WALMART IS FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF ITS ASSOCIATES AND CUSTOMERS IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CLAIMED ON “X” THAT ARKANSAS’S HOMICIDE RATE IS TWICE AS HIGH AS CALIFORNIA’S. THAT COMMENT IS IN REPLY TO A VIDEO POSTED BY GOVERNOR SARAH SANDERS– WHERE SHE CLAIMED SHE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN LOS ANGELES TO HAPPEN IN ARKANSAS. ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT DATA FROM THE CDC FROM 20-22– ARKANSAS HAD A HOMICIDE RATE OF 11-POINT-8 PER 100-THOUSAND PEOPL
Get The Facts: Is Gavin Newsom right about Arkansas’ homicide rate?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed on X.com on Wednesday that Arkansas’ homicide rate is twice as high as California’s.Is that true?Sanders videoNewsom made the comment in reply to a video Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted.The video was a clip from a Fox News program in which Sanders discussed the military being sent to California.”We wouldn’t have this problem with Arkansas in the first place because we would never choose rioters and criminal illegals over American law enforcement,” Sanders said.Sanders elaborated in her message that went along with the video:”What’s happening in California would never happen here in Arkansas because we value order over chaos.”Homicide dataThe CDC tracks the causes of death in each state.The most recent data released by the CDC is from 2022.It showed Arkansas with a rate of 11.8 homicides per 100,000 people. California’s rate was half that, at 5.9 homicides per 100,000 people.The FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System has agency-by-agency data for 2023.Arkansas law enforcement agencies reported 289 homicides. With a population of 3,045,637, this means the state had a rate of 9.5 homicides per 100,000 people that year.California agencies reported 1,929 homicides in 2023, with a population of 38.9 million. Its homicide rate was 5.0 homicides per 100,000 people.The CDC data shows Arkansas does have a homicide rate that is double California’s. The FBI data shows a smaller gap between the two states, indicating that Arkansas’ homicide rate is 90% higher than California’s.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed on X.com on Wednesday that Arkansas’ homicide rate is twice as high as California’s.
Is that true?
Sanders video
Newsom made the comment in reply to a video Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted.
“We wouldn’t have this problem with Arkansas in the first place because we would never choose rioters and criminal illegals over American law enforcement,” Sanders said.
Sanders elaborated in her message that went along with the video:
“What’s happening in California would never happen here in Arkansas because we value order over chaos.”
Homicide data
The CDC tracks the causes of death in each state.
The most recent data released by the CDC is from 2022.
It showed Arkansas with a rate of 11.8 homicides per 100,000 people. California’s rate was half that, at 5.9 homicides per 100,000 people.
The FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System has agency-by-agency data for 2023.
Arkansas law enforcement agencies reported 289 homicides. With a population of 3,045,637, this means the state had a rate of 9.5 homicides per 100,000 people that year.
California agencies reported 1,929 homicides in 2023, with a population of 38.9 million. Its homicide rate was 5.0 homicides per 100,000 people.
The CDC data shows Arkansas does have a homicide rate that is double California’s. The FBI data shows a smaller gap between the two states, indicating that Arkansas’ homicide rate is 90% higher than California’s.