Bureau of Justice Statistics
Homicide trends in the United States
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm
 
Racial composition of offender and victim for homicide
 
            White      Black    White    Black 
             on         on       on       on
  Year      White      Black    Black    White
    1976       43%      46%       2%       6%
    1977       44%      45%       2%       6%
    1978       45%      44%       2%       6%
    1979       45%      43%       2%       7%
    1980       46%      43%       2%       6%
    1981       46%      42%       2%       7%
    1982       47%      41%       2%       6%
    1983       48%      41%       2%       6%
    1984       49%      39%       3%       6%
    1985       49%      39%       3%       7%
    1986       46%      42%       3%       6%
    1987       46%      41%       3%       6%
    1988       44%      44%       3%       6%
    1989       43%      44%       3%       7%
    1990       43%      44%       3%       7%
    1991       40%      45%       3%       7%
    1992       40%      45%       3%       8%
    1993       40%      45%       3%       9%
    1994       40%      45%       3%       8%
    1995       42%      42%       3%       8%
    1996       42%      42%       3%       8%
    1997       42%      43%       3%       8%

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.