Authorities respond to a quintuple homicide in Citronelle, Ala. (John Sharp | jsharp@al.com)

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With 407 violent deaths categorized as murder or manslaughter in 2016, Alabama had the nation's third highest homicide rate last year, according to statistics released by the FBI. Nearly 26,000 violent crimes were reported last year in the state with a population of nearly 4.9 million people. Here is a look at the other states with nation's highest murder rates and the number and rates of other violent crimes in Alabama. Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, for which murder rates were also measured in the data set, had the highest murder rates at 20.4 and 19.9, respectively, the data showed.

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The FBI Uniform Crime Report: 2016

Data in this presentation on states with the highest and lowest 2016 murder rates and total murders comes from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which has been collecting data on certain crimes from police agencies across the country since 1930.

For the 2016 UCR report, the FBI collected data on murder, robbery, rape, assault, burglary, theft, vehicle theft and other crimes, from more than 16,700 city, county, university, state, tribal and federal police agencies. About 1,700 agencies eligible for the program did not submit data. The data is voluntarily submitted.

The UCR murder rate and the murder totals include both murders and non-negligent manslaughter. The rate measures the number of murders per 100,000 people. (FBI.Gov)

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A man's body was discovered in August 2011 in Huntsville. (AL.com File Photo)

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Alabama: 3rd highest murder rate

Murder rate: 8.4

Population: 4.8 million

Total 2016 murders: 407

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Police are shown at the scene of a shooting that left three dead at a precious-metals store in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Alaska: 10th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 7.0

Population: 742,000

Total 2016 murders: 52

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The entrance of an Arkansas nightclub where police are investigating a shooting is cordoned off with police tape Saturday, July 1, 2017. Police say at least 17 were injured. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

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Arkansas: 9th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 7.2

Population: 3 million

Total 2016 murders: 216

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Tennessee: 8th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 7.3

Population: 6.7 million

Total 2016 murders: 486

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FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, a group of women pray together at a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk in front of the Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, S.C. Dylann Roof, shot a killed nine people while they were in a bible study at the church. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

South Carolina: 7th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 7.4

Population: 5 million

Total 2016 murders: 366

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Las Vegas police officers stand outside of the University Medical Center, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police say an officer was involved but uninjured in a shooting at a hospital that left another person dead. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Nevada: 6th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 7.6

Population: 2.9 million

Total 2016 murders: 224

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LeCarious Oliver, with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, speaks with family members at a scene where Lauderdale County authorities investigatws the shooting deaths of four members of a family in Toomsuba, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (Paula Merritt /The Meridian Star via AP)(Paula Merritt)

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Mississippi: Tied for 5th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 8.0

Population: 3.0 million

Total 2016 murders: 238

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In this Friday, May 6, 2016, file photo, police take Eulalio Tordil a suspect in three fatal shootings in the Washington, D.C., area into custody in Bethesda, Md. Tordil pleaded guilty in June 2017 to fatally shooting Gladys Tordil. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Maryland: Tied for 5th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 8.0

Population: 6.0 million

Total 2016 murders: 481

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In this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, photo, police lift crime scene tape in unison in Chicago, after two people were shot and transported to Stroger Hospital. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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Illinois: 4th highest murder rate

Murder rate: 8.2

Population: 12.8 million

Total 2016 murders: 1,054

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Police and emergency personnel respond in 2013 to a shooting victim at Stevens Institute of Business and Arts in St. Louis. Police said a gunman entered the school and shot a person in the chest, then shot himself. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)

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Missouri: 2nd highest murder rate

Murder rate: 8.8

Population: 6.1 million

Total 2016 murders: 537

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A shooting in the French Quarter leaves one dead and nine wounded at Bourbon and Iberville Streets. (Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com and the Times-Picayune)

Louisiana: Highest murder rate in the U.S.

Murder rate: 11.8

Population: 4.7 million

Total 2016 murders: 554

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Multiple law enforcement agencies, including unmarked police cars and armored vehicles, have responded to a standoff in Randolph County on July 8, 2016. One deputy was shot and injured in the incident. (William Thornton/wthornton@al.com)

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Other violent crime in Alabama in 2016

Rape 1,916

Robbery 4,686

Aggravated assault 18,877

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Lauderdale County deputies investigate the scene of a shooting Friday in Stewartsville that killed at least one person. (AL.com file photo)

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Alabama's largest cities: How did they fare?

For Alabama, there were 22,957 violent crimes reported in 2015 and 25,886 in 2016 for an increase of 12 percent.

The cities in Alabama with the most violent crimes known to law enforcement were: Huntsville (1,787 or 557.0 per 100,000); Mobile (1,079 or 584.8 per 100,000) and Montgomery (1,215 or 471.7 per 100,000). All were increases over 2015. Figures for Birmingham were not included in the FBI report. Birmingham police said they submitted their numbers to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, and do not know why they weren't included in the FBI report.

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