Expanded Homicide Data Table 3
Murder Offenders
by Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2015
Age | Total | Sex | Race | Ethnicity1 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.