Expanded Homicide Data Table 5

Murder
Race and Sex of Victim by Race and Sex of Offender, 2007
[Single victim/single offender]

Race of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Race of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
White victims	3,587	2,918	566	51	52	3,183	352	52
Black victims	3,221	245	2,905	11	60	2,859	302	60
Other race victims	173	50	25	95	3	156	14	3
Unknown race	88	31	30	3	24	60	4	24

Sex of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Sex of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
Male victims	5,042	2,071	2,777	100	94	4,451	497	94
Female victims	1,939	1,142	719	57	21	1,747	171	21
Unknown sex	88	31	30	3	24	60	4	24

NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, and race are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.