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TEXAS
Racial Inequality
| % OF POPULATION |
1980 GENERAL |
1980 PRISON |
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2000 GENERAL |
2000 PRISON |
| White |
65% |
39% |
53% |
31% |
| Non-white |
35% |
61% |
46% |
70% |
| Black |
12% |
43% |
11% |
44% |
| Hispanic |
22% |
18% |
32% |
25% |
| Asian |
1% |
0% |
3% |
1% |
| Native |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| INCARCERATION RATES |
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1980 |
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2000 |
| White |
111 |
411 |
| Non-white |
330 |
1052 |
| Black |
674 |
2710 |
| Hispanic |
156 |
551 |
| Asian |
37 |
126 |
| Native |
162 |
717 |
About the Data
Incarceration rates represent prisoners per 100,000 residents of each racial/ethnic group. Several states do not count Hispanic prisoners separately. For details on adjustments made in such cases, see our methodology page. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Justice Institute, US Census Bureau
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