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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1067264" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>I think he might mean the total number of murders, rather than the actual per capita rate. What I'm seeing is that he's right in the sense that Cook County has a very high body count (probably highest in the country), but on a per capita basis, does not seem to be higher than a lot of other metro areas.</p><p></p><p>I can't find per capita figures on other entire <em>counties </em>in the US, but Cooke County's per capita murder rate in 2023 was 26.8. There are a lot of metro areas (mostly in the South) that have much higher per capita murder rates. I'd rather stick mostly to just comparing cities to cities, although what I did find is that Chicago's murder rate is much lower than the county's, so it actually pulls the <em>county's </em>murder rate down.</p><p></p><p>It looks you've found pretty much the same statistics I was working from, albeit from a different source. Statistically, you're safer visiting Chicago than you are if you were in Milwaukee or Little Rock, or even Minneapolis, for that matter. Caleb and I both live in Kentucky, and even Louisville has a higher murder rate than Chicago. But somehow that never makes the headlines.</p><p></p><p>But going back to Cook County...</p><p></p><p>Cook had 816 murders in 2023, which yes.... is a lot. But there are also a hell of a lot of <em>people</em> in Cook County. Cook has about 5.2 million people; you could put the entire populations of Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and both Dakotas, plus empty everyone in Delaware into the bowl too. Those states cover well over 1,000,000 square miles, compared to a little over 10,000 square miles in the Chicago metro - which comprises a lot more than Cook County. So of course you'll have more murders there than any less-densely populated city.</p><p></p><p>It's just that the numbers are the numbers, and there are over 20 cities in the US where you have a far higher chance of being murdered than in Chicago. The fear of setting foot in Chicago is irrational, and completely unsupported by the objective data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1067264, member: 18006"] I think he might mean the total number of murders, rather than the actual per capita rate. What I'm seeing is that he's right in the sense that Cook County has a very high body count (probably highest in the country), but on a per capita basis, does not seem to be higher than a lot of other metro areas. I can't find per capita figures on other entire [I]counties [/I]in the US, but Cooke County's per capita murder rate in 2023 was 26.8. There are a lot of metro areas (mostly in the South) that have much higher per capita murder rates. I'd rather stick mostly to just comparing cities to cities, although what I did find is that Chicago's murder rate is much lower than the county's, so it actually pulls the [I]county's [/I]murder rate down. It looks you've found pretty much the same statistics I was working from, albeit from a different source. Statistically, you're safer visiting Chicago than you are if you were in Milwaukee or Little Rock, or even Minneapolis, for that matter. Caleb and I both live in Kentucky, and even Louisville has a higher murder rate than Chicago. But somehow that never makes the headlines. But going back to Cook County... Cook had 816 murders in 2023, which yes.... is a lot. But there are also a hell of a lot of [I]people[/I] in Cook County. Cook has about 5.2 million people; you could put the entire populations of Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and both Dakotas, plus empty everyone in Delaware into the bowl too. Those states cover well over 1,000,000 square miles, compared to a little over 10,000 square miles in the Chicago metro - which comprises a lot more than Cook County. So of course you'll have more murders there than any less-densely populated city. It's just that the numbers are the numbers, and there are over 20 cities in the US where you have a far higher chance of being murdered than in Chicago. The fear of setting foot in Chicago is irrational, and completely unsupported by the objective data. [/QUOTE]
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