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Expanded Homicide Data Table 3

Murder Offenders

by Age, Sex, and Race, 2010

Age Total Sex Race
Male Female Unknown White Black Other Unknown
Total 15,094 9,972 1,075 4,047 4,849 5,770 251 4,224
Percent distribution1 100.0 66.1 7.1 26.8 32.1 38.2 1.7 28.0
Under 182 802 726 76 0 272 497 22 11
Under 222 3,239 2,981 257 1 1,104 2,035 65 35
18 and over2 9,445 8,442 990 13 4,477 4,643 225 100
Infant (under 1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 to 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 to 8 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
9 to 12 9 6 3 0 6 3 0 0
13 to 16 437 395 42 0 153 265 13 6
17 to 19 1,575 1,445 130 0 533 994 33 15
20 to 24 2,546 2,315 229 2 956 1,523 42 25
25 to 29 1,642 1,478 163 1 746 834 45 17
30 to 34 1,111 971 136 4 553 520 25 13
35 to 39 778 685 93 0 424 321 25 8
40 to 44 606 529 77 0 352 230 18 6
45 to 49 526 459 67 0 344 156 21 5
50 to 54 408 338 67 3 258 129 11 10
55 to 59 248 223 24 1 154 89 3 2
60 to 64 155 144 11 0 112 37 4 2
65 to 69 83 75 8 0 60 21 2 0
70 to 74 48 39 9 0 34 11 3 0
75 and over 73 64 7 2 62 7 2 2
Unknown 4,847 804 9 4,034 100 630 4 4,113
  • 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 2 Does not include unknown ages.