2023 is the most recent year of data available to the public, on the CDC’s WISQARS website (checked October 2026).
In 2023, 1,269 women and 350 men, age 18 and older, were killed by a current or former spouse or dating partner in the states that report to the CDC. The true number is higher, because California, Florida and Texas reported only some of their counties.
| People killed | Population 18+ | Rate per 100,000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 1,269 | 121,368,489 | 1.05 |
| Men | 350 | 116,954,844 | 0.30 |
| Total | 1,619 | 238,323,333 | 0.68 |
A woman 18 or older was about three and a half times as likely as a man to be killed by a partner.
2023 by state
| State | Women killed | Rate | Men killed | Rate | Total killed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 29 | 1.41 | 12* | 0.63 | 41 | 1.03 |
| Alaska | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arizona | 45 | 1.55 | 16* | 0.56 | 61 | 1.06 |
| Arkansas | 13* | 1.08 | fewer than 10 | — | 17* | 0.72 |
| California | 65 | 0.56 | 13* | 0.11 | 78 | 0.34 |
| Colorado | 25 | 1.10 | fewer than 10 | — | 30 | 0.65 |
| Connecticut | 18* | 1.21 | fewer than 10 | — | 20* | 0.69 |
| Delaware | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Florida | 44 | 0.78 | 11* | 0.21 | 55 | 0.50 |
| Georgia | 61 | 1.40 | 25 | 0.62 | 86 | 1.02 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Illinois | 52 | 1.04 | 16* | 0.33 | 68 | 0.69 |
| Indiana | 32 | 1.20 | fewer than 10 | — | 36 | 0.68 |
| Iowa | 11* | 0.89 | fewer than 10 | — | 12* | 0.48 |
| Kansas | 15* | 1.33 | fewer than 10 | — | 19* | 0.85 |
| Kentucky | 18* | 1.01 | fewer than 10 | — | 19* | 0.54 |
| Louisiana | 40 | 2.19 | 21 | 1.23 | 61 | 1.73 |
| Maine | — | — | — | — | 10* | 0.88 |
| Maryland | 16* | 0.64 | fewer than 10 | — | 20* | 0.42 |
| Massachusetts | 16* | 0.55 | fewer than 10 | — | 17* | 0.30 |
| Michigan | 49 | 1.22 | 14* | 0.36 | 63 | 0.80 |
| Minnesota | 23 | 1.04 | fewer than 10 | — | 29 | 0.66 |
| Mississippi | 18* | 1.53 | fewer than 10 | — | 23 | 1.02 |
| Missouri | 44 | 1.79 | 10* | 0.42 | 54 | 1.12 |
| Montana | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — | — | 10* | 0.67 |
| Nevada | 34 | 2.75 | fewer than 10 | — | 41 | 1.65 |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | 28 | 0.75 | fewer than 10 | — | 31 | 0.43 |
| New Mexico | — | — | — | — | 14* | 0.85 |
| New York | 31 | 0.38 | fewer than 10 | — | 39 | 0.25 |
| North Carolina | 60 | 1.38 | 29 | 0.71 | 89 | 1.06 |
| North Dakota | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ohio | 51 | 1.09 | 13* | 0.29 | 64 | 0.70 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | 1.81 | fewer than 10 | — | 32 | 1.04 |
| Oregon | 17* | 0.99 | fewer than 10 | — | 18* | 0.53 |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | 0.76 | 13* | 0.26 | 53 | 0.51 |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | 28 | 1.29 | fewer than 10 | — | 37 | 0.89 |
| South Dakota | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | 56 | 1.97 | 18* | 0.67 | 74 | 1.34 |
| Texas | 94 | 1.27 | 19* | 0.26 | 113 | 0.77 |
| Utah | — | — | — | — | 10* | 0.41 |
| Vermont | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virginia | 36 | 1.04 | 13* | 0.39 | 49 | 0.72 |
| Washington | 11* | 0.36 | fewer than 10 | — | 14* | 0.23 |
| West Virginia | 11* | 1.53 | fewer than 10 | — | 13* | 0.91 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | 1.07 | 11* | 0.47 | 36 | 0.77 |
| Wyoming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| United States | 1,269 | 1.05 | 350 | 0.30 | 1,619 | 0.68 |
Rates are per 100,000 people 18 and older: women’s rate per 100,000 women, men’s per 100,000 men, total per 100,000 adults.
* 20 or fewer deaths. The CDC calls these rates “unstable” – one or two deaths more or less would change them a lot.
— Fewer than 10 deaths. The CDC does not publish these numbers, to protect the privacy of the people who died and their families. Men’s counts are left blank when they cannot be worked out.
California, Florida and Texas reported only some counties in 2023; their numbers cover only those counties.
Where the numbers come from
Each state collects details on every violent death – death certificates, coroner and medical examiner reports, and police reports – and sends them to the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System. We pulled these numbers from the CDC’s public WISQARS website (wisqars.cdc.gov). We counted homicides only, of people 18 and older, killed by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend or other intimate partner. Men are the total minus women. Population figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates supplied by the CDC; for 2023 the CDC used the same population figures as for 2022.
How the rate is calculated
The rate (the CDC calls it the “crude rate”) lets you compare a large state with a small one:
Rate = (number killed ÷ population 18 and older) × 100,000
Example, South Carolina women: 28 women killed ÷ 2,162,362 women 18 and older × 100,000 = 1.29 per 100,000.
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