Percent of All
Acquaintance Homicides by Racial Composition of Victims and OffendersMurder Rates by Racial Group:
|
White on White |
Black on White |
White on Black |
Black on Black |
|
|
1999, Stranger Homicides |
44.4% |
19.3% |
5.1% |
30.4% |
|
1999, All |
44.1% |
6.3% |
2.7% |
45.0% |
|
% of population |
82.4% |
|
|
12.8% |
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-99.
Most homicide is intraracial (white on white or black on black).
This has implications for hate crime legislation and funding.
The complete, year-by-year tables follow:
|
White on White |
Black on White |
Other on White |
White on Black |
Black on Black |
Other on Black |
White on Other |
Black on Other |
Other on Other |
|
|
1976 |
39.0% |
4.1% |
.2% |
1.5% |
54.4% |
.0% |
.2% |
.1% |
.4% |
|
1980 |
42.9% |
3.7% |
.2% |
1.8% |
50.7% |
.0% |
.2% |
.1% |
.5% |
|
1985 |
47.4% |
4.9% |
.3% |
2.7% |
44.1% |
.1% |
.1% |
.1% |
.3% |
|
1990 |
40.1% |
4.4% |
.3% |
2.5% |
51.8% |
.0% |
.4% |
.0% |
.5% |
|
1995 |
42.5% |
5.8% |
.4% |
3.0% |
47.1% |
.1% |
.3% |
.1% |
.7% |
|
1999 |
44.1% |
6.3% |
.5% |
2.7% |
45.0% |
.0% |
.4% |
.1% |
.9% |
Acquaintance Homicides by Racial Composition of Victims and Offenders
|
White on White |
Black on White |
Other on White |
White on Black |
Black on Black |
Other on Black |
White on Other |
Black on Other |
Other on Other |
|
|
1976 |
2,926 |
311 |
14 |
111 |
4,079 |
2 |
17 |
10 |
27 |
|
1980 |
3,282 |
287 |
18 |
137 |
3,880 |
2 |
14 |
4 |
35 |
|
1985 |
3,447 |
355 |
23 |
194 |
3,204 |
4 |
11 |
6 |
25 |
|
1990 |
3,366 |
373 |
25 |
208 |
4,351 |
2 |
30 |
3 |
39 |
|
1995 |
2,938 |
402 |
26 |
210 |
3,258 |
4 |
18 |
5 |
50 |
|
1999 |
2,258 |
325 |
24 |
139 |
2,306 |
2 |
19 |
5 |
47 |
Percent of All Stranger Homicides by Racial Composition of Victims and Offenders
|
White on White |
Black on White |
Other on White |
White on Black |
Black on Black |
Other on Black |
White on Other |
Black on Other |
Other on Other |
|
|
1976 |
44.6% |
18.5% |
.9% |
4.7% |
30.8% |
|
.3% |
.1% |
.2% |
|
1977 |
45.1% |
18.9% |
.6% |
5.6% |
28.8% |
.0% |
.3% |
.2% |
.3% |
|
1978 |
45.4% |
19.1% |
.5% |
3.6% |
30.6% |
|
.6% |
.0% |
.2% |
|
1979 |
43.2% |
20.6% |
.7% |
4.9% |
29.7% |
|
.3% |
.2% |
.4% |
|
1980 |
43.0% |
20.7% |
.5% |
5.1% |
30.2% |
.1% |
.2% |
.1% |
.2% |
|
1981 |
41.9% |
20.5% |
.5% |
4.6% |
31.9% |
.1% |
.2% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1982 |
42.9% |
19.1% |
.5% |
5.0% |
31.9% |
|
.4% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1983 |
45.4% |
19.0% |
.7% |
4.1% |
30.0% |
|
.6% |
.1% |
.1% |
|
1984 |
48.9% |
17.7% |
.3% |
4.5% |
27.6% |
|
.5% |
.1% |
.3% |
|
1985 |
43.6% |
19.7% |
.6% |
4.9% |
30.1% |
.1% |
.5% |
.3% |
.4% |
|
1986 |
45.6% |
18.3% |
.3% |
5.1% |
30.1% |
.1% |
.4% |
.1% |
.2% |
|
1987 |
44.9% |
18.7% |
.3% |
6.2% |
29.5% |
|
.2% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1988 |
42.3% |
20.2% |
.6% |
5.1% |
31.4% |
|
.1% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1989 |
40.6% |
19.0% |
.4% |
5.4% |
33.9% |
|
.5% |
|
.1% |
|
1990 |
42.6% |
18.9% |
.5% |
6.4% |
31.0% |
|
.2% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1991 |
35.1% |
17.9% |
.3% |
5.4% |
40.5% |
.0% |
.4% |
.2% |
.2% |
|
1992 |
32.9% |
21.1% |
.5% |
4.0% |
40.9% |
.0% |
.3% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1993 |
33.6% |
20.8% |
.4% |
4.4% |
40.2% |
.1% |
.2% |
.1% |
.1% |
|
1994 |
33.3% |
20.9% |
.6% |
4.9% |
39.5% |
|
.4% |
.3% |
.2% |
|
1995 |
38.9% |
17.3% |
.6% |
5.9% |
36.3% |
.1% |
.5% |
.3% |
.1% |
|
1996 |
39.2% |
18.5% |
.1% |
6.5% |
34.7% |
.1% |
.4% |
.2% |
.1% |
|
1997 |
38.2% |
18.0% |
.2% |
4.9% |
37.7% |
|
.5% |
.3% |
.2% |
|
1998 |
44.2% |
17.5% |
.6% |
5.3% |
31.3% |
|
.4% |
.3% |
.3% |
|
1999 |
44.4% |
19.3% |
.4% |
5.1% |
30.4% |
|
.1% |
.1% |
.1% |
Stranger Homicides by Racial Composition of Victims and Offenders
|
White on White |
Black on White |
Other on White |
White on Black |
Black on Black |
Other on Black |
White on Other |
Black on Other |
Other on Other |
|
|
1976 |
992 |
413 |
19 |
105 |
685 |
|
7 |
1 |
3 |
|
1977 |
1,001 |
420 |
14 |
125 |
639 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
|
1978 |
1,055 |
443 |
10 |
84 |
711 |
|
15 |
1 |
4 |
|
1979 |
1,029 |
491 |
18 |
118 |
707 |
|
6 |
4 |
8 |
|
1980 |
1,104 |
531 |
13 |
131 |
775 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
1981 |
1,201 |
588 |
13 |
133 |
916 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
|
1982 |
1,128 |
504 |
12 |
133 |
839 |
|
10 |
5 |
2 |
|
1983 |
988 |
414 |
14 |
89 |
654 |
|
13 |
2 |
2 |
|
1984 |
1,075 |
389 |
8 |
100 |
606 |
|
11 |
2 |
6 |
|
1985 |
917 |
413 |
13 |
103 |
632 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
|
1986 |
953 |
383 |
5 |
106 |
629 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
|
1987 |
883 |
367 |
6 |
122 |
580 |
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
1988 |
881 |
421 |
12 |
106 |
654 |
|
2 |
5 |
2 |
|
1989 |
967 |
452 |
10 |
128 |
805 |
|
12 |
|
3 |
|
1990 |
1,201 |
534 |
14 |
182 |
873 |
|
7 |
6 |
3 |
|
1991 |
1,120 |
572 |
9 |
171 |
1,293 |
1 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
|
1992 |
897 |
574 |
14 |
110 |
1,116 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
|
1993 |
1,020 |
632 |
13 |
133 |
1,220 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
1994 |
892 |
559 |
15 |
131 |
1,056 |
|
12 |
8 |
4 |
|
1995 |
1,073 |
478 |
16 |
164 |
1,002 |
2 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
|
1996 |
914 |
432 |
3 |
152 |
809 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
|
1997 |
770 |
363 |
5 |
98 |
759 |
|
9 |
6 |
5 |
|
1998 |
837 |
332 |
12 |
100 |
593 |
|
8 |
6 |
6 |
|
1999 |
737 |
320 |
7 |
85 |
505 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-99. for weighting and imputation procedures used. | |||||||||