How many people are murdered each year?
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On average, 16,222 people are murdered each year in the US.
2020 had the most murders at 21,548 murders that year.
2014 had the least murders at 14,009 that year.
On average, the number of murders per year increases by 4.25%.
At the same time, our population grows an average of 0.73% per year.
That’s why the murder rates each year keep going up.
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Year | # of Murders Per Year | Homicide Rate | US Population |
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2010 | 14,848 | 4.8 | 309,327,143 |
2011 | 15,584 | 4.7 | 331,583,481 |
2012 | 14,753 | 4.7 | 313,887,662 |
2013 | 14,223 | 4.5 | 316,059,947 |
2014 | 14,009 | 4.4 | 318,386,329 |
2015 | 15,716 | 4.9 | 320,738,994 |
2016 | 17,446 | 5.4 | 323,071,755 |
2017 | 17,231 | 5.3 | 325,122,128 |
2018 | 16,342 | 5.0 | 326,838,199 |
2019 | 16,745 | 5.1 | 328,329,593 |
2020 | 21,548 | 6.5 | 331,501,088 |
Here are other questions we found related to the number of people murdered each year.
44.4 murders happen per day in the US.
On average, 16,222 murders happen per year.
16,222 / 365 days = 44.4 murders per day.
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0.0028% of people are murderers.
9,084 people murder someone per year.
In 2016, there were 17,446 murders in the US.
13,105 murders were from 4,743 serial killers.
4,341 murders were by people who only killed one person.
Adding up the number of serial killers and single murders tells us how many people are murderers.
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There are 16,222 gun homicides in the US per year.
On average, there are 43,052 gun deaths per year in America.
Of those 43,052 gun deaths per year:
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81.4 million Americans own a gun.
30% of Americans own a gun.
36% of people in the South own a gun.
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