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Expanded Homicide Data Table 3

Murder Offenders

by Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2014

Age Total Sex Race Ethnicity1
Male Female Unknown White Black
or African
American
Other2 Unknown Hispanic
or Latino
Not
Hispanic
or Latino
Unknown
Total 13,897 8,770 1,169 3,958 4,367 5,173 225 4,132 1,264 3,782 3,554
Percent distribution3 100.0 63.1 8.4 28.5 31.4 37.2 1.6 29.7 14.7 44.0 41.3
Under 184 653 594 50 9 255 372 10 16 111 204 67
Under 224 2,580 2,333 231 16 893 1,608 38 41 378 896 270
18 and over4 8,758 7,640 1,091 27 4,038 4,387 212 121 1,116 3,414 918
Infant (under 1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 to 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 to 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 to 12 8 8 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 1 1
13 to 16 323 291 29 3 139 172 7 5 65 109 29
17 to 19 1,234 1,128 98 8 436 758 19 21 192 409 125
20 to 24 2,300 2,038 256 6 802 1,425 39 34 299 830 236
25 to 29 1,615 1,405 208 2 690 872 38 15 226 612 175
30 to 34 1,112 951 158 3 551 516 30 15 165 430 112
35 to 39 779 670 108 1 406 340 19 14 110 317 73
40 to 44 550 467 82 1 304 217 22 7 69 224 68
45 to 49 453 393 58 2 263 167 18 5 37 200 33
50 to 54 405 344 57 4 237 144 12 12 26 173 60
55 to 59 277 231 42 4 181 86 5 5 16 128 33
60 to 64 142 120 22 0 102 33 5 2 12 71 14
65 to 69 91 76 15 0 77 12 2 0 2 46 10
70 to 74 42 38 3 1 34 5 3 0 1 25 6
75 and over 80 74 5 1 66 9 3 2 6 43 10
Unknown 4,486 536 28 3,922 74 414 3 3,995 37 164 2,569
  • 1 The ethnicity totals represent those agencies that provided ethnicity breakdowns. Not all agencies provide ethnicity data; therefore, the race and ethnicity totals will not equal.
  • 2 Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
  • 3 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 4 Does not include unknown ages.