Racial composition of offender and victim for stranger homicide
 
         White on Black on White on Black on
  Year   White    Black    Black    White
    1976       42%      29%       4%      18%
    1977       43%      27%       5%      18%
    1978       43%      29%       3%      18%
    1979       41%      28%       5%      19%
    1980       41%      29%       5%      20%
    1981       40%      31%       4%      20%
    1982       41%      30%       5%      18%
    1983       42%      28%       4%      18%
    1984       46%      26%       4%      17%
    1985       41%      28%       5%      18%
    1986       42%      28%       5%      17%
    1987       42%      28%       6%      17%
    1988       40%      30%       5%      19%
    1989       38%      32%       5%      18%
    1990       40%      29%       6%      18%
    1991       33%      38%       5%      17%
    1992       31%      38%       4%      20%
    1993       31%      38%       4%      19%
    1994       31%      37%       5%      19%
    1995       36%      34%       6%      16%
    1996       36%      32%       6%      17%
    1997       37%      36%       5%      17%