New Hate Group Estimates Are Out for the U.S.

The County Health Rankings number will not be released until April 27.  I do have new numbers from the Southern Poverty Law Center for hate groups for each state in the U.S. The current map is displayed above.  They are currently tracking 733 groups in the U.S.

The graph at the left shows that the number of groups that they are tracking has decreased steadily since 2018 when there was an all time high in the raw number of groups at 1,020 (3.12/million).  Adjusting for population, the all time high year was 2011 at 3.18 groups per million.  These 2 peaks occurred during the first years of the Obama and Trump presidencies.  They did not track the numbers in 2005 and 2006.

The table at the bottom of this post shows the current number of hate groups for each state, their populations, population adjusted numbers, their rank, and 2020 rates.  The District of Columbia has had by far the highest population adjusted rates at 24.65 groups per million residents.  Many would argue that these 17 groups are national headquarters these groups and do not organize locally.  While this is true for 9 of these groups (like the Family Research Council), 8 of them have a local presence.  Adjusting these 8 local groups for population the rate is 11.60 which would still be the highest in the U.S.

Focusing on Pennsylvania, the number of total groups has declined to 30 from 36 a year ago.  The most they have ever tracked there was 41 in 2013.  Of the current 30 being tracked, 10 of them have a statewide presence.  The local groups are presented in the map at the right.  The population adjusted rate in 2021 was 2.31/million (ranking 30th in the U.S.) down from 2.81 million last year.  The local group nearest to Johnstown is called Evergreen.  It is a white nationalist group located in Bedford, PA.  It may be a group worth investigating.

The events of January 6, 2021 suggest that these groups still are a threat.  Kicking these groups off of social media platforms makes it harder for them to spread their propaganda but it may also make it harder for them to be tracked by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti Defamation League to track them.

Row  Labels	Count of  Hate Groups	Population	Hate Groups  Per Million	Rank	Hate Groups  Per Million 2020
Alabama	13	5,024,279	2.59	24	4.08
Alaska	1	733,391	1.36	46	1.37
Arizona	22	7,151,502	3.08	15	3.57
Arkansas	9	3,011,524	2.99	16	4.64
California	65	39,538,223	1.64	44	1.82
Colorado	18	5,773,714	3.12	13	2.95
Connecticut	7	3,605,944	1.94	37	1.68
Delaware	4	989,948	4.04	6	3.08
District of Columbia	17	689,545	24.65	1	26.92
Florida	53	21,538,187	2.46	27	3.17
Georgia	24	10,711,908	2.24	32	2.73
Hawaii	4	1,455,271	2.75	20	2.83
Idaho	6	1,839,106	3.26	11	3.92
Illinois	23	12,812,508	1.80	38	1.50
Indiana	14	6,785,528	2.06	33	2.82
Iowa	2	3,190,369	0.63	49	0.95
Kansas	4	2,937,880	1.36	47	0.69
Kentucky	9	4,505,836	2.00	35	2.91
Louisiana	15	4,657,757	3.22	12	3.44
Maine	4	1,362,359	2.94	17	2.23
Maryland	11	6,177,224	1.78	41	2.48
Massachusetts	14	7,029,917	1.99	36	1.74
Michigan	18	10,077,331	1.79	39	2.50
Minnesota	9	5,706,494	1.58	45	1.95
Mississippi	8	2,961,279	2.70	22	3.02
Missouri	17	6,154,913	2.76	19	3.10
Montana	4	1,084,225	3.69	7	5.61
Nebraska	9	1,961,504	4.59	2	4.65
Nevada	9	3,104,614	2.90	18	3.90
New Hampshire	6	1,377,529	4.36	4	4.41
New Jersey	12	9,288,994	1.29	48	1.80
New Mexico	1	2,117,522	0.47	51	0.48
New York	35	20,201,249	1.73	42	1.90
North Carolina	28	10,439,388	2.68	23	2.77
North Dakota	2	779,094	2.57	25	1.31
Ohio	20	11,799,448	1.69	43	1.80
Oklahoma	9	3,959,353	2.27	31	3.03
Oregon	10	4,237,256	2.36	28	2.61
Pennsylvania	30	13,002,700	2.31	30	2.81
Rhode Island	3	1,097,379	2.73	21	1.89
South Carolina	17	5,118,425	3.32	10	3.88
South Dakota	4	886,667	4.51	3	1.13
Tennessee	28	6,910,840	4.05	5	4.98
Texas	52	29,145,505	1.78	40	1.86
Utah	2	3,271,616	0.61	50	1.25
Vermont	2	643,077	3.11	14	1.60
Virginia	20	8,631,393	2.32	29	3.87
Washington	19	7,705,281	2.47	26	2.89
West Virginia	6	1,793,716	3.35	9	2.23
Wisconsin	12	5,893,718	2.04	34	2.23
Wyoming	2	576,851	3.47	8	1.73
US	733	331,449,281	2.21		2.55

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