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PENNSYLVANIA
Racial Inequality
| % OF POPULATION |
1980 GENERAL |
1980 PRISON |
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2000 GENERAL |
2000 PRISON |
| White |
89% |
45% |
85% |
34% |
| Non-white |
11% |
55% |
15% |
66% |
| Black |
9% |
54% |
10% |
56% |
| Hispanic |
1% |
1% |
3% |
10% |
| Asian |
1% |
0% |
2% |
0% |
| Native |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| INCARCERATION RATES |
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1980 |
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2000 |
| White |
33 |
117 |
| Non-white |
342 |
1312 |
| Black |
412 |
1678 |
| Hispanic |
51 |
913 |
| Asian |
7 |
64 |
| Native |
11 |
572 |
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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