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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Trends by race
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Rates | Numbers
Homicide Victimization Rates per 100,000 Population by Race
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White |
Black |
Other |
| 1976 |
|
5.1 |
37.1 |
4.9 |
| 1977 |
|
5.4 |
36.2 |
4.7 |
| 1978 |
|
5.6 |
35.1 |
4.0 |
| 1979 |
|
6.1 |
37.5 |
4.1 |
| 1980 |
|
6.3 |
37.7 |
5.7 |
| 1981 |
|
6.2 |
36.4 |
6.1 |
| 1982 |
|
5.9 |
32.3 |
6.5 |
| 1983 |
|
5.3 |
29.4 |
6.4 |
| 1984 |
|
5.2 |
27.2 |
5.5 |
| 1985 |
|
5.2 |
27.6 |
5.5 |
| 1986 |
|
5.4 |
31.5 |
6.2 |
| 1987 |
|
5.1 |
30.7 |
5.2 |
| 1988 |
|
4.9 |
33.5 |
4.0 |
| 1989 |
|
5.0 |
35.1 |
4.3 |
| 1990 |
|
5.4 |
37.6 |
4.2 |
| 1991 |
|
5.5 |
39.3 |
6.0 |
| 1992 |
|
5.3 |
37.2 |
5.4 |
| 1993 |
|
5.3 |
38.7 |
5.5 |
| 1994 |
|
5.0 |
36.4 |
4.6 |
| 1995 |
|
4.8 |
31.6 |
4.9 |
| 1996 |
|
4.3 |
28.3 |
4.1 |
| 1997 |
|
3.9 |
26.0 |
4.1 |
| 1998 |
|
3.8 |
23.0 |
2.9 |
| 1999 |
|
3.5 |
20.5 |
3.3 |
| 2000 |
|
3.3 |
20.5 |
2.7 |
| 2001 |
|
3.4 |
20.4 |
2.8 |
| 2002 |
|
3.3 |
20.8 |
2.7 |
| 2003 |
|
3.4 |
20.9 |
2.8 |
| 2004 |
|
3.3 |
19.7 |
2.4 |
| 2005 |
|
3.3 |
20.6 |
2.5 |
Homicide Victims by Race
|
White |
Black |
Other |
| 1976 |
|
9,585 |
8,745 |
238 |
| 1977 |
|
10,041 |
8,669 |
236 |
| 1978 |
|
10,568 |
8,572 |
207 |
| 1979 |
|
11,625 |
9,311 |
215 |
| 1980 |
|
12,275 |
9,767 |
327 |
| 1981 |
|
12,163 |
9,862 |
348 |
| 1982 |
|
11,644 |
8,880 |
399 |
| 1983 |
|
10,604 |
8,201 |
417 |
| 1984 |
|
10,490 |
7,678 |
377 |
| 1985 |
|
10,590 |
7,891 |
399 |
| 1986 |
|
10,916 |
9,107 |
484 |
| 1987 |
|
10,526 |
9,000 |
424 |
| 1988 |
|
10,184 |
9,959 |
344 |
| 1989 |
|
10,325 |
10,566 |
390 |
| 1990 |
|
11,279 |
11,488 |
400 |
| 1991 |
|
11,661 |
12,226 |
608 |
| 1992 |
|
11,229 |
11,777 |
573 |
| 1993 |
|
11,278 |
12,435 |
601 |
| 1994 |
|
10,773 |
11,856 |
526 |
| 1995 |
|
10,376 |
10,444 |
581 |
| 1996 |
|
9,483 |
9,476 |
512 |
| 1997 |
|
8,620 |
8,842 |
524 |
| 1998 |
|
8,389 |
7,931 |
393 |
| 1999 |
|
7,777 |
7,139 |
458 |
| 2000 |
|
7,560 |
7,425 |
399 |
| 2001 |
|
7,884 |
7,522 |
424 |
| 2002 |
|
7,784 |
7,758 |
437 |
| 2003 |
|
7,932 |
7,893 |
468 |
| 2004 |
|
7,944 |
7,562 |
417 |
| 2005 |
|
8,017 |
7,999 |
437 |
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.
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