102 hate crimes occurred in Georgia in 2019, the FBI reports
(The Center Square) – Georgia, with a monitored population of 9,290,789, reported that 102 hate crimes occurred within its borders in 2019, the latest year for which data was available, according to newly released FBI data.
A total of 495 public safety agencies in Georgia reported the data. The collection of the data is the result of the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which Congress passed in April 1990.
The crimes reported to the FBI were motivated by either race, ethnicity or ancestry; gender identity; religious affiliation; disability or sexual orientation. In addition to individuals, victims can also be business and financial institutions, public agencies and religious groups, according to the FBI.
The greatest number of incidents were motivated by race, ethnicity or ancestry, according to the report. Of those incidents, more than 48% were driven by anti-Black hatred, while 15.8% grew out of anti-white bias, the data show. Anti-Hispanic incidents made up 14.1% of the total.
More than 60% of the hate crimes motivated by religious bias were anti-Jewish, the report said.
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2019 Hate Crime Data by State
Participating State / TerritoryNumber ofParticipatingAgenciesPopulationCoveredAgenciesSubmittingIncidentReportsTotalNumber ofIncidentsReportedAlabama285,67000Alaska33727,792511Arizona926,395,92417209Arkansas2782,813,59769California73739,502,5611951,015Colorado2215,705,33550210Connecticut1023,373,8744076Delaware63973,7641022District of Columbia2705,7492222Florida63820,901,84051111Georgia4959,290,78950102Hawaii1974,902141Idaho1061,782,402924Illinois72812,125,9542365Indiana2143,643,9042375Iowa2463,135,918810Kansas3772,610,8985378Kentucky4104,460,06167146Louisiana1373,536,5441126Maine1341,344,2121019Maryland1536,045,680918Massachusetts3606,772,98583388Michigan6389,969,410188434Minnesota3795,533,12135104Mississippi42882,028514Missouri5716,077,9112883Montana1031,055,4601632Nebraska1301,813,1502346Nevada483,070,743544New Hampshire1881,313,5541416New Jersey5568,638,072208472New Mexico23819,112650New York55818,949,57565611North Carolina3328,740,25880210North Dakota109762,0621218Ohio5519,730,885134391Oklahoma4383,946,2112228Oregon2044,056,07946175Pennsylvania1,42412,585,4951541Rhode Island481,058,3291017South Carolina4055,081,6883668South Dakota128848,7381320Tennessee4656,830,63442117Texas1,05928,885,669167456Utah1213,077,3451418Vermont89628,6641733Virginia4158,533,62457163Washington2537,587,67777542West Virginia2401,574,9781831Wisconsin4375,810,6994374Wyoming55512,71355Total15,588305,284,2392,1727,314
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation; U.S. Department of Justice
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