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Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

Murder

Race, Ethnicity, and Sex of Victim by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex of Offender, 2014

[Single victim/single offender]

Race/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
White 3,021 2,488 446 35 52 2,663 306 52 595 1,061 1,365
Black or African American 2,451 187 2,205 15 44 2,160 247 44 81 1,040 1,330
Other race1 168 47 25 93 3 148 17 3 10 90 68
Unknown race 63 34 17 3 9 41 13 9 6 10 47
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 3,949 1,708 2,070 91 80 3,448 421 80 511 1,517 1,921
Female 1,691 1,014 606 52 19 1,523 149 19 175 674 842
Unknown sex 63 34 17 3 9 41 13 9 5 11 47
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 720 578 119 8 15 654 51 15 519 162 39
Not Hispanic or Latino 2,213 956 1,148 84 25 1,977 211 25 151 1,996 66
Unknown 2,770 1,222 1,426 54 68 2,381 321 68 21 44 2,705
  • 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.