Its not clear what your point is here. Are you saying these are or are
not southern states?

From my Boston perspective, most of these cities are southern.
However, if you're claiming they are not, you should consider that this
is from a list of cities over 500,000, which excludes all cities in
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Birmingham, Little Rock, Atlanta, Jackson, and Miami have higher murder
rates than Philadelphia.

New Orleans would lead the list, having a murder rate 20% worse than
Washington.


JR Gilbreath wrote:
In 2002 the Leading cities for murders were; Washington DC, Detroit,
Baltimore, Memphis, Chicago and Philadelphia all southern cities?