Specific trends in the data
From the given data, the raw number of white people being killed is higher. But this does not give the full picture. If we look at the population of whites and other races in detail, we see that there are a lot more white people in the US than any other race. So, if we divide the number of fatal police shootings of each race by the total population of said race, we can find a better showing of which race is killed more as a proportion.
The data about total populations was procured from the official census website. There are over 220 million white residents in the US whereas only about 62 million blacks. This disparity needs to be accounted for in the data analysis. The proportion of black deaths is found to be more than twice that of any other race. The next highest is Native Americans followed by Hispanics. This paints a much better picture of the distribution of fatal police shootings by race.
