Michigan Ranks Top 20 In America For Missing Persons

Michigan was in the top 20 of missing persons across the country. The Mitten reportedly has the 19th highest number of missing persons cases per capita. That’s according to VivintSource.com, which analyzed statistics from the National Crime Information Center’s “Missing Person and Unidentified Person” system. The authors set out to determine which states have the most missing persons per capita and which have the least.

Michigan has 556 total missing persons, according to the report. That’s about 5.6 missing people per 100,000 residents. And while even one missing person is too many, that number pales in comparison to Alaska, where 41.8 people are missing per 100,000 residents.

Here are the 10 states with the most missing persons per capita.

1. Alaska, 41.8
2. Arizona, 13
3. Oregon, 10.4
4. Vermont, 8.7
5. Washington, 8.7
6. Maine, 8.1
7. Wyoming, 7.8
8. Hawaii, 7.5
9. Montana, 6.8
10. New Mexico, 6.8

Those numbers dwarf states on the other end of the spectrum, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where there are just 1.8 and 1.9 missing persons per 100,000 people, respectively. Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin round out the five states with the lowest number per capita.

California, Florida and Texas have the highest total number of missing persons cases at 2,133, 1,252 and 1,246.

Across the country, males make up about 60 percent of all missing persons cases. The average age of people who go missing is about 34.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.