Physical fights among U.S. students by ethnic group, by ethnicity 2019

Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight in the U.S. in 2019, by location and ethnicity

CharacteristicAnywhereOn school property
White 19.8% 6.4%
Black 30.2% 15.5%
Hispanic* 22.6% 7.8%
Asian 12% 4.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native 40.2% 18.9%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian 18.2% 9.1%
Two or more races 28.7% 11%
Total 21.9% 8%
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Release date

September 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

* Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
“On school property” was not defined for survey respondents. The term “anywhere” is not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students are simply asked how many times in the last 12 months they had been in a physical fight.

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