Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,,,,,
Homicide trends in the United States,,,,,,,,,,,,
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,,,,,,,,,
Date of release: January 17 2007,,,,,,,,,,,,

"Homicide Offending Rates per 100,000 Population by Age, Race and Gender",,,,,,,,,,,,

,White Male, , ,Black Male, , ,White Female, , ,Black Female,,
,14-17,18-24,25+,14-17,18-24,25+,14-17,18-24,25+,14-17,18-24,25+
1976,10.9,21,8.9,80.6,180.9,100.9,1.4,2.5,1.5,11.2,29.5,22.1
1977,11.2,21.7,9.2,73.7,169.9,96.3,1.3,2.6,1.4,7,29.9,21
1978,10.9,23.6,9.5,70,178.5,96.3,1.1,2.6,1.3,7.8,27.4,19.2
1979,13.5,26.8,10.2,78.7,197.7,101.6,1.1,2.8,1.5,9.1,27,18.8
1980,13.9,30.1,11.4,83.8,212.6,108.9,1,2.9,1.6,8.1,32.6,19.5
1981,11.6,27.1,10.8,82.9,186,96.6,1.2,2.5,1.5,8.1,23.9,17.6
1982,11.7,24.5,10.4,69.4,174.9,85.1,1.2,2.6,1.4,5.9,24.1,15.1
1983,10.9,23.9,9.5,57.4,150.3,76.2,1.5,2.3,1.3,7.2,21.9,13.1
1984,10,25.2,9.6,52.8,130.1,71.5,1.2,2.7,1.2,6,18.5,12.4
1985,10.4,23.2,9.3,69,143.5,68.8,0.9,2.5,1.2,7.1,18,12
1986,12.9,25.1,9.5,80.1,162.2,77.1,1.2,2.2,1.2,5.7,20.2,12.7
1987,11.8,24.4,9.3,87.5,177.9,69.3,1.3,2.5,1.2,6.8,16.5,11.1
1988,14.6,23.2,8.8,125.4,219.5,72.6,1,2.5,1.1,7.5,20.5,10.2
1989,16.8,26.8,8.6,135.5,250.6,67.8,1.1,2.7,1.1,7,18.9,10.8
1990,22,30.9,9.2,194.5,290.8,70.3,1.5,2.8,1.1,6.9,19.1,10.1
1991,22.8,32.9,8.8,214.1,365.1,68.8,1.3,2.6,1,10.5,21.9,10.2
1992,23.3,31.8,8,209.1,326.4,65.5,1.4,2.3,0.9,11.1,17.2,8.7
1993,22.8,32.7,7.8,253.1,362.5,60.7,1.3,2.2,1.1,9.2,20,8.1
1994,24.9,32.7,7.5,235.5,338.3,55.1,1.6,2.2,1,9.6,17.7,7.8
1995,22,32.1,7.2,178.6,301.3,51.3,1.3,2.1,0.9,7.5,13,6.3
1996,18.3,31.7,6.4,143.3,282.5,47.2,1.8,2.7,0.9,8.8,15.7,6.2
1997,16.3,29.5,5.9,116.8,252.8,45,1.5,2.8,0.8,4.5,15.9,5.3
1998,14.2,29.8,6.1,80.7,227.1,39.6,1.2,2.5,0.9,5.3,13.2,5.1
1999,10.6,24.9,5.4,68.4,212.9,36.3,1.4,2.4,0.8,6.1,10.7,4.3
2000,8.1,24.6,5.3,63.7,211.4,38,1.2,2,0.8,5.2,11.4,4
2001,8.2,26.1,5.4,61,207.3,38.8,1,2.2,0.7,5.1,12.6,4.2
2002,9.2,24.9,5.5,54.6,192.2,41,0.9,2.6,0.7,3.6,11,3.7
2003,7.7,23.2,5.5,58.3,199.4,39.6,1.3,2.3,0.7,3.6,11.9,4.1
2004,8.7,22.9,5.6,59.8,184.9,38,0.8,2.2,0.8,2.7,9.8,3.9
2005,7.9,22.4,5.5,64.1,203.3,41.8,0.7,2,0.8,4,11.8,4

"Homicide Offenders by Age, Race and Gender",,,,,,,,,,,,
 ,White Male, , ,Black Male, , ,White Female, , ,Black Female,,
 ,14-17,18-24,25+,14-17,18-24,25+,14-17,18-24,25+,14-17,18-24,25+
1976,780,2525,4561,877,2963,5069,99,294,852,122,520,1360
1977,795,2650,4782,803,2867,4969,86,312,834,77,543,1326
1978,762,2905,5011,767,3091,5110,75,309,790,85,509,1254
1979,932,3312,5490,863,3499,5555,75,339,888,100,511,1266
1980,948,3781,6288,941,3914,6289,67,362,987,91,640,1387
1981,783,3446,6107,962,3595,5922,81,308,910,94,490,1330
1982,766,3078,5946,796,3393,5366,76,322,924,68,495,1170
1983,698,2973,5539,648,2919,4930,93,279,871,81,449,1043
1984,621,3102,5687,585,2526,4743,70,324,792,66,376,1011
1985,634,2811,5631,753,2782,4676,50,289,779,77,364,1003
1986,787,2980,5817,872,3139,5369,68,253,782,61,405,1083
1987,712,2827,5805,954,3407,4944,76,280,802,73,326,969
1988,871,2626,5570,1367,4144,5293,59,268,748,80,400,916
1989,989,2967,5510,1471,4665,5050,59,281,740,75,362,988
1990,1209,3459,5939,2025,5443,5342,80,294,789,70,368,943
1991,1261,3593,5786,2250,6779,5347,69,273,736,107,419,968
1992,1308,3405,5314,2239,6052,5208,74,232,678,115,327,845
1993,1291,3521,5254,2755,6797,4890,69,230,774,97,384,797
1994,1430,3464,5097,2627,6310,4513,85,223,727,104,337,780
1995,1309,3331,4941,2072,5596,4268,73,209,654,84,246,639
1996,1112,3228,4399,1694,5232,3996,102,263,651,100,297,638
1997,1014,2964,4112,1415,4646,3883,89,270,623,52,298,553
1998,894,2991,4284,990,4196,3465,73,238,708,62,250,546
1999,668,2547,3838,837,4015,3223,83,237,590,72,206,462
2000,525,2628,3923,805,4158,3499,74,200,621,63,230,453
2001,539,2856,4016,783,4188,3630,62,230,541,63,259,485
2002,611,2786,4118,712,3966,3888,57,275,601,45,232,428
2003,518,2632,4155,782,4166,3811,83,250,597,47,252,480
2004,590,2641,4303,828,3931,3709,54,247,654,36,212,471
2005,540,2622,4213,917,4395,4139,44,224,683,55,260,485

"Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",,,,,,,,,,,,
See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,,,,,,,,,,,