Top U.S. Cities by Annual Murders

Can you name the top 25 cities in the United States by yearly homicides?

Sources - Wikipedia for the murder rates and Google Calculator to help determine the yearly homicides for each city

Using city proper boundaries

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Annual Homicides	City	Murder Rate (per 100K inhabitants)
501	Chicago	18.26
342	Baltimore	55.77
322	Philadelphia	20.06
298	New York City	3.39
273	Los Angeles	7.01
267	Detroit	39.8
265	Houston	11.5
205	Saint Louis	66.07
181	Memphis	27.73
163	Dallas	12.48
157	New Orleans	39.5
156	Indianapolis	17.91
154	Phoenix	9.55

Annual Homicides	City	Murder Rate (per 100K inhabitants)
150	Kansas City	30.93
147	Columbus	16.28
117	San Antonio	8.15
117	Milwaukee	19.83
116	Washington, D.C.	16.72
110	Nashville	16.3
109	Jacksonville	12.18
103	Cleveland	27.77
99	Louisville	15.93
87	Baton Rouge	38.26
86	Charlotte	9.4
81	Oklahoma City	12.49