Racial composition of offender and victim for acquaintance homicide
 
         White on Black on White on Black on
  Year   White    Black    Black    White
    1976       38%      53%       1%       4%
    1977       39%      51%       2%       4%
    1978       40%      51%       1%       4%
    1979       40%      51%       2%       4%
    1980       42%      50%       2%       4%
    1981       43%      48%       2%       4%
    1982       44%      46%       2%       4%
    1983       45%      46%       2%       4%
    1984       46%      44%       2%       4%
    1985       46%      43%       3%       5%
    1986       44%      45%       2%       4%
    1987       43%      46%       3%       5%
    1988       41%      48%       2%       5%
    1989       39%      49%       3%       5%
    1990       39%      51%       2%       4%
    1991       38%      50%       3%       5%
    1992       39%      49%       2%       6%
    1993       39%      48%       3%       6%
    1994       39%      49%       3%       6%
    1995       41%      45%       3%       6%
    1996       41%      46%       3%       6%
    1997       42%      45%       3%       6%
 
Note: Percentages do not total 100% because the other races category
was used in the denominator but the percentages for that category 
are not presented here.

Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-97.
See the methodology section in Additional Information About
the Data for weighting and imputation procedures used.