As of December 18, 282 Black people were killed by the police in the United States in 2023. This compares to 201 Hispanic people and 495 White people. The rate of police shootings of Black Americans is much higher than any other ethnicity, at 5.9 per million people. This rate stands at 2.5 per million for Hispanic people and 2.3 per million for White people.
Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to December 2023, by ethnicity
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Mapping Police Violence. (December 18, 2023). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to December 2023, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. "Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to December 2023, by ethnicity." Chart. December 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. (2023). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to December 2023, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. "Number of People Killed by Police in The United States from 2013 to December 2023, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence, Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to December 2023, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to December 2023, by ethnicity [Graph], Mapping Police Violence, December 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/