https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-highest-rates-of-gun-homicides-are-in-rural-counties/#:~:text=From 2021 and 2024%2C rural counties made,Mississippi** 56.5 firearm homicides per 100%2C000 residents
Despite media attention on gun violence in large American cities, new analysis of CDC data shows that rural counties persistently have some of the highest rates of gun violence in the country.