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Home Crime in the U.S. 2015 Crime in the U.S. 2015 Tables Expanded Homicide Data Table 2

Expanded Homicide Data Table 2

Murder Victims

by Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2015

Age Total Sex Race Ethnicity
Male Female Unknown White Black
or African
American
Other1 Unknown Hispanic
or Latino
Not
Hispanic
or Latino
Unknown
Total 13,455 10,608 2,818 29 5,854 7,039 366 196 2,028 7,971 2,224
Percent distribution2 100.0 78.8 20.9 0.2 43.5 52.3 2.7 1.5 16.6 65.2 18.2
Under 183 1,093 761 329 3 504 544 26 19 193 611 189
Under 223 2,624 2,135 487 2 954 1,598 44 28 488 1,484 443
18 and over3 12,228 9,773 2,448 7 5,296 6,451 339 142 1,823 7,305 1,974
Infant (under 1) 168 104 63 1 89 65 8 6 24 104 28
1 to 4 260 153 106 1 130 117 6 7 32 160 58
5 to 8 91 49 42 0 58 30 1 2 12 57 16
9 to 12 56 35 20 1 30 22 3 1 9 30 6
13 to 16 282 218 64 0 110 167 4 1 62 141 49
17 to 19 996 870 126 0 325 647 16 8 191 546 159
20 to 24 2,431 2,102 329 0 764 1,596 45 26 414 1,398 368
25 to 29 2,071 1,733 338 0 717 1,290 48 16 321 1,201 331
30 to 34 1,647 1,340 307 0 650 927 49 21 266 974 254
35 to 39 1,263 1,021 241 1 539 666 45 13 200 728 223
40 to 44 925 701 222 2 467 428 23 7 150 545 158
45 to 49 781 586 194 1 399 330 33 19 118 485 115
50 to 54 737 568 169 0 428 282 17 10 84 468 120
55 to 59 580 425 154 1 363 183 27 7 57 389 102
60 to 64 360 250 109 1 226 114 12 8 36 231 54
65 to 69 235 168 67 0 166 59 6 4 14 168 41
70 to 74 159 93 65 1 113 33 9 4 11 100 33
75 and over 279 118 161 0 226 39 13 1 15 191 48
Unknown 134 74 41 19 54 44 1 35 12 55 61
  • 1 Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
  • 2 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 3 Does not include unknown ages.