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Table 9

Known Offenders1

Known Offender's Race, Ethnicity, and Age, 2015

Race/Ethnicity/Age Total
Race 5,493
White 2,657
Black or African American 1,336
American Indian or Alaska Native 52
Asian 53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4
Group of Multiple Races2 499
Unknown Race 892
Ethnicity3 3,421
Hispanic or Latino 209
Not Hispanic or Latino 880
Group of Multiple Ethnicities4 54
Unknown Ethnicity 2,278
Age3 3,331
Total known offenders 18 and over 2,823
Total known offenders under 18 508
  • 1 The term known offender does not imply that the identity of the suspect is known, but only that an attribute of the suspect has been identified, which distinguishes him/her from an unknown offender.
  • 2 The term group of multiple races is used to describe a group of offenders of varying races.
  • 3 The total number of known offenders by age and the total number of known offenders by ethnicity do not equal the total number of known offenders by race because not all law enforcement agencies report the age and/or ethnicity of the known offenders.
  • 4 The term group of multiple ethnicities is used to describe a group of offenders of varying ethnicities.

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