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Table 2 Hate crimes against selected groups, 1996-2011

From: Stigmatization and racial selection after September 11, 2001: self-identity among Arab and Islamic Americans

Year White Black Hispanic Jewish Catholic Islamic
1996 12.6% 42.0% 6.4% 12.7% 0.4% 0.3%
1997 12.3% 38.8% 6.1% 13.5% 0.4% 0.4%
1998 10.2% 37.4% 6.2% 14.0% 0.8% 0.3%
1999 9.9% 37.6% 5.9% 14.1% 0.5% 0.4%
2000 10.9% 35.8% 6.9% 13.8% 0.7% 0.4%
2001 9.2% 29.8% 6.1% 10.7% 0.4% 5.0%
2002 9.6% 33.3% 6.4% 12.5% 0.7% 2.1%
2003 11.1% 34.0% 5.7% 12.4% 1.0% 2.0%
2004 10.9% 35.7% 6.2% 12.5% 0.8% 2.0%
2005 11.6% 36.7% 7.3% 11.8% 0.8% 1.8%
2006 11.5% 34.2% 7.5% 12.5% 1.0% 2.0%
2007 9.8% 34.9% 7.8% 12.7% 0.8% 1.5%
2008 9.2% 37.0% 7.2% 13.0% 1.0% 1.4%
2009 8.3% 34.6% 7.3% 14.1% 0.8% 1.6%
2010 8.7% 33.2% 8.1% 13.4% 0.9% 2.4%
2011 8.1% 33.4% 6.5% 12.4% 1.1% 2.5%
  1. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Hate Crimes,” http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes.
  2. Total is for single-bias incidents.
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