The FBI Bureau of Justice Statistics has released their homicide data for 2024.
The FBI lists five racial categories for homicide suspects:
Black: 56.4%
White/Latino/Arab/Central Asian/Other: 40.9%
American Indian: 1.3%
Asian: 1.1%
Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native: 0.2%
Of these homicide suspects, 69.1% were sub-categorized as “Hispanic or Latino” or “Not Hispanic or Latino.”
Hispanic or Latino: 21.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino: 78.1%
Homicide Victims:
Black: 53.0%
White/Latino/Arab/Central Asian/Other: 44.0%
Asian: 1.6%
American Indian: 1.2%
Pacific Islander or Hawaiian Native: 0.2%
Black percentage of known US homicide suspects:
2023, Blacks were 56.3%
2022, Blacks were 57.6%
2021, Blacks were 60.4% (Huge dip in participating agencies)
2020, Blacks were 56.6%
2019, Blacks were 55.9%
2018, Blacks were 54.8%
2017, Blacks were 54.2%
2016, Blacks were 53.5%
2015, Blacks were 53.3%
2014, Blacks were 53.0%
According to the US Census, Blacks made up 13.7% of the US population in 2024.
Keep in mind that majority Black cities tend to have abysmal clearance rates. So murders are less likely to have a known suspect.
