Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,,, Homicide trends in the United States,,,,,,,,,, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,,,,,,, Date of release: March 31 2007,,,,,,,,,, "Relationship of victim to offender by rce of victim, 1976-2005",,,,,,,,,, ,White,,,,,Black,,,, ,Spouse/Ex,Parent,Sibling,Child,Other family,Spouse/Ex,Parent,Sibling,Child,Other family 1976,1100,247,128,335,282,1106,126,129,202,259 1977,1067,251,107,324,298,973,112,126,225,232 1978,1083,268,98,318,311,909,105,115,249,242 1979,1140,247,127,344,335,886,114,114,177,218 1980,1076,271,138,348,340,871,93,155,207,230 1981,1193,273,177,346,311,806,135,138,216,263 1982,1101,268,144,369,345,691,104,124,253,230 1983,1059,250,163,346,296,680,103,121,229,252 1984,982,262,169,322,298,558,100,131,182,207 1985,1074,254,136,378,278,554,88,103,219,201 1986,1010,231,113,342,274,584,103,127,249,223 1987,977,233,159,332,335,530,86,122,251,224 1988,963,237,120,339,250,517,97,125,238,208 1989,844,235,135,385,275,500,102,116,220,229 1990,931,228,140,363,250,452,82,133,223,228 1991,839,239,124,370,279,431,113,116,248,217 1992,828,201,116,325,264,423,107,92,244,190 1993,834,229,103,337,217,400,94,113,247,205 1994,818,224,118,340,250,356,97,100,207,171 1995,725,203,85,366,238,295,81,68,182,181 1996,737,186,68,338,233,274,79,71,196,133 1997,614,194,86,348,201,256,71,83,206,161 1998,707,214,76,345,191,259,56,63,179,145 1999,608,211,73,332,194,205,64,45,198,140 2000,669,192,81,291,197,198,65,55,168,139 2001,600,187,65,369,230,203,48,42,177,118 2002,581,185,72,304,219,199,61,54,168,112 2003,547,197,72,330,211,187,69,49,177,136 2004,612,197,82,319,186,177,59,46,170,144 2005,593,211,84,299,210,187,48,45,155,135