51% Of Murders In The U.S. Come From Just 2% Of The Counties | Zero Hedge

51% Of Murders In The U.S. Come From Just 2% Of The Counties | Zero Hedge:
"The Distribution of Murders
The United States can really be divided up into three types of places. 
Places where there are no murders, places where there are a few murders, and places where murders are very common.
In 2014, the most recent year that a county level breakdown is available, 54% of counties (with 11% of the population) have no murders.
69% of counties have no more than one murder, and about 20% of the population.
These counties account for only 4% of all murders in the country.
The worst 1% of counties have 19% of the population and 37% of the murders.
The worst 5% of counties contain 47% of the population and account for 68% of murders.
As shown in figure 2, over half of murders occurred in only 2% of counties."

...Gun Ownership

According to a 2013 PEW Research Center survey, the household gun ownership rate in rural areas was 2.11 times greater than in urban areas (“Why Own a Gun? Protection is Now Top Reason,” PEW Research Center, March 12, 2013). 

Suburban households are 28.6% more likely to own guns than urban households. Despite lower gun ownership, urban areas experience much higher murder rates...

Conclusion

• This study shows how murders in the United States are heavily concentrated in very small areas. 
• Few appreciate how much of the US has no murders each year.  
• Murder isn’t a nationwide problem.  
• It’s a problem in a very small set of urban areas, and any solution must reduce those murders.