Fraction Of U.S. Counties Responsible For 42 Percent Of America’s Homicides

• Research released on Tuesday from the Crime Prevention Research Center found that 31 counties accounted for 42 percent of America’s homicides in 2020.
• The 31 counties make up about one-fifth of the U.S. population.
• Seventy-three percent of the homicides occurred in the worst 5 percent of counties.