As of March 2021, 165 Black people were killed by the police in the United States only in that year. This compares to 124 Hispanics, 11 Native Americans, and 314 White people. The rate of police shootings of Black Americans is much higher than any other ethnicity, at 37 per million people. This rate stands at 28 per million for Hispanics and 15 per million for Whites.
Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2021, by ethnicity
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Mapping Police Violence. (April 1, 2021). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2022, 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 2021, by ethnicity." Chart. April 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. (2021). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2021, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2022. 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 2021, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2021, 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 2021, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/ (last visited April 25, 2022)





