Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 *

State

White

Black

Total

Alabama

48

299

347

Arizona

31

0

31

Arkansas

58

226

284

California

41

2

43

Colorado

65

3

68

Delaware

0

1

1

Florida

25

257

282

Georgia

39

492

531

Idaho

20

0

20

Illinois

15

19

34

Indiana

33

14

47

Iowa

17

2

19

Kansas

35

19

54

Kentucky

63

142

205

Louisiana

56

335

391

Maine

1

0

1

Maryland

2

27

29

Michigan

7

1

8

Minnesota

5

4

9

Mississippi

42

539

581

Missouri

53

69

122

Montana

82

2

84

Nebraska

52

5

57

Nevada

6

0

6

New Jersey

1

1

2

New Mexico

33

3

36

New York

1

1

2

North Carolina

15

86

101

North Dakota

13

3

16

Ohio

10

16

26

Oklahoma

82

40

122

Oregon

20

1

21

Pennsylvania

2

6

8

South Carolina

4

156

160

South Dakota

27

0

27

Tennessee

47

204

251

Texas

141

352

493

Utah

6

2

8

Vermont

1

0

1

Virginia

17

83

100

Washington

25

1

26

West Virginia

20

28

48

Wisconsin

6

0

6

Wyoming

30

5

35

Total

1,297

3,446

4,743

*Statistics provided  by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute.