As of November 17, 277 Black people were killed by the police in the United States in 2024. This compares to 201 Hispanic people and 445 white people. The rate of police shootings of Black Americans is much higher than any other ethnicity, at 6.2 per million people. This rate stands at 2.8 per million for Hispanic people and 2.4 per million for white people.
Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to November 2024, by ethnicity
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Mapping Police Violence. (November 17, 2024). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to November 2024, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 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 November 2024, by ethnicity." Chart. November 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. (2024). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to November 2024, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 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 November 2024, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 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 November 2024, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to November 2024, by ethnicity [Graph], Mapping Police Violence, November 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/