FBI — Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

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Murder

Race, Sex, and Ethnicity of Victim by Race, Sex, and Ethnicity of Offender, 2018

[Single victim/single offender]

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Race of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender			Ethnicity of offender
Race of victim	Total	White	Black or African American	Other¹	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown	Hispanic or Latino	Not Hispanic or Latino	Unknown
White	3,315	2,677	514	61	63	2,914	383	18	803	1,476	1,036
Black or African American	2,925	234	2,600	17	74	2,603	291	31	83	1,878	964
Other race¹	220	54	39	122	5	196	22	2	19	132	69
Unknown race	110	46	24	7	33	100	9	1	18	40	52
Sex of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender			Ethnicity of offender
Sex of victim	Total	White	Black or African American	Other¹	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown	Hispanic or Latino	Not Hispanic or Latino	Unknown
Male	4,639	1,942	2,430	133	134	4,073	521	45	675	2,487	1,477
Female	1,921	1,064	745	72	40	1,731	184	6	245	1,036	640
Unknown sex	10	5	2	2	1	9	0	1	3	3	4
Ethnicity of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender			Ethnicity of offender
Ethnicity of victim	Total	White	Black or African American	Other¹	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown	Hispanic or Latino	Not Hispanic or Latino	Unknown
Hispanic or Latino	957	772	143	17	25	888	63	6	655	213	89
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,284	1,685	2,357	148	94	3,751	493	40	231	3,193	860
Unknown	1,329	554	677	42	56	1,174	149	6	37	120	1,172

¹ Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, race, and ethnicity are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.