NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
MURDERS AND ESTIMATED MURDERS AND
YEAR HOMICIDES IN POPULATION HOMICIDES
THE UNITED OF THE FOR EACH
STATES UNITED STATES MILLION OF
PEOPLE

1881......1,266..........51,316,000..........24.7

1882......1.467..........----------..........27.9

1883......1,697..........----------..........31.6

1884......1,465..........----------..........26.7

1885......1,808..........56,I48,000..........32.2

1886......1,499..........----------..........26.1

1887......2,335..........----------..........39.8

1888......2,184..........---------...........36.4

1889......3,567..........---------...........58.0

1890......4,290.........62,622,250...........68.5

1891......5,906..........---------...........92.4