00 |
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Florida |
3.06 |
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Georgia |
4.13 |
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Kentucky |
2.58 |
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Louisiana |
4.99 |
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Mississippi |
7.49 |
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North Carolina |
3.25 |
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Oklahoma |
5.22 |
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South Carolina |
10.05 |
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Tennessee |
6.11 |
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Texas |
2.71 |
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... |
Region/State |
Year/Number of Active Hate Groups |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Midwest/Plains: |
2.37 |
2.65 |
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... |
Illinois |
1.78 |
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Indiana |
2.51 |
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Iowa |
2.66 |
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Kansas |
2.85 |
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Michigan |
2.30 |
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Minnesota |
1.53 |
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Missouri |
5.07 |
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Nebraska |
2.24 |
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North Dakota |
1.56* |
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Ohio |
2.00 |
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South Dakota |
4.97* |
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Wisconsin |
1.78 |
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... |
West: |
2.41 |
2.35 |
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... |
Alaska |
0* |
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Arizona |
2.92 |
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California |
2.29 |
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Colorado |
3.04 |
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Hawaii |
0 |
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Idaho |
4.59 |
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Montana |
6.20* |
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Nevada |
5.00 |
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New Mexico |
5.04 |
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Oregon |
1.85 |
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Utah |
1.83 |
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Washington |
1.83 |
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Wyoming |
3.75* |
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... |
Total, United States |
3.05 |
3.04 |
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Sources: The Southern Poverty Law Center; U.S. Census.
Note: Figures marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a region with less than
one million persons for a given year.






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