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The table provides data on the percentage of serial killers in the United States

by race and decade from 1900 to 2010.

Overall, while the figures for white and black serial killers remained invariably
high, with one surpassing another at certain decades, the proportion of
murderers in other racial groups was constantly low.

White murderers made up the vast majority of United States’ serial killers,
accounting for 72.9% in 1900. Although this figure experienced a consistent
drop, it still ranked first throughout the next 8 decades. However, from 1990
onwards, the proportion of black serial killers exceeded that of white ones and
continued to climb progressively. The figure for white and black serial killers
culminated at 30.8% and 59.8% respectively in 2010, with the latter far
surpassing the former. Despite this, the total percentage of white murderers
was 51.7% - about 10% higher than that of black ones.

By contrast, the figures for Hispanic, Asian and Native American murderers
remained stably low. The percentage of serial Asian and Native American serial
killers fluctuated across the years, ranging from 0% to around 2%, and totaled
about 1%. Likewise, the percentage of Hispanic murderers also underwent
constant fluctuation and remained at 0% multiple times. Nevertheless, its
range was moderately higher, and this figure peaked at 11.6% in 2000, totaling
at 6.7%.

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