Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

Murder
Race and Sex of Victim by Race and Sex of Offender, 2009
[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	3,518	2,963	454	40	61	3,097	360	61
Black victims	2,867	209	2,604	13	41	2,538	288	41
Other race victims	181	50	26	104	1	162	18	1
Unknown race	65	27	22	1	15	44	6	15

Sex of victim	Total	Race of offender				Sex of offender
Sex of victim	Total	White	Black	Other	Unknown	Male	Female	Unknown
Male victims	4,638	2,054	2,422	86	76	4,078	484	76
Female victims	1,928	1,168	662	71	27	1,719	182	27
Unknown sex	65	27	22	1	15	44	6	15

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.