1.1 percent of population commits 27 percent of homicides

March 1st, 2012

The Justice Department, Bureau of Justice Statistics has a page which lists the percentage of the U.S. population that is comprised of white males aged 14-24, the percentage that is comprised of black males aged 14-24, and the percentage of homicides committed by both groups of young men.

The URL is:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/proportiontab.htm

In 1999, white males aged 14-24 comprised 6.1 percent of the population and committed 18 percent of all homicides. (Note: When collecting data on perpetrators, Hispanics are counted as white, distorting upwards the percentage of homicides attributed to them.)

In 1999, black males aged 14-24 comprised 1.1 percent of the population and committed 27 percent of all homicides.

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