14. Missouri
Incidents: 70
Next up on our list of the most racist states in America ranked by hate crimes, we have Missouri, a state with some 6.1 million citizens. Here, the white population is even higher, making up some 84.9% of the total, with black and African American citizens making up 11.2%.
Most recently, the state’s police came under fire for not qualifying the horrific murder of a transgender teen as a hate crime.
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