What this shows
By the end of 2024, about 48,000 White Americans had been killed in homicide incidents involving at least one known Black offender since 1976: the cumulative toll passed 10,000 in 1987, 20,000 in 1996, 30,000 in 2007, and 40,000 in 2019. That is roughly 1.8 times the reverse combination (Black victims killed by known White offenders, about 26,100 over the same period). Annual counts peaked at 1,384 in 1993 during the crack-era homicide wave, fell to about 730 by 1999, and rose again after 2014: they jumped 31% in 2020 and reached a record 1,551 in 2022. Counts cover known offenders only; about a third of homicides have no identified offender.