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Table Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates by State, 2008StateTotal Traffic FatalitiesResident Population(thousands) Pedestrian Fatalities Percent of TotalPedestrian Fatalities per100,000 PopulationAlabama 966 4,662 66 6.8 1.42Alaska 62 686 3 4.8 0.44Arizona 937 6,500 120 12.8 1.85Arkansas 600 2,855 45 7.5 1.58California 3,434 36,757 620 18.1 1.69Colorado 548 4,939 44 8.0 0.89Connecticut 264 3,501 37 14.0 1.06Delaware 121 873 21 17.4 2.41Dist of Columbia 34 592 9 26.5 1.52Florida 2,978 18,328 490 16.5 2.67Georgia 1,493 9,686 146 9.8 1.51Hawaii 107 1,288 20 18.7 1.55Idaho 232 1,524 11 4.7 0.72Illinois 1,043 12,902 135 12.9 1.05Indiana 814 6,377 54 6.6 0.85Iowa 412 3,003 17 4.1 0.57Kansas 385 2,802 19 4.9 0.68Kentucky 826 4,269 67 8.1 1.57Louisiana 912 4,411 106 11.6 2.40Maine 155 1,316 12 7.7 0.91Maryland 591 5,634 116 19.6 2.06Massachusetts 363 6,498 75 20.7 1.15Michigan 980 10,003 114 11.6 1.14Minnesota 456 5,220 26 5.7 0.50Mississippi 783 2,939 50 6.4 1.70Missouri 960 5,912 63 6.6 1.07Montana 229 967 11 4.8 1.14Nebraska 208 1,783 5 2.4 0.28Nevada 324 2,600 56 17.3 2.15New Hampshire139 1,316 7 5.0 0.53New Jersey590 8,683 135 22.9 1.55New Mexico 366 1,984 39 10.7 1.97New York 1,231 19,490 294 23.9 1.51North Carolina 1,433 9,222 160 11.2 1.73North Dakota 104 641 6 5.8 0.94Ohio 1,190 11,486 98 8.2 0.85Oklahoma 749 3,642 51 6.8 1.40Oregon 416 3,790 51 12.3 1.35Pennsylvania 1,468 12,448 137 9.3 1.10Rhode Island 65 1,051 12 18.5 1.14South Carolina 920 4,480 100 10.9 2.23South Dakota 119 804 9 7.6 1.12Tennessee 1,035 6,215 60 5.8 0.97Texas 3,382 24,327 416 12.3 1.71Utah 275 2,736 32 11.6 1.17Vermont 73 621 1 1.4 0.16Virginia 824 7,769 76 9.2 0.98Washington 521 6,549 63 12.1 0.96West Virginia 380 1,814 13 3.4 0.72Wisconsin 605 5,628 53 8.8 0.94WyomingU.S. Total15937,261533304,06074,3784.411.71.311.44Puerto Rico 399 3,954 127 31.8 3.21*Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.Sources: Fatalities — Fatality Analysis Reporting System, NHTSA. Population — Bureau of the Census.NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590