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Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

Murder

Race and Sex of Victim by Race and Sex of Offender, 2010

[Single victim/single offender]

Race of victim Total Race of offender Sex of offender
White Black Other Unknown Male Female Unknown
White 3,327 2,777 447 40 63 2,975 289 63
Black 2,720 218 2,459 7 36 2,439 245 36
Other race 179 47 30 98 4 156 19 4
Unknown race 58 20 14 2 22 31 5 22
Sex of victim Total Race of offender Sex of offender
White Black Other Unknown Male Female Unknown
Male 4,362 1,929 2,255 93 85 3,872 405 85
Female 1,864 1,113 681 52 18 1,698 148 18
Unknown sex 58 20 14 2 22 31 5 22
  • NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, and race are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.