Police kill Black people and Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islanders at a higher rate than other races and ethnicities.
Per millionTotals
Six line charts showing the rates of police killings of people of particular races and ethnicities in the U.S. from 2019 to 2023. Values range from less than 1 killing per million in population to more than 10. Among the groups, Asian people have the lowest rates and white people the next-lowest at less than 3 killings per million in 2023. Hispanic people have the next-highest rate, 3.4 killings per million. Then it’s Native Americans, with nearly 7 killings per million. Black people had 7.4 killings per million in 2023 and Native Hawaiians / Pacific Islanders more than 12.