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 Race",,,
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Year,White,Black,Other
1976,4.9,46.6,4.6
1977,5.1,44.4,4.8
1978,5.3,44.6,3.7
1979,5.8,47.7,5
1980,6.4,51.5,6.9
1981,6,45.9,6.3
1982,5.6,41.2,6.4
1983,5.3,36.3,6.2
1984,5.3,33.1,5.3
1985,5.1,34,5.8
1986,5.3,37.9,6
1987,5.2,36.6,5
1988,4.9,41.2,4.5
1989,5.1,42,4.7
1990,5.6,46.6,4.2
1991,5.6,51.4,5.4
1992,5.2,47,5.7
1993,5.2,49.2,5.6
1994,5.1,45.4,5.1
1995,4.9,39.3,5.4
1996,4.5,35.9,4.8
1997,4.1,32.2,4.5
1998,4.2,27.8,3.9
1999,3.6,25.4,3.9
2000,3.5,25.6,3.3
2001,3.5,25.6,3
2002,3.6,25,2.9
2003,3.5,25.3,3.4
2004,3.6,24.1,2.7
2005,3.5,26.5,2.8

 ,Homicide Offenders by Race,,

Year,White,Black,Other
1976,9157,10969,226
1977,9523,10625,240
1978,9915,10875,192
1979,11078,11843,265
1980,12487,13320,394
1981,11686,12428,361
1982,11154,11333,393
1983,10499,10109,401
1984,10631,9343,363
1985,10235,9712,424
1986,10740,10970,468
1987,10563,10729,411
1988,10190,12257,385
1989,10606,12674,427
1990,11823,14238,404
1991,11754,15970,543
1992,11078,14866,605
1993,11203,15818,615
1994,11096,14807,587
1995,10577,12994,640
1996,9804,12007,599
1997,9105,10922,578
1998,9230,9571,519
1999,8009,8853,540
2000,8011,9240,490
2001,8276,9428,462
2002,8473,9313,462
2003,8274,9579,561
2004,8522,9234,453
2005,8350,10285,492

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