For Pennsylvania, the number of hate groups that they are tracking has remained steady at 36 from 2017 to 2019. The population adjusted adjusted numbers has remained steady at 2.81 groups per million residents which has been consistently less than the national rate. Among the states and the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania ranks 29 in hate groups per million.
The numbers and rates are summarized in the table below. The District of Columbia has had the highest rate of hate groups in the US since 2016 with a slight decrease in 2019 to 26.12 groups per million. Montana had the second highest rate at 5.61 groups/million which was down from 6.59 groups/million. Only 14 states had an increase in the hate group rate from 2018 to 2019.
|
State
|
Hate Groups 2019
|
Population 2019
|
Hate groups per million '19
|
Hate groups per million '18
|
Hate groups per million '17
|
Hate groups per million '16
|
Hate groups 2016
|
Hate Groups 2017
|
Hate groups 2018
|
|
US
|
940
|
328,239,523
|
2.86
|
3.12
|
2.93
|
2.84
|
917
|
954
|
1,020
|
|
District of Columbia
|
19
|
705,749
|
26.92
|
38.44
|
37.47
|
30.83
|
21
|
26
|
27
|
|
Montana
|
6
|
1,068,778
|
5.61
|
6.59
|
7.62
|
9.59
|
10
|
8
|
7
|
|
Tennessee
|
38
|
6,829,174
|
5.56
|
5.32
|
5.51
|
5.71
|
38
|
37
|
36
|
|
Arkansas
|
15
|
3,017,804
|
4.97
|
4.65
|
3.99
|
5.35
|
16
|
12
|
14
|
|
South Dakota
|
4
|
884,659
|
4.52
|
7.93
|
8.05
|
8.09
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
|
Louisiana
|
21
|
4,648,794
|
4.52
|
4.51
|
2.78
|
2.99
|
14
|
13
|
21
|
|
Virginia
|
36
|
8,535,519
|
4.22
|
4.58
|
4.37
|
4.64
|
39
|
37
|
39
|
|
Mississippi
|
12
|
2,976,149
|
4.03
|
4.35
|
5.03
|
6.02
|
18
|
15
|
13
|
|
Washington
|
30
|
7,614,893
|
3.94
|
3.72
|
3.51
|
2.88
|
21
|
26
|
28
|
|
Idaho
|
7
|
1,787,065
|
3.92
|
5.70
|
6.99
|
7.13
|
12
|
12
|
10
|
|
Colorado
|
22
|
5,758,736
|
3.82
|
3.86
|
3.75
|
2.89
|
16
|
21
|
22
|
|
Georgia
|
38
|
10,617,423
|
3.58
|
3.90
|
3.84
|
3.10
|
32
|
40
|
41
|
|
Oregon
|
15
|
4,217,737
|
3.56
|
3.58
|
4.34
|
2.69
|
11
|
18
|
15
|
|
Missouri
|
21
|
6,137,428
|
3.42
|
3.92
|
2.94
|
3.94
|
24
|
18
|
24
|
|
Kentucky
|
15
|
4,467,673
|
3.36
|
2.91
|
2.47
|
5.18
|
23
|
11
|
13
|
|
Maryland
|
20
|
6,045,680
|
3.31
|
3.48
|
3.14
|
2.99
|
18
|
19
|
21
|
|
South Carolina
|
17
|
5,148,714
|
3.30
|
3.34
|
2.79
|
2.42
|
12
|
14
|
17
|
|
Alabama
|
16
|
4,903,185
|
3.26
|
4.71
|
4.72
|
5.55
|
27
|
23
|
23
|
|
Vermont
|
2
|
623,989
|
3.21
|
1.60
|
3.21
|
1.60
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Florida
|
67
|
21,477,737
|
3.12
|
3.52
|
3.15
|
3.06
|
63
|
66
|
75
|
|
Nebraska
|
6
|
1,934,408
|
3.10
|
4.15
|
4.69
|
2.62
|
5
|
9
|
8
|
|
Delaware
|
3
|
973,764
|
3.08
|
2.07
|
2.08
|
4.20
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
North Carolina
|
32
|
10,488,084
|
3.05
|
3.85
|
3.11
|
3.06
|
31
|
32
|
40
|
|
Indiana
|
20
|
6,732,219
|
2.97
|
3.59
|
4.65
|
3.92
|
26
|
31
|
24
|
|
New Hampshire
|
4
|
1,359,711
|
2.94
|
7.37
|
6.70
|
4.50
|
6
|
9
|
10
|
|
Nevada
|
9
|
3,080,156
|
2.92
|
3.30
|
3.00
|
1.36
|
4
|
9
|
10
|
|
Arizona
|
21
|
7,278,717
|
2.89
|
2.79
|
3.14
|
2.60
|
18
|
22
|
20
|
|
Hawaii
|
4
|
1,415,872
|
2.83
|
3.52
|
0.70
|
0.00
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
36
|
12,801,989
|
2.81
|
2.81
|
2.81
|
3.13
|
40
|
36
|
36
|
|
Alaska
|
2
|
731,545
|
2.73
|
5.42
|
5.41
|
0.00
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
|
Michigan
|
27
|
9,986,857
|
2.70
|
3.10
|
2.91
|
2.82
|
28
|
29
|
31
|
|
Ohio
|
31
|
11,689,100
|
2.65
|
3.08
|
2.66
|
3.01
|
35
|
31
|
36
|
|
North Dakota
|
2
|
762,062
|
2.62
|
3.95
|
2.65
|
1.32
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Wisconsin
|
15
|
5,822,434
|
2.58
|
2.58
|
1.90
|
1.56
|
9
|
11
|
15
|
|
Oklahoma
|
10
|
3,956,971
|
2.53
|
2.28
|
2.54
|
1.53
|
6
|
10
|
9
|
|
New Jersey
|
21
|
8,882,190
|
2.36
|
2.02
|
1.89
|
1.68
|
15
|
17
|
18
|
|
New York
|
44
|
19,453,561
|
2.26
|
2.41
|
2.42
|
2.38
|
47
|
48
|
47
|
|
Connecticut
|
8
|
3,565,287
|
2.24
|
1.68
|
1.67
|
1.40
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
|
West Virginia
|
4
|
1,792,147
|
2.23
|
2.77
|
2.20
|
2.18
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
|
California
|
88
|
39,512,223
|
2.23
|
2.10
|
1.90
|
2.01
|
79
|
75
|
83
|
|
Massachusetts
|
15
|
6,892,503
|
2.18
|
2.03
|
1.46
|
1.76
|
12
|
10
|
14
|
|
Texas
|
63
|
28,995,881
|
2.17
|
2.54
|
2.33
|
1.97
|
55
|
66
|
73
|
|
Minnesota
|
12
|
5,639,632
|
2.13
|
2.14
|
2.15
|
1.81
|
10
|
12
|
12
|
|
Illinois
|
26
|
12,671,821
|
2.05
|
2.43
|
2.66
|
2.50
|
32
|
34
|
31
|
|
Wyoming
|
1
|
578,759
|
1.73
|
1.73
|
1.73
|
3.42
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Utah
|
5
|
3,205,958
|
1.56
|
2.85
|
0.97
|
0.98
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
|
Maine
|
2
|
1,344,212
|
1.49
|
3.74
|
2.25
|
2.25
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
|
Kansas
|
3
|
2,913,314
|
1.03
|
4.81
|
1.37
|
2.41
|
7
|
4
|
14
|
|
Iowa
|
3
|
3,155,070
|
0.95
|
0.95
|
1.27
|
1.28
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
|
Rhode Island
|
1
|
1,059,361
|
0.94
|
1.89
|
2.83
|
0.95
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
New Mexico
|
1
|
2,096,829
|
0.48
|
0.00
|
0.48
|
0.96
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
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