Below is the "murder list" for 2015 (Cities with the highest murder rates). The Murder Capitals of America. In parenthesis I have added in the black population percentage for each city.
30 Baton Rouge, LA (50.4%)
29 Youngstown, OH (45.2%)
28 San Bernardino, CA (15%)
27 Oakland, CA (28%)
26 Barberton, OH (5.9%)
25 Poughkeepsie, NY (35.7%)
24 Cincinnati, OH (44.8%)
23 Petersburg, VA (79.1%)
22 Wilmington, DE (58%)
21 York, PA (28%)
20 East Palo Alto, CA (16.7%)
19 Jackson, MS (79.4%)
18 Wilkes-Barre, PA (10.9%)
17 Birmingham, AL (62.46%)
16 East Point, GA (78.16%)
15 East Chicago, IN (42.9%)
14 Compton, CA (32.9%)
13 Baltimore, MD (63.7%)
12 St. Louis, MO (47.5%)
11 Harvey, IL (75.3%)
10 Newark, NJ (52.4%)
9 New Orleans, LA (60.2%)
8 Trenton, NJ (52.01%)
7 Detroit, MI (82.7%)
6 Flint, MI (53.27%)
5 Saginaw, MI (46.1%)
4 Chester, PA (74.7%)
3 Gary, IN (84.8%)
2 Camden, NJ (48.07%)
1 East St. Louis, IL (97.74%)
With only 2 exceptions, this list is made up of cities that have higher than the usual percentage (12.2%) of blacks. And the #1 city is almost all black. Coincidence? I think not. Correlation? I think so!
Source of List:
http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/top-lists/highest-murder-rate-cities/
Source of Percentages of Population being Black: (each city's Wikipedia page under "demographics").
Source of 12.2% blacks for the US in general (United States Wikipedia page under "Race and ethnicity")
