Expanded Homicide Data Table 5

Murder
Race and Sex of Victim by Race and Sex of Offender, 2006
[Single victim/single offender]

Race of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Race of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
White victims	3,709	3,026	573	53	57	3,322	330	57
Black victims	3,303	208	3,034	12	49	2,964	290	49
Other race victims	186	54	28	97	7	159	20	7
Unknown race	87	30	27	4	26	50	11	26

Sex of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Sex of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
Male victims	5,289	2,162	2,935	103	89	4,710	490	89
Female victims	1,909	1,126	700	59	24	1,735	150	24
Unknown sex	87	30	27	4	26	50	11	26

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.