Missouri Tops Nation in Black Homicide Rate
By: KQTV
Updated: January 30, 2013
(WASHINGTON) For the third consecutive year, Missouri led the nation in the rate of black victimization in homicides.
FBI statistics from 2010, the last year numbers are available for, showed Missouri ranked first with a rate of more than 33 deaths per 100,000 people. The rate placed the state first on the list by nearly seven deaths and is more than seven times higher than the national average of 4.42.
The study by the Violence Policy Center found there were 255 black homicide victims in 2010. Of those 255, 231 were males and 91 percent of victims in homicides where the weapon could be identified, were killed with guns.
St. Joseph police say over the last three years, four of 12 murder victims were black. In 2010, one of five St. Joseph murder victims was black.
The top-10 rates in the nation were as follows:
1) Missouri, 33.86 per 100,000
2) Pennsylvania, 26.87 per 100,000
3) Michigan, 26.61 per 100,000
4) Nebraska, 25.58 per 100,000
5) Oklahoma, 25.45 per 100,000
6) Indiana, 23.89 per 100,000
7) Maine, 22.62 per 100,000
8) Louisiana, 22.61 per 100,000
9) Ohio, 19.25 per 100,000
10) California, 19.12 per 100,000
To view the complete study, click here.
FBI statistics from 2010, the last year numbers are available for, showed Missouri ranked first with a rate of more than 33 deaths per 100,000 people. The rate placed the state first on the list by nearly seven deaths and is more than seven times higher than the national average of 4.42.
The study by the Violence Policy Center found there were 255 black homicide victims in 2010. Of those 255, 231 were males and 91 percent of victims in homicides where the weapon could be identified, were killed with guns.
St. Joseph police say over the last three years, four of 12 murder victims were black. In 2010, one of five St. Joseph murder victims was black.
The top-10 rates in the nation were as follows:
1) Missouri, 33.86 per 100,000
2) Pennsylvania, 26.87 per 100,000
3) Michigan, 26.61 per 100,000
4) Nebraska, 25.58 per 100,000
5) Oklahoma, 25.45 per 100,000
6) Indiana, 23.89 per 100,000
7) Maine, 22.62 per 100,000
8) Louisiana, 22.61 per 100,000
9) Ohio, 19.25 per 100,000
10) California, 19.12 per 100,000
To view the complete study, click here.
