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Home Crime in the U.S. 2011 Crime in the U.S. 2011 Tables Expanded Homicide Data Table 2

Expanded Homicide Data Table 2

Murder Victims

by Age, Sex, and Race, 2011

Age Total Sex Race
Male Female Unknown White Black Other Unknown
Total 12,664 9,829 2,813 22 5,825 6,329 335 175
Percent distribution1 100.0 77.6 22.2 0.2 46.0 50.0 2.6 1.4
Under 182 1,187 813 371 3 572 559 36 20
Under 222 2,945 2,342 599 4 1,174 1,668 70 33
18 and over2 11,350 8,931 2,410 9 5,204 5,729 294 123
Infant (under 1) 196 115 78 3 108 70 8 10
1 to 4 301 166 135 0 165 125 5 6
5 to 8 84 47 37 0 46 30 6 2
9 to 12 65 32 33 0 39 18 8 0
13 to 16 300 248 52 0 126 164 8 2
17 to 19 1,069 926 143 0 380 664 21 4
20 to 24 2,329 2,010 316 3 781 1,471 52 25
25 to 29 1,892 1,573 317 2 698 1,125 50 19
30 to 34 1,414 1,164 248 2 601 772 29 12
35 to 39 1,046 792 254 0 476 525 30 15
40 to 44 900 665 235 0 478 384 27 11
45 to 49 854 612 241 1 477 343 24 10
50 to 54 673 476 197 0 411 237 16 9
55 to 59 500 364 136 0 311 166 18 5
60 to 64 307 215 92 0 205 89 11 2
65 to 69 184 109 75 0 143 34 3 4
70 to 74 145 89 56 0 101 32 8 4
75 and over 278 141 136 1 230 39 6 3
Unknown 127 85 32 10 49 41 5 32
  • 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 2 Does not include unknown ages.