Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

Murder
Race and Sex of Victim by Race and Sex of Offender, 2008
[Single victim/single offender]

Race of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Race of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
White victims	3,643	3,036	504	44	59	3,229	355	59
Black victims	3,024	230	2,722	9	63	2,678	283	63
Other race victims	173	52	29	90	2	154	17	2
Unknown race	100	37	29	3	31	62	7	31

Sex of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Sex of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
Male victims	4,909	2,150	2,563	93	103	4,351	455	103
Female victims	1,931	1,168	692	50	21	1,710	200	21
Unknown sex	100	37	29	3	31	62	7	31

NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, and race are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.