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

"Homicide Victimization Rates per 100,000 Population by Race",,,
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Year,White,Black,Other
1976,5.1,37.1,4.9
1977,5.4,36.2,4.7
1978,5.6,35.1,4
1979,6.1,37.5,4.1
1980,6.3,37.7,5.7
1981,6.2,36.4,6.1
1982,5.9,32.3,6.5
1983,5.3,29.4,6.4
1984,5.2,27.2,5.5
1985,5.2,27.6,5.5
1986,5.4,31.5,6.2
1987,5.1,30.7,5.2
1988,4.9,33.5,4
1989,5,35.1,4.3
1990,5.4,37.6,4.2
1991,5.5,39.3,6
1992,5.3,37.2,5.4
1993,5.3,38.7,5.5
1994,5,36.4,4.6
1995,4.8,31.6,4.9
1996,4.3,28.3,4.1
1997,3.9,26,4.1
1998,3.8,23,2.9
1999,3.5,20.5,3.3
2000,3.3,20.5,2.7
2001,3.4,20.4,2.8
2002,3.3,20.8,2.7
2003,3.4,20.9,2.8
2004,3.3,19.7,2.4
2005,3.3,20.6,2.5

 ,Homicide Victims by Race,,

Year,White,Black,Other
1976,9585,8745,238
1977,10041,8669,236
1978,10568,8572,207
1979,11625,9311,215
1980,12275,9767,327
1981,12163,9862,348
1982,11644,8880,399
1983,10604,8201,417
1984,10490,7678,377
1985,10590,7891,399
1986,10916,9107,484
1987,10526,9000,424
1988,10184,9959,344
1989,10325,10566,390
1990,11279,11488,400
1991,11661,12226,608
1992,11229,11777,573
1993,11278,12435,601
1994,10773,11856,526
1995,10376,10444,581
1996,9483,9476,512
1997,8620,8842,524
1998,8389,7931,393
1999,7777,7139,458
2000,7560,7425,399
2001,7884,7522,424
2002,7784,7758,437
2003,7932,7893,468
2004,7944,7562,417
2005,8017,7999,437

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