Of the 543 homicide victims reported in Ohio in 2008, SHR data were provided for 487 victims (approximately 90 percent of all victims). This report presents data for those homicide victims for whom all or some demographic information (age, gender, and race) was available. Across nearly all age groups, males were more frequently victims of homicide. Nearly 80 percent of all homicide victims were male. The median age of homicide victims was 29 years old. One-half of all male homicide victims were between the ages of 16 and 30. Sixty percent of all homicide victims were Black, and 38 percent were White. Black males composed 66 percent of male homicide victims and 52 percent of all homicide victims. White males composed 34 percent of male homicide victims and 27 percent of all homicide victims. In contrast, Black female victims composed 41 percent of female homicide victims and 8 percent of all homicide victims; 58 percent of female homicide victims were White, and they composed 12 percent of all victims. Demographically, Ohio's homicide offenders were similar to Ohio's homicide victims. Male homicide offenders outnumbered female homicide offenders by over 10 to 1. The median age for homicide offenders was 25 years old. Black males composed 66 percent of male homicide offenders and 60 percent of all homicide offenders. White males composed 34 percent of male homicide offenders and 30 percent of all homicide offenders. Of the single victim-single offender incidents for which relationship data were known, the overwhelming proportion of offenders were known to the victim; only 23 percent of homicide offenders were strangers to their victims. Extensive tables and figures