Hate Crime in the United States (2024)
26,136 law-enforcement agencies participated in the FBI's hate crime data collection in 2024; 3,119 reported at least one incident. Among them, 11,679 bias-motivated incidents were reported, affecting 11,496 victims. Reporting is voluntary — higher counts often reflect better reporting, not more hate crime.
By bias motivation (2024)
| Bias motivation | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Race / ethnicity / ancestry | 5,866 | 50.2% |
| Religion | 2,783 | 23.8% |
| Sexual orientation | 1,950 | 16.7% |
| Gender identity | 463 | 4.0% |
| Gender | 98 | 0.8% |
| Disability | 163 | 1.4% |
| Multiple biases | 356 | 3.0% |
National trend, 1991–2024
The only year-over-year view on this topic — national totals absorb most (not all) reporting variation. Participation grew substantially over this period.
| Year | Incidents | Victims |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,679 | 11,496 |
| 2023 | 12,034 | 11,800 |
| 2022 | 11,898 | 11,574 |
| 2021 | 11,062 | 11,122 |
| 2020 | 9,963 | 10,296 |
| 2019 | 7,881 | 7,469 |
| 2018 | 7,179 | 7,044 |
| 2017 | 7,330 | 6,802 |
| 2016 | 6,270 | 6,231 |
| 2015 | 5,843 | 5,904 |
| 2014 | 5,597 | 5,599 |
| 2013 | 6,044 | 6,013 |
| 2012 | 6,592 | 6,350 |
| 2011 | 6,299 | 6,456 |
| 2010 | 6,628 | 6,652 |
| 2009 | 6,612 | 6,565 |
| 2008 | 8,039 | 7,893 |
| 2007 | 7,623 | 7,648 |
| 2006 | 7,715 | 7,658 |
| 2005 | 7,411 | 6,647 |
| 2004 | 7,684 | 5,502 |
| 2003 | 7,539 | 5,476 |
| 2002 | 7,485 | 5,985 |
| 2001 | 9,730 | 8,311 |
| 2000 | 8,217 | 7,980 |
| 1999 | 7,940 | 8,067 |
| 1998 | 7,889 | 8,194 |
| 1997 | 8,105 | 8,217 |
| 1996 | 8,789 | 9,003 |
| 1995 | 7,949 | 8,419 |
| 1994 | 5,953 | 6,186 |
| 1993 | 7,604 | 7,830 |
| 1992 | 6,662 | 6,950 |
| 1991 | 4,589 | 4,711 |
By state (2024)
Alphabetical — participation varies too much for rankings to mean anything.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
How to read these numbers
Reporting is voluntary, and that shapes every figure on this page.Agencies choose whether to participate in the FBI's hate crime data collection, and participation differs sharply across states and years. A higher count often reflects an agency that takes identification and reporting seriously — not necessarily more hate crime. That is why states are listed alphabetically here, never ranked.
A hate crime incident is a crime the investigating agency determined was motivated in whole or part by bias against the victim's perceived race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Incidents with multiple bias motivations are counted once, in the "multiple biases" category (FBI convention), so categories sum to the total.
An agency reporting zero incidents in 2024 may have affirmatively reported none, or may not have participated — where the data distinguishes the two, this site does. No per-capita rates and no county figures are shown: at those grains, differences in reporting practice overwhelm differences in what actually happened.
Source: FBI Hate Crime Statistics, 1991–2024, cross-checked against the FBI's 2024 hate crime master file.