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What State In The USA Has The Most Serial Killers?

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David Craig

Published Jan 05, 2026

According to reliable data, The United States of America has recorded a number of serial killers than any other country in the world. A sum of 12, 746 victims of serial killings were identified nationwide between 1990 and 2020. Also, California is recorded to have the highest number of serial murders with a total of 1,777. Texas followed with a total of 984.

However, Washington DC also records the highest number of serial killings with about 25 victims in about 100,000 residents. Alaska has the second highest killings with a total of 7 per 100,000. Louisiana follows with 6.5 killings in about 100,000 homes.

Most serial killers are recorded to be in the field for money or a hobby. About 32% of the serial killers claimed that they killed their victims for money and about a quarter of them claimed they found delight in killing. Also, about 18% of them are reported to have anger issues. Gang activities also had a record of 6%.

Every single 50 states in the United States of America have had a notorious and ruthless serial killer in it. For example, Ted Bundy comes from Florida, John Wayne Gacy also comes from Illinois and Charles Edmund Cullen also hails from New Jersey.

States With The Most Serial Killers

  • California – 1,777
  • Texas – 984
  • Florida – 933
  • Illinois – 680
  • New York – 677
  • Ohio – 505
  • Pennsylvania – 462
  • Michigan – 425
  • Georgia – 409
  • Washington – 396

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    Serial Killer State By Numbers

  • California – 1,777
  • Ohio – 505
  • Montana – 47
  • Florida – 933
  • Michigan – 425
  • Nebraska l – 82
  • Oregon – 175
  • Alabama – 199
  • South Carolina – 198
  • Georgia – 409
  • New Jersey – 232
  • West Virginia – 43
  • Idaho – 45
  • Rhode Island – 25
  • Wisconsin – 118
  • Vermont – 11
  • Iowa – 53
  • North Dakota – 13
  • Delaware – 16
  • Minnesota – 81
  • South Dakota – 10
  • Connecticut – 134
  • Nevada – 117
  • Pennsylvania – 462
  • Maryland – 213
  • New Mexico – 72
  • New York – 677
  • Mississippi – 98
  • Texas – 984
  • Virginia – 272
  • Tennessee – 208
  • Massachusetts – 200
  • North Carolina – 295
  • Colorado – 161
  • Arizona – 188
  • Maine – 35
  • Alaska – 64
  • Louisiana – 344
  • Kansas – 181
  • Missouri 350
  • Wyoming – 32
  • Illinois – 680
  • Indiana – 349
  • Washington – 396
  • Oklahoma – 200
  • Arkansas – 143
  • Kentucky – 212
  • Utah – 86
  • New Hampshire- 14
  • Hawaii – 13

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