Texas Is One Of America's Most Dangerous States

Safety is always a concern when people are choosing a place to live. Turns out, Texas is actually one of the most dangerous states.

24/7 Wall Street compiled a list of the nation's most dangerous states. The website states, "Using violent crime data from the FBI’s 2021 UCR, 24/7 Wall St. identified the 15 most dangerous states in America. In each of the states on this list, the violent crime rate exceeds the national rate. We also considered the homicide rate – a component of the overall violent crime rate – in each of these states."

According to the list, Texas is the 11th most dangerous state in America. The state had 391.1 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2021, and there were 115,474 total violent crimes that year. The state's poverty rate is 14.2 percent.

Here are the top 15 most violent states in America, according to 24/7 Wall Street:

1. Louisiana
2. Arkansas
3. Alabama
4. Tennessee
5. Alaska
6. Missouri
7. Michigan
8. Colorado
9. South Carolina
10. Oklahoma
11. Texas
12. Montana
13. Nevada
14. South Dakota
15. Kansas

See what makes these states the most dangerous on 24/7 Wall Street's website.