Trends in Hate-Hate Group Trends

TRENDS, MAIN PAGE	HATE GROUP TRENDS	HATE GROUPS AND TRENDS BY GROUP AND BY REGION	NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS BY REGION AND BY TYPE OF GROUP
PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE IN NUMBER OF GROUPS BY REGION AND BY TYPE OF GROUP	NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS PER 1 MLLION PEOPLE BY REGION/STATE	STATE/REGION RANKINGS OF NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS PER 1 MLLION PEOPLE	SPECIFIC HATE GROUPS BROKEN DOWN

Hate Group Trends: Number of Hate Groups by Region and Type of Group

Year/Number of SPLC-identified active hate groups
by type of hate group and by region: 1998-2007

Region/Group	Year/Number of Active Hate Groups
Region/Group	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Northeast:	23	22	34	39	48	44	41	36	49	47
...
Ku Klux Klan	4	3	2	4	8	4	4	5	7	4
Neo-Confederates	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Neo-Nazi	9	10	15	20	20	12	12	9	9	8
Racist Skinheads	1	0	1	4	1	2	3	4	5	4
Christian Identity	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black Separatist	5	3	7	7	8	15	11	8	7	7
White Nationalist	3	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	10	12
Holocaust Denial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Racist Music	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Anti-Immigrant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Anti-Gay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
General Hate	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	3	4	4
...

Mid-Atlantic:	75	62	80	91	88	107	118	115	118	125
...
Ku Klux Klan	29	24	15	13	12	16	19	19	16	13
Neo-Confederates	0	0	6	8	6	4	5	6	5	6
Neo-Nazi	23	17	28	38	37	21	25	21	29	29
Racist Skinheads	5	6	5	7	5	23	26	25	21	26
Christian Identity	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1
Black Separatist	5	3	12	11	10	21	19	16	15	16
White Nationalist	4	5	8	8	8	11	15	19	19	19
Holocaust Denial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Racist Music	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4
Anti-Immigrant	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Anti-Gay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
General Hate	4	1	1	1	5	5	2	0	1	3

South:	212	185	276	318	340	365	365	375	381	387
...
Ku Klux Klan	87	70	64	66	90	103	100	105	91	85
Neo-Confederates	0	0	78	110	80	82	83	84	87	86
Neo-Nazi	35	32	51	52	68	42	47	45	58	62
Racist Skinheads	14	11	8	11	9	9	9	9	14	17
Christian Identity	23	18	11	13	10	12	10	15	18	20
Black Separatist	8	8	19	18	34	60	49	50	44	38
White Nationalist	36	40	43	46	44	51	60	58	57	63
Holocaust Denial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Racist Music	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2
Anti-Immigrant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Anti-Gay	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Hate	8	5	2	2	4	5	5	6	7	11

Midwest/Plains:	127	108	121	124	119	130	139	153	153	158
...
Ku Klux Klan	31	36	26	24	20	30	34	37	37	37
Neo-Confederates	0	0	1	3	3	1	5	5	6	8
Neo-Nazi	46	39	51	51	46	38	44	46	55	57
Racist Skinheads	13	10	11	13	10	10	11	12	7	10
Christian Identity	15	6	4	4	6	8	8	11	10	7
Black Separatist	5	4	5	7	13	21	15	19	11	10
White Nationalist	9	10	18	16	13	14	16	17	17	19
Holocaust Denial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Racist Music	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Anti-Immigrant	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Anti-Gay	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
General Hate	6	1	2	1	4	4	2	2	2	2
...

West:	100	80	91	104	113	105	99	124	143	171
...
Ku Klux Klan	12	5	3	1	3	6	7	13	13	15
Neo-Confederates	0	0	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	3
Neo-Nazi	38	33	37	49	50	38	32	38	40	52
Racist Skinheads	19	17	17	17	10	10	11	16	31	33
Christian Identity	17	15	13	10	8	8	7	7	6	8
Black Separatist	6	3	5	8	17	19	14	13	11	10
White Nationalist	6	6	12	11	9	6	5	7	7	12
Holocaust Denial	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	4
Racist Music	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	4	4	4
Anti-Immigrant	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	6	8
Anti-Gay	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	5
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
General Hate	0	0	1	2	9	9	13	14	13	15
...
Total, United States	537	457	602	676	708	751	762	803	844	888

Source: The Southern Poverty Law Center

Year/Number of SPLC-identified active hate groups
by type of hate group and by region: 2008-2017

Region/Group	Year/Number of Active Hate Groups
Region/Group	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Northeast:	51	65
...
Ku Klux Klan	8	9
Neo-Confederates	0	0
Neo-Nazi	7	10
Racist Skinheads	1	4
Christian Identity	1	1
Black Separatist	11	13
White Nationalist	11	15
Holocaust Denial	1	1
Racist Music	1	1
Anti-Immigrant	1	1
Anti-Muslim	0	0
Anti-Gay	2	3
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	3	4
General Hate	4	3
...

Mid-Atlantic:	141	132
...
Ku Klux Klan	19	15
Neo-Confederates	4	1
Neo-Nazi	33	29
Racist Skinheads	28	33
Christian Identity	2	2
Black Separatist	27	21
White Nationalist	14	18
Holocaust Denial	1	0
Racist Music	4	5
Anti-Immigrant	2	2
Anti-Muslim	0	0
Anti-Gay	1	1
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	5	4
General Hate	1	1

South:	405	390
...
Ku Klux Klan	112	104
Neo-Confederates	80	64
Neo-Nazi	54	41
Racist Skinheads	19	36
Christian Identity	21	16
Black Separatist	50	52
White Nationalist	54	55
Holocaust Denial	1	0
Racist Music	4	3
Anti-Immigrant	1	1
Anti-Muslim	0	0
Anti-Gay	1	1
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	0	2
General Hate	8	15

Midwest/Plains:	158	177
...
Ku Klux Klan	33	45
Neo-Confederates	6	1
Neo-Nazi	57	43
Racist Skinheads	10	24
Christian Identity	7	9
Black Separatist	14	23
White Nationalist	19	21
Holocaust Denial	0	0
Racist Music	2	2
Anti-Immigrant	1	1
Anti-Muslim	0	0
Anti-Gay	3	2
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	3	3
General Hate	3	3
...

West:	171	168
...
Ku Klux Klan	14	14
Neo-Confederates	3	2
Neo-Nazi	45	40
Racist Skinheads	39	26
Christian Identity	8	9
Black Separatist	11	12
White Nationalist	15	23
Holocaust Denial	4	5
Racist Music	2	2
Anti-Immigrant	7	7
Anti-Muslim	0	0
Anti-Gay	5	8
Radical Traditionalist Catholic	3	3
General Hate	15	17
...
Total, United States	926	932	1,002

Source: The Southern Poverty Law Center