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Homicide Rates by Immigration Status

The comparison of homicide rates among immigrants and U.S.-born populations, including the challenges in estimating these rates due to data limitations and methodological differences.

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Jan 29, 2026

How do researchers estimate homicide rates by immigration status and what are the main data sources?

Researchers estimate by combining three moving parts: a reliable count of homicide events or offending individuals (the numerator), an estimate of the population of people in each immigration-status c...