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Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

Murder

Race, Sex, and Ethnicity of Victim by Race, Sex, and Ethnicity of Offender, 2019

[Single victim/single offender]

Race of victim Total Race of offender Sex of offender Ethnicity of offender
White Black or
African
American
Other1 Unknown Male Female Unknown Hispanic
or Latino
Not
Hispanic
or Latino
Unknown
White 3,299 2,594 566 56 83 2,915 359 25 738 1,542 1,019
Black or African American 2,906 246 2,574 23 63 2,606 273 27 95 1,841 970
Other race1 247 57 40 138 12 211 34 2 18 144 85
Unknown race 126 51 38 8 29 107 17 2 23 47 56
Sex of victim Total Race of offender Sex of offender Ethnicity of offender
White Black or
African
American
Other1 Unknown Male Female Unknown Hispanic
or Latino
Not
Hispanic
or Latino
Unknown
Male 4,716 1,892 2,524 153 147 4,191 477 48 652 2,536 1,528
Female 1,857 1,054 694 72 37 1,647 203 7 221 1,038 598
Unknown sex 5 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 4
Ethnicity of victim Total Race of offender Sex of offender Ethnicity of offender
White Black or
African
American
Other1 Unknown Male Female Unknown Hispanic
or Latino
Not
Hispanic
or Latino
Unknown
Hispanic or Latino 987 759 177 14 37 894 78 15 595 241 151
Not Hispanic or Latino 4,205 1,681 2,298 142 84 3,731 448 26 220 3,170 815
Unknown 1,386 508 743 69 66 1,214 157 15 59 163 1,164
  • 1 Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
  • NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, race, and ethnicity are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.