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Home Crime in the U.S. 2018 Crime in the U.S. 2018 Tables Expanded Homicide Data Table 3

Expanded Homicide Data Table 3

Murder Offenders

by Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2018

Age Total Sex Race Ethnicity1
Male Female Unknown White Black
or African
American
Other2 Unknown Hispanic
or Latino
Not
Hispanic
or Latino
Unknown
Total 16,335 10,306 1,443 4,586 4,884 6,318 312 4,821 1,576 6,021 8,375
Percent distribution3 100.0 63.1 8.8 28.1 29.9 38.7 1.9 29.5 9.9 37.7 52.4
Under 184 920 827 92 1 336 552 20 12 164 440 297
Under 224 3,238 2,895 320 23 1,210 1,896 63 69 471 1,593 1,094
18 and over4 10,316 8,921 1,331 64 4,478 5,360 290 188 1,377 5,333 3,389
Infant (under 1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 to 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 to 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 to 12 8 7 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 4 4
13 to 16 496 444 52 0 182 291 13 10 90 230 165
17 to 19 1,479 1,329 145 5 483 943 35 18 259 741 447
20 to 24 2,254 1,979 268 7 796 1,375 52 31 320 1,139 747
25 to 29 1,998 1,732 255 11 748 1,163 46 41 281 1,026 649
30 to 34 1,440 1,224 206 10 654 704 53 29 207 742 468
35 to 39 1,161 985 172 4 584 527 36 14 160 595 380
40 to 44 651 560 88 3 318 301 23 9 79 358 203
45 to 49 495 422 68 5 275 200 13 7 57 263 168
50 to 54 439 367 67 5 247 169 14 9 39 227 158
55 to 59 346 289 43 14 183 137 5 21 21 182 133
60 to 64 186 166 20 0 127 50 5 4 14 102 67
65 to 69 106 89 17 0 75 24 5 2 5 63 37
70 to 74 82 69 13 0 67 11 4 0 3 50 26
75 and over 93 84 8 1 68 14 6 5 6 51 32
Unknown 5,099 558 20 4,521 70 406 2 4,621 35 248 4,689
  • 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.