Black Oklahomans make up only 7.4 percent of the states population but accounted for about 34 percent of homicides in the state in 2011, making the state fifth in the nation for black homicide victimization, according to a national study. Of 219 homicide victims in the state in 2011, 74 were black, according to data cited in the study, Black Homicide Victimization in the United States. In the study, the Violence Policy Center, a national nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., used FBI data from the most recent year available, 2011, to calculate the homicide rate of black victims per 100,000 residents for each state. Oklahomas rate was 25.51 black victims per 100,000 Oklahomans. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has more recent data showing that 34.7 percent of Oklahoma homicide victims in 2012 were black.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:07:13 +0000
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