. 2022 May 13;71(19):656–663. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7119e1

TABLE 1. Changes in firearm homicide incidence, by selected sociodemographic factors — United States, 2019–2020.

Characteristic	No. (rate*)		Rate change	% Rate change
Characteristic	2019	2020	Rate change	% Rate change
U.S. population overall^†,§	14,392 (4.6)	19,350 (6.1)	1.6	34.6
Age group, yrs^¶
<10	125 (0.3)	175 (0.4)	0.1	40.9
10–24	4,474 (7.0)	6,176 (9.8)	2.7	38.5
25–44	7,154 (8.2)	9,685 (11.0)	2.8	34.6
45–64	2,176 (2.6)	2,767 (3.3)	0.7	28.0
≥65	463 (0.9)	547 (1.0)	0.1	14.7
Sex^†,§
Female	2,284 (1.4)	2,954 (1.9)	0.4	29.4
Male	12,108 (7.6)	16,396 (10.4)	2.7	35.5
Race and ethnicity^,§**
A/PI, non-Hispanic	228 (1.1)	227 (1.0)	−0.0^††	−4.2
AI/AN, non-Hispanic	172 (6.4)	221 (8.1)	1.7	27.0
Black, non-Hispanic	8,499 (19.0)	11,904 (26.6)	7.5	39.5
Hispanic (any race)	2,301 (3.6)	2,946 (4.5)	0.9	25.8
White, non-Hispanic	3,192 (1.7)	4,052 (2.2)	0.5	28.4
U.S. Census Bureau division^†,§,§§
New England	209 (1.5)	280 (2.0)	0.5	32.2
Middle Atlantic	1,064 (2.7)	1,594 (4.1)	1.4	51.0
East North Central	2,319 (5.2)	3,410 (7.7)	2.5	47.8
West North Central	845 (4.2)	1,149 (5.7)	1.5	36.6
South Atlantic	3,754 (6.0)	4,681 (7.5)	1.5	24.6
East South Central	1,527 (8.5)	2,056 (11.3)	2.9	33.7
West South Central	2,293 (5.7)	3,030 (7.5)	1.8	31.2
Mountain	829 (3.4)	1,057 (4.4)	0.9	27.3
Pacific	1,552 (3.0)	2,093 (4.0)	1.0	35.2
Urbanization level^†,§
Large metropolitan	8,688 (4.8)	11,880 (6.6)	1.8	36.9
Small/Medium metropolitan	4,066 (4.3)	5,380 (5.7)	1.4	32.1
Nonmetropolitan	1,638 (4.0)	2,090 (5.1)	1.1	28.5

Abbreviations: A/PI = Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native.

* Firearm homicides per 100,000 persons.

^† Excludes decedent records with missing race and ethnicity or age.

^§ Rates are age-adjusted to the year 2000 U.S. standard population.

^¶ Excludes decedent records with missing race and ethnicity.

** Excludes decedent records with missing age.

^†† A value of “−0.0” denotes a negative change rounded to the nearest tenth.