Expanded Homicide Data Table 3

Murder Offenders

by Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2015

Age	Total	Sex			Race				Ethnicity¹
Age	Total	Male	Female	Unknown	White	Black or African American	Other²	Unknown	Hispanic or Latino	Not Hispanic or Latino	Unknown
Total	15,326	9,553	1,180	4,593	4,636	5,620	283	4,787	1,312	4,598	4,408
Percent distribution³	100.0	62.3	7.7	30.0	30.2	36.7	1.8	31.2	12.7	44.6	42.7
Under 18⁴	667	616	51	0	236	412	14	5	104	269	91
Under 22⁴	2,648	2,403	239	6	916	1,638	69	25	404	1,108	322
18 and over⁴	9,456	8,327	1,109	20	4,324	4,755	268	109	1,183	4,125	1,169
Infant (under 1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 to 4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 to 8	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
9 to 12	9	8	1	0	4	5	0	0	2	2	2
13 to 16	341	320	21	0	119	210	9	3	54	147	44
17 to 19	1,263	1,143	119	1	442	784	28	9	193	527	156
20 to 24	2,448	2,180	262	6	844	1,513	66	25	330	1,030	273
25 to 29	1,814	1,607	204	3	739	997	52	26	214	756	244
30 to 34	1,251	1,082	165	4	610	584	40	17	175	509	173
35 to 39	840	733	107	0	449	368	17	6	104	382	115
40 to 44	594	506	88	0	350	223	17	4	79	269	69
45 to 49	449	384	63	2	251	175	20	3	47	200	56
50 to 54	453	390	60	3	295	128	16	14	46	225	46
55 to 59	278	248	29	1	174	94	9	1	23	148	30
60 to 64	149	136	13	0	103	41	1	4	5	74	23
65 to 69	88	77	11	0	60	27	0	1	7	44	12
70 to 74	52	42	10	0	37	10	4	1	3	32	7
75 and over	91	85	6	0	82	6	3	0	5	49	9
Unknown	5,203	610	20	4,573	76	453	1	4,673	25	204	3,148

¹ 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.

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