Bureau of Justice Statistics Homicide trends in the United States www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm The Proportion of Population, Victims, and Offenders by Demographic Group 14-24 White Males 14-24 Black Males All Others Population Victims Offenders Population Victims Offenders Population Victims Offenders 1976 8.9% 8.7% 16.3% 1.3% 9.2% 17.3% 89.8% 82.1% 66.5% 1977 8.9% 9.5% 16.7% 1.3% 9.0% 16.4% 89.8% 81.6% 66.9% 1978 8.8% 10.1% 17.4% 1.3% 8.9% 16.7% 89.9% 81.1% 65.9% 1979 8.8% 10.8% 18.3% 1.3% 8.7% 17.2% 89.9% 80.5% 64.6% 1980 8.6% 10.4% 18.0% 1.3% 9.0% 18.3% 90.1% 80.6% 63.7% 1981 8.5% 9.7% 17.0% 1.4% 8.9% 17.1% 90.2% 81.4% 65.9% 1982 8.3% 9.6% 16.6% 1.3% 8.8% 16.7% 90.4% 81.6% 66.7% 1983 8.1% 9.5% 17.1% 1.3% 8.8% 15.5% 90.6% 81.7% 67.5% 1984 7.9% 9.0% 17.7% 1.3% 8.2% 14.5% 90.9% 82.8% 67.8% 1985 7.7% 9.0% 16.5% 1.3% 8.9% 16.1% 91.1% 82.2% 67.3% 1986 7.5% 8.9% 16.4% 1.3% 9.7% 16.7% 91.3% 81.4% 66.9% 1987 7.3% 8.2% 16.0% 1.2% 11.1% 18.6% 91.5% 80.6% 65.5% 1988 7.1% 7.9% 15.1% 1.2% 12.3% 22.3% 91.7% 79.9% 62.5% 1989 6.9% 8.4% 15.8% 1.2% 13.9% 25.2% 91.9% 77.8% 59.0% 1990 6.7% 9.8% 17.0% 1.2% 14.7% 25.7% 92.1% 75.6% 57.3% 1991 6.5% 10.0% 16.9% 1.2% 16.1% 29.6% 92.3% 73.9% 53.5% 1992 6.4% 10.0% 17.2% 1.1% 16.4% 29.7% 92.5% 73.6% 53.1% 1993 6.4% 9.6% 16.7% 1.1% 17.4% 33.2% 92.5% 73.0% 50.1% 1994 6.3% 10.2% 17.3% 1.1% 17.5% 32.8% 92.6% 72.3% 49.9% 1995 6.2% 10.7% 18.7% 1.1% 16.2% 30.1% 92.6% 73.1% 51.2% 1996 6.1% 10.4% 18.7% 1.1% 16.2% 29.2% 92.7% 73.4% 52.1% 1997 6.1% 10.1% 18.4% 1.1% 16.9% 28.8% 92.8% 73.0% 52.8% Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-97. See the methodology section in Additional Information About the Data for weighting and imputation procedures used.