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Number of victims of racially motivated hate crime in the United States, 2016

Number of victims of race-based hate crime in the United States in 2016, by race

The data displays the number of victims of hate crimes targeting a racial/ethnic group in the U.S. in 2016, by the race/ethnicity/ancestry of people targeted by the crime. In 2016, 2,220 people fell victim to anti-Black or African American hate crimes.

Anti-Black or African American	2220
Anti-White	909
Anti-Hispanic or Latino	483
Anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	252
Anti-Multiple Races, Group	190
Anti-American Indian or Alaska Native	169
Anti-Asian	137
Anti-Arab	57
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9

Number of victims of racially motivated hate crime in the United States, 2016

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