Trends in Hate
box TRENDS, MAIN PAGE box HATE GROUP TRENDS box HATE GROUPS AND TRENDS BY GROUP AND BY REGION box NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS BY REGION AND BY TYPE OF GROUP
box PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE IN NUMBER OF GROUPS BY REGION AND BY TYPE OF GROUP box NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS PER 1 MLLION PEOPLE BY REGION/STATE box STATE/REGION RANKINGS OF NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS PER 1 MLLION PEOPLE box SPECIFIC HATE GROUPS BROKEN DOWN

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Connecticut

1.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maine

0.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts

2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Hampshire

2.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York

1.23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island

1.90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vermont

3.22*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Mid-Atlantic:

3.76

3.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Delaware

4.58*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

2.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jersey

4.61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania

2.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia

3.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washington, D.C.

13.52*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Virginia

7.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

South:

4.26

4.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Alabama

7.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas

7.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

3.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia

4.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky

2.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana

4.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi

7.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina

3.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma

5.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Carolina

10.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tennessee

6.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas

2.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

 


Region/State

Year/Number of Active Hate Groups

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Midwest/Plains:

2.37

2.65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Illinois

1.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indiana

2.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa

2.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas

2.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan

2.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota

1.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missouri

5.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nebraska

2.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Dakota

1.56*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio

2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Dakota

4.97*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin

1.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

West:

2.41

2.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Alaska

0*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona

2.92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California

2.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado

3.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawaii

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idaho

4.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montana

6.20*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevada

5.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Mexico

5.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon

1.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utah

1.83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washington

1.83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wyoming

3.75*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...

Total, United States

3.05

3.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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