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2019 Homicide Statistics

Posted in Undogegorized by chamblee54 on October 3, 2020


Crime in the U.S. 2019 has been issued. It is more statistics about crime than you could consume in a lifetime. This blog published reports on these numbers for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.

Expanded Homicide Data Table 1 is the source of homicide statistics. These numbers are broken down by race, gender, ethnicity, and other factors. (Hispanic or latino, known here as hispanic, is considered an ethnicity, rather than a race. Hispanic people are included in racial breakdowns according to their race.) In 2019, there were 13,927 homicide victims. The gender breakdown is 10,908 male (78%), 2991 female (21%), and 28 unknown (.2%).

Quick facts, from the U.S. Census Bureau, is the source of population numbers. On July 1, 2019, there were 328,239,523 people in the United States. White people were 76.3% (252,087,953), and black people were 13.4% (43,984,096). Hispanic people were 18.5% (60,724,311).

2019 homicide victims break down into white 5,787, black 7,484, other race 434, and unknown race 422. Hispanics are counted separately, and had 2,193 victims. If you divide the number of homicide victims by the population, you get the number of homicide victims per million (vpm). The overall population lost 42.4 vpm. For white people, there were 22.9 vpm. For black people, there were 170.1 vpm. For hispanic people, there were 36.5 vpm.

50.8% of the population is female, according to the census bureau. We will use this 50.8/49.2 breakdown in this next section, even though there are indications that the percent of females is higher for black people. The gender breakdown overall is 10,908 male (78%), 2991 female (21%), and 28 unknown (.2%). The male/female ratio for homicides is, for white people, male 4,026 (69%), and female 1,759 (30%). For black people, it is male 6,446 (86%), and female 1,035 (14 %). For hispanics, it is male 1,768 (80%), and female 425 (19%).

On a per capita basis, overall, males had 67.7 vpm, with females losing 18.0 vpm. White males had 32.4 vpm, with white females losing 13.7 vpm. Black males had 306.9 vpm, with black females losing 47.0 vpm. Hispanic males had 60.9 vpm, with hispanic females losing 14.1 vpm.

The numbers are down from 2018. 2018 had 14,123 homicide victims (w 6,088, b 7,407, h 2,173). 2019 had 13,927 homicide victims (w 5,787, b 7,484, h 2,193). This is with an overall population increase of 1,072,089. Most of the other numbers were lower in 2019.

The Washington Post reports 999 people shot dead by police in 2019. The breakdown: White 404, Black 250, Hispanic 163. (Using these numbers for comparison may be tricky. The FBI groups Hispanics into White/Black/Other as appropriate, while WAPO considers Hispanics to be a separate racial category.) If you divide the WAPO number by the total number of victims, you get a killed-by-police percentage. Overall, this is 999/13,927 = 7.1%. For White people, this is 404/5787 = 6.9%. For Black people, this is 250/7484 = 3.3%. For Hispanics, this is 163/2193 = 7.4%.

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