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Table 2 Law enforcement-related deaths involving one agency by decedent race and ethnicity (2013–2022)

From: Who are the “police” in “police violence”? Fatal violence by U.S. law enforcement agencies across levels of government

Agency

Asian (N = 153)

Black (N = 2712)

Hispanic (N = 1888)

Native American (N = 140)

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (N = 61)

Unknown race (N = 1093)

White (N = 4503)

Federal

4 (2.6%)

66 (2.4%)

57 (3.0%)

9 (6.4%)

2 (3.3%)

29 (2.7%)

94 (2.1%)

Tribal

0 (0%)

1 (< 0.1%)

3 (0.2%)

12 (8.6%)

0 (0%)

8 (0.7%)

4 (0.1%)

State

5 (3.3%)

119 (4.4%)

79 (4.2%)

13 (9.3%)

4 (6.6%)

86 (7.9%)

409 (9.1%)

Local

 Municipal

106 (69.3%)

1952 (72.0%)

1328 (70.3%)

79 (56.4%)

46 (75.4%)

608 (56.0%)

2389 (53.0%)

 County

37 (24.2%)

562 (20.7%)

415 (22.0%)

27 (19.3%)

9 (14.8%)

360 (32.9%)

1598 (35.5%)

University

1 (0.7%)

12 (0.4%)

5 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.2%)

8 (0.2%)

School

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (< 0.1%)