Number of people killed by police by ethnicity U.S. 2022 | Statista

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In 2022, 313 Black people were killed by the police in the United States only in that year. This compares to 216 Hispanics, 17 Native Americans, and 502 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 2022, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native American	Pacific Islander	Unknown	White
2013	19	291	169	5	2	171	430
2014	16	276	183	10	5	79	480
2015	29	305	195	13	4	13	543
2016	14	279	195	23	6	20	533
2017	12	278	226	28	6	33	509
2018	15	266	213	20	10	108	512
2019	18	282	206	13	9	119	449
2020	12	249	200	13	7	235	411
2021	5	165	124	11	6	194	314
2022	25	313	216	17	1	118	502

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December 2022

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United States

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2013 to 2022*

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* Data until December 2022.

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