 Non-gun homicides represented about 30% of total murders in the time period.Blacks were also over-represented in such homicides, although only by about 2.5 times their share of the general population.Of the non-gun murder victims in the United States between 2007 to 2016, 61.5% were white (including Hispanic), 32.9% black, 2.29% Asian, 1.89% unknown race and 1.43% indigenous American.