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Graph showing men's homicide rates broken down by race from 1980 to 2015

Data Source: Data compiled from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics Reports. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2018)

This graph originally appeared in Stark racial disparities in murder rates persist, even as overall murder rate declines.

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