+------+--------------+---------------+-------------+ | | NUMBER OF | ESTIMATED | NUMBER OF | | | MURDERS AND | POPULATION | MURDERS AND | | YEAR | HOMICIDES IN | OF THE | HOMICIDES | | | THE UNITED | UNITED STATES | FOR EACH | | | 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 | 56,148,000 | 32.2 | | 1886 | 1,499 | | 26.1 | | 1887 | 2,335 | | 39.8 | | 1888 | 2,184 | | 36.4 | | 1889 | 3,567 | | 58.2 | | 1890 | 4,290 | 62,622,250 | 68.5 | | 1891 | 5,906 | | 92.4 | | 1892 | 6,791 | | 104.2 | | 1893 | 6,615 | | 99.5 | | 1894 | 9,800 | | 144.7 | | 1895 | 10,500 | 69,043,000 | 152.2 | | 1896 | 10,652 | | 151.3 | | 1897 | 9,520 | | 132.8 | | 1898 | 7,840 | | 107.2 | | 1899 | 6,225 | | 83.6 | | 1900 | 8,275 | 75,994,575 | 108.7 | | 1901 | 7,852 | 77,754,000 | 100.9 | | 1902 | 8,834 | 79,117,000 | 111.7 | | 1903 | 8,976 | | 112.0 | | 1904 | 8,482 | | | | 1905 | 9,212 | | | | 1906 | 9,350 | | | | 1907 | 8,712 | | | | 1908 | 8,952 | | | | 1909 | 8,103 | | | | 1910 | 8,975 | 91,972,266 | 97.5 | +------+--------------+---------------+-------------+ | Total| 191,150 | | | +------+--------------+---------------+-------------+ Meantime the population of our country has been leaping onward.