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Murder in the United States: number of victims by race/ethnicity and gender 2016

Number of murder victims in the United States in 2016, by race/ethnicity and gender

This graph displays murder victims in the U.S. by race/ethnicity and gender in 2016. In 2016, around 3.208 murder victims were female.

Additional information on black/African American murder victims in the United StatesAccording to male deaths by firearm-related injuries by ethnicity, the amount of black victims has fallen by over half since 1970 in proportion to the population. While this improvement has been welcomed, black males remained twice as likely to be the victim of a gun related death compared with white males.

Total 15070 11821 3208 41
White 6576 4665 1906 5
Black 7881 6749 1126 6
Other race 400 266 133 1
Unknown race 213 141 43 29
Hispanic or Latino 2367 1977 389 1
Not Hispanic or Latino 9725 7600 2120 5
Unknown 2226 1678 516 32