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Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Source: US Census Bureau


Population 5 to 15 years 44,696,789

Population 16 to 64 years 193,568,216

Population 65 years and over 35,570,460

 

Born in United States 258,104,017

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) 3,746,679

Foreign born 37,547,789

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 79,121,944

Nursery school, preschool 4,901,007

Kindergarten 4,012,680

Elementary school (grades 1-8) 32,256,951

High school (grades 9-12) 17,500,473

College or graduate school 20,450,833

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over  195,932,824

Less than 9th grade 12,743,555

9th to 12th grade, no diploma 18,502,540

High school graduate (includes equivalency)  59,123,954

Some college, no degree 38,185,678

Associate's degree 14,486,202

Bachelor's degree 33,496,187

Graduate or professional degree 19,394,708

Percent high school graduate or higher 84.1%

Percent bachelor's degree or higher  27.0%

 

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years

Who are female 63.5%

Who are married 70.1%

 

Married-couple families 55,521,868

Married-couple families with own children under 18 years 24,149,585

 

Female householder, no husband present 13,920,783

Female householder, no husband present, with own children under 18 years 8,305,456

 

Male householder, no wife present 5,121,415

Male householder, no wife present, with own children under 18 years 2,510,889

 

Civilian population 18 years and over 224,648,294

Civilian veterans 23,425,051

 

Native 261,850,696

Naturalized U.S. citizen 15,767,731

Not a U.S. citizen 21,780,058

 

Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea

Europe 4,993,135

Asia 10,052,929

Africa 1,375,676

Oceania 181,987

Latin America 20,088,292

Northern America 855,296

 

 

ANCESTRY

Total population 299,398,485

American 20,372,454

Arab 1,466,874

Czech 1,637,218

Danish 1,516,126

Dutch 5,187,864

English 28,290,369

French (except Basque) 9,651,364

French Canadian 2,240,648

German 50,764,352

Greek 1,380,258

Hungarian 1,563,081

Irish 35,975,855

Italian 17,829,184

Lithuanian 722,879

Norwegian 4,669,516

Polish 10,024,683

Portuguese 1,442,077

Russian 3,105,965

Scotch-Irish 5,393,554

Scottish 6,006,955

Slovak 838,385

Subsaharan African 2,540,781

Swedish 4,417,115

Swiss 1,018,910

Ukrainian 961,113

Welsh 1,959,794

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)  2,418,969

 

 

Total population 37,051,483

 

Male 49.2%

Female 50.8%

 

Under 5 years total US 6.8% African American 7.8%

5 to 17 years total US 17.8% African American 21.7%

18 to 24 years total US 9.9% African American 11.5%

25 to 34 years total US 13.3% African American 13.8%

35 to 44 years total US 14.7% African American 14.8%

45 to 54 years total US 14.5% African American 13.6%

55 to 64 years total US 10.6% African American 8.5%

65 to 74 years total US 6.3% African American 4.8%

75 years and over total US 6.1% African American 3.6%

Median age African Americans (years) total US 36.4% African American 31.4%

 

 

Married-couple families total US 49.7% African Americans 29.0% white 52.6%

Married-couple families with own children under 18 years 21.6% African Americans 13.6% white 21.6%

 

 

Female householder, no husband present total US 12.5% African Americans 29.5% white 9.5%

Female  with own children under 18 years total US 7.4% African Americans 18.4% white 5.5%

 

Male householder total US 15.4% African Americans 16.3% white 15.6%

Male householder living alone total US 12.1% African Americans 13.6% white 12.2%

Male householder not living alone total US 3.4% African Americans 2.6% white 3.5%

 

Female householder total US 17.8% African Americans 19.3% white 18.3%

Female householder living alone total US 15.3% African Americans 17.5% white 15.7%

Female householder not living alone total US 2.5% African Americans 1.9% white 2.6%

 

Now married, except separated total US 50.4%, African Americans 30.9%, white 53.5%

Widowed  total US 6.4%, African Americans 6.4%, white 6.8%

Divorced total US 10.5%, African Americans 11.5% white 10.9%

Separated total US 2.3%, African Americans 4.9% white 1.7%

Never married total US 30.5%, African Americans 46.3% white 27.1%

 

 

Male 15 years and over total US 116,327,232 African Americans 13,095,097

Now married, except separated total US 52.4% African Americans 35.2% white 55.3%

Widowed total US 2.5% African Americans 2.7% white 2.7%

Divorced total US 9.3% African Americans 9.8% white 9.8%

Separated total US 1.9% African Americans 4.1% white  1.5%

Never married total US 33.9% African Americans 48.2% white 30.7%

 

 

Female 15 years and over total US 122,258,450 African Americans 15,022,331

Now married, except separated total US 48.4% African Americans 27.2% white 51.7%

Widowed total US 10.0% African Americans 9.6% white 10.7%

Divorced total US 11.6% African Americans 13.0% white 11.9%

Separated total US 2.6% African Americans 5.6% white 2.0%

Never married total US 27.3% African Americans 44.7% white 23.6%

 

 

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school  total US 79,121,944 African Americans 11,879,225

Nursery school, preschool total US 6.2% African Americans 6.2% white 6.2%

Kindergarten total US 5.1% African Americans 4.9% white 4.9%

Elementary school (grades 1-8) total US 40.8% African Americans 41.3% white 40.2%

High school (grades 9-12) total US 22.1% African Americans 23.7% white 21.9%

College or graduate school total US 25.8% African Americans 23.8% white 26.8%

 

Male 3 years and over enrolled in school total US 39,041,910  African Americans 5,693,328 white 26,922,944

Percent enrolled in kindergarten to grade 12  total US 70.7% African Americans 74.4% white 69.5%

Percent enrolled in college or graduate school total US 22.9% African Americans 18.9% white 24.0%

Female 3 years and over enrolled in school total US 40,080,034 African Americans 6,185,897 white 27,344,437

Percent enrolled in kindergarten to grade 12 total US 65.3% African Americans 65.9% white 64.6%

Percent enrolled in college or graduate school total US 28.8% African Americans 28.4% white 29.5%

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over total US 195,932,824  African Americans 21,877,084 white 150,606,461

 

Less than high school diploma total US 15.9% African Americans 20.6% white 13.5%

High school graduate (includes equivalency) total US 30.2% African Americans 34.2% white 30.4%

Some college or associate's degree  total US 26.9% African Americans 28.4% white 27.6%

Bachelor's degree total US 17.1% African Americans 11.2% white 18.0%

Graduate or professional degree total US 9.9% African Americans 5.7% white 10.5%

 

High school graduate or higher total US 84.1% African Americans 79.4% white 86.5%

Male, high school graduate or higher total US 83.5% African Americans 78.2% white 86.0%

Female, high school graduate or higher total US 84.6% African Americans 80.5% white 87.0%

 

Bachelor's degree or higher total US 27.0% African Americans 16.9% white 28.6%

Male, bachelor's degree or higher total US 27.9% African Americans 15.4% white 29.8%

Female, bachelor's degree or higher total US 26.2% African Americans 18.1% white 27.4%

 

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Huge Black-White Disparities Persist in Educational Attainments
High School and The College Completion Gap

Source: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

Now, new data from the Census Bureau for 2006 permits us to examine the educational attainment of blacks and whites in the 25- to 29-year-old age group. This provides comparative data on blacks and whites who were born in the years 1976 to 1980. These Af-rican Americans came into the world well after the Brown v. Board of Education decision ending racial segregation in public schools. Also, these blacks ages 25 to 29 were born after the civil rights era. In addition, they reached college age at a time when higher education was generally open to blacks and when affirmative action and race-sensitive admissions were still widely practiced in the United States.

 

By comparing this group of young blacks with whites of similar age groups, we almost certainly get a better indication of the current gaps in educational opportunity between African Americans and whites without the added baggage of data on African Americans from an earlier time when racial discrimination was rampant and higher education for blacks was rare.

 

For blacks in the 25- to 29-year-old age group, 18.6 percent hold a four-year college degree. This is only slightly better than the rate for black adults as a whole. For whites in this age group, 34.3 percent hold a four-year college degree. This is 3.3 percentage points higher than the white adult population as a whole. Therefore, the college completion rate gap between young blacks and young whites is actually larger than for the population as a whole.

 

New figures from the U.S. Department of Education find that nationwide only 40.4 percent of all black students who entered all four-year colleges and universities in the United States in 1999 graduated within six years. For whites, the overall graduation rate was 58.9 percent.

 

The graduation rate gap was larger for students at private colleges and universities than it was at state-operated institutions. The graduation rate for black students at private colleges and universities was 44.5 percent. For white students at these institutions, the graduation rate was 66.2 percent.

 

At public institutions, the black graduation rate was 38.1 percent. For whites at state-operated colleges and universities, the graduation rate was 55.2 percent.

 

The data also shows a large gender gap in black student graduation rates. At private colleges and universities, black women have a graduation rate of 48.6 percent. For black men at private colleges and universities, the graduation rate was nearly 10 percentage points lower at 38.7 percent. At all public four-year institutions the gender gap was even greater among African Americans. Black women posted a graduation rate of 42.6 percent at state-operated institutions. For black men, the graduation rate was considerably lower at 31.3 percent.


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RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRANDCHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS

Population 30 years and over  total US 175,600,112 African Americans 19,217,762 white 136,460,439

Living with grandchild(ren) total US 3.5% African Americans 6.3% white 2.6%

Responsible for grandchild(ren) total US 40.5% African Americans 50.8% white 41.2%

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over total US 224,648,294 African Americans 25,987,469 white 170,653,246

Civilian veteran total US 10.4% African Americans 9.4% white 11.6%

 

 

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP STATUS AND YEAR OF ENTRY

Total population total US 299,398,485 African Americans 37,051,483

 

Native 261,850,696 African Americans 34,125,679

Male total US 49.1% African Americans 47.6% white 49.2%

Female total US 50.9% African Americans 52.4% white 50.8%

 

Foreign born total US 37,547,789 African Americans 2,925,804

Male  total US 50.3% African Americans 48.2% white 50.6%

Female total US 49.7% African Americans 51.8% white 49.4%

 

Naturalized U.S. citizen total US 15,767,731 African Americans 1,360,488

Male total US 46.8%  African Americans 45.9% white 46.6%

Female total US 53.2%  African Americans 54.1% white 53.4%

 

Not a U.S. citizen total US 21,780,058 African Americans 1,565,316

Male total US 52.9% African Americans 50.1% white 53.4%

Female total US 47.1% African Americans 49.9% white  46.6%

 

Entered 2000 or later total US 25.3% African Americans 27.8% white 24.8%

Entered 1990 to 1999 total US 30.5% African Americans 30.8% white 29.0%

Entered before 1990 total US 44.1% African Americans 41.4% white 46.2%

 

Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea 37,547,315 African Americans 2,925,804

Europe total US 13.3% African Americans 2.1%

Asia total US 26.8% African Americans 0.8%

Africa total US 3.7% African Americans 33.5%

Oceania total US 0.5% African Americans 0.1%

Latin America total US 53.5% African Americans 62.8%

Northern America total US 2.3% African Americans 0.8%

 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Population 16 years and over total US 234,243,963 African Americans 27,452,330 white 177,338,338

In labor force total US 65.0% African Americans 62.9% white 65.0%

Civilian labor force total US 64.5% African Americans 62.4% white 64.5%

Employed total US 60.4% African Americans 54.6% white 61.1%

Unemployed total US 4.1% African Americans 7.8% white 3.4%

Percent of civilian labor force total US 6.4% African Americans 12.6% white 5.3%

Armed Forces total US 0.4% African Americans 10.5% white 0.4%

Not in labor force total US 35.0% African Americans 37.1% white 35.0%

 

Females 16 years and over total US 120,141,345 African Americans 14,691,464 white 90,733,899

In labor force total US 58.7% African Americans 62.4% white 58.1%

Civilian labor force total US 58.6% African Americans 62.2% white 58.1%

Employed total US 54.8% African Americans 54.8% white 54.9%

Unemployed total US 3.8% African Americans 7.4% white 3.1%

Percent of civilian labor force total US 6.6% African Americans 11.9% white 5.4%

 

 

Male civilian employed population 16 years and over total US 75,678,555 African Americans 6,929,680 white 58,519,512

Management, professional, and related occupations total US 31.0% African Americans 21.1% white 33.1%

Service occupations total US 13.4% African Americans 20.6% white 11.9%

Sales and office occupations total US 17.9% African Americans 18.9% white 18.1%

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations total US 1.1% African Americans 0.6% white 1.0%

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations total US 18.0% African Americans 12.7% white 18.4%

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations total US 18.6% African Americans 26.2% white 17.6%

 

Female civilian employed population 16 years and over total US 65,822,879 African Americans 8,052,568 white 49,834,385

Management, professional, and related occupations total US 37.3% African Americans 31.1% white 39.2%

Service occupations total US 20.1% African Americans 26.7% white 18.1%

Sales and office occupations total US 35.1% African Americans 33.4% white 35.9%

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations total US 0.3% African Americans 0.1% white 0.3%

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations total US 0.7% African Americans 0.7% white 0.8%

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations total US 6.5% African Americans 8.0% white 5.7%

 

 

INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining total US 1.8% African American 0.6% white 2.0%

Construction total US 7.9% African Americans 4.0% white 8.3%

Manufacturing total US 11.6% African Americans 9.9% white 11.6%

Wholesale trade total US 3.4% African Americans 2.3% white 3.6%

Retail trade total US 11.5% African Americans 10.8% white 11.7%

Transportation and warehousing, and utilities total US 5.0% African Americans 7.4% white 4.8%

Information total US 2.5% African Americans 2.6% white 2.5%

Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing total US 7.2% African Americans 6.6% white 7.5%

Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services total US 10.1% African Americans 8.6% white 10.2%

Educational services, and health care and social assistance total US 20.8% African Americans 27.2% white 20.5%

Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services total US 8.6% African Americans 8.7% white 8.1%

Other services (except public administration) total US 4.8% African Americans 4.3% white 4.8%

Public administration total US 4.7% African Americans 7.2% white 4.5%

 

CLASS OF WORKER

Private wage and salary workers total US 78.6% African Americans 76.0% white 78.4%

Government workers total US 14.4% African Americans 20.4% white 14.0%

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business total US 6.8% African Americans 3.6% white 7.4%

Unpaid family workers total US 0.2% African Americans 0.1% white 0.3%

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African Americans in corporate America

 

Former Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal was the first African American to lead a Wall Street compan and stepped down in 2007. In 2006 Stan O'Neal was the 2nd highest paid CEO with a salary of $48 million.

 

With the departures of Parsons and Time Warner Richard Parsons CEO it leaves only 5  African American CEOs heading up Fortune 500 companies: 


Several African Americans also run or hold senior roles in major subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies like General Electric (Lloyd G. Trotter), McDonald's (Don Thompson), the Boeing Company (James A. Bell) and Xerox (Ursula Burns).

 

Richard Parsons had a compensation of $22.47 million and stock options of over $5.48 million


If African Americans were represented at the top of the corporate ladder in the same proportion as their percentage of the population, there would be 63 African American CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
 
Affirmative action has allowed for 11 white women CEOs  1 Asian CEO and 1 Indian CEO of Fortune 500 companies. There is not one African American women CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

Non- Corporate World- Entrepreneurs
The 2 wealthiest African Americans are woman: Oprah Winfrey ($2.5 billion) Sheila C. Johnson ($1.5 billion)
The wealthiest African American man is Robert Johnson ($1.1 billion). Robert Johnson became the first person of color to hold a controlling interest in a professional sports team and owns the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.

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INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2006 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)

Households total US 111,617,402  African Americans 13,073,988 white 86,952,420

Median household income (dollars) total US $48,451 African Americans $32,372 white $51,429

With earnings total US 80.3% African Americans 79.6% white 79.3%

Mean earnings (dollars) total US $66,733 African Americans $45,933 white $70,480

With Social Security income 26.8% African Americans 23.0% white 29.0%

Mean Social Security income (dollars) total US $13,877 African Americans $10,989 white $14,390

With Supplemental Security Income total US 4.0% African Americans 7.3% white 3.3%

Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars) total US $7,388 African Americans $6,770 white $7,567

With cash public assistance income total US 2.4% African Americans 5.1% white 1.8%

Mean cash public assistance income (dollars) total US $3,139 African Americans $2,975 white $3,039

With retirement income total US 17.4% African Americans 14.6% white 19.1%

Mean retirement income (dollars) total US $19,141 African Americans $16,113 white $19,647

With Food Stamp benefits total US 8.1% African Americans 19.8% white 6.0%

 

 

Families total US 74,564,066 African Americans 8,421,228 white 57,423,839

Median family income (dollars) total US $58,526 African Americans $38,385 white $62,712

Married-couple families total US 74.5% African Americans 45.0% white 79.6%

Median income (dollars) total US $69,027 African Americans $60,252 white $70,949

Male householder, no spouse present total US 6.9% African Americans 9.3% white 6.0%

Median income (dollars) total US $41,746 African Americans $34,466 white 44,426

Female householder, no spouse present total US 18.7% African Americans 45.8% white 14.4%

Median income (dollars) total US $29,022 African Americans $23,978 white $32,216

 

Per capita income

Individuals total US 299,398,485 African Americans 37,051,483 white 221,331,507

Per capita income (dollars) total US $25,267 African Americans $16,559 white $ 27,951

 

POVERTY RATES FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE FOR WHOM POVERTY STATUS IS DETERMINED

All families total US 9.8% African Americans 21.6% white 7.2%

With related children under 18 years total US 15.0% African Americans 28.7% white 11.4%

With related children under 5 years only total US 15.9% African Americans 30.7% white 13.0%

Married-couple families total US 4.7% African Americans 7.1% white 3.9%

With related children under 18 years total US 6.5% African Americans 8.6% white 5.3%

With related children under 5 years only total US 6.1% African Americans 8.3% white 5.2%

Families with female householder, no husband present total US 28.6% African Americans 36.1% white 23.9%

With related children under 18 years total US 36.9% African Americans 43.0% white 32.4%

With related children under 5 years only total US 45.2% African Americans 48.1% white 43.4%

 

All people total US 13.3% African Americans 25.3% white 10.5%

Under 18 years total US 18.3% African Americans 35.3% white 13.4%

Related children under 18 years total US 17.9% African Americans 35.0% white 13.0%

Related children under 5 years total US 21.0% African Americans 39.9% white 15.8%

Related children 5 to 17 years total US 16.7% African Americans 33.1% white 11.9%

18 years and over total US 11.6% African Americans 21.0% white 9.6%

18 to 64 years total US 12.0% African Americans 21.0% white 9.9%

65 years and over total US 9.9% African Americans 21.1% white 8.4%

People in families total US 10.8% African Americans 23.4% white 7.8%

Unrelated individuals 15 years and over total US 24.4% African Americans 33.8% white 22.0%

 

 

Occupied housing units  total US 111,617,402 African Americans 13,073,988 white 86,952,420

 

HOUSING TENURE

Owner-occupied housing units total US 67.3% African Americans 46.3% white 72.3%

Renter-occupied housing units total US 32.7% African Americans 53.7% white 27.7%

 

Average household size of owner-occupied unit total US 2.71 African Americans 2.88 white 2.62

Average household size of renter-occupied unit total US 2.41 African Americans 2.52 white 2.24

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

None total US 8.8% African Americans 20.0% white 6.6%

1 or more total US 91.2% African Americans 80.0% white 93.4%

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HIV and AIDS

 

Source CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 17, Revised Edition; June 2007, CDC data request; 2006 and The Kaiser Family Foundation

African Americans have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS since the epidemic’s beginning, and that disparity has deepened over time. African Americans account for more HIV and AIDS cases, people estimated to be living with AIDS, and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ethnic group in the U.S. The reasons for this have yet to be found.

Today, there are approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S, including more than 500,000 who are African American. Analysis of national household survey data found that more than 2% of African Americans in the U.S. were HIV positive, higher than any other group.

African Americans account for a growing share of AIDS diagnoses over time, rising from 25% of cases diagnosed in 1985 to 50% in 2005.

The number of African Americans living with AIDS increased by31% between 2001 and 2005, compared to a 20% increase among whites.

The number of deaths among both African Americans and whites with AIDS declined between 2001 and 2005, by 6% and 4%, respectively, although they were highest among African Americans. Deaths among other racial/ethnic groups remained stable.

The District of Columbia has the highest case rate for Blacks (236.5 AIDS case rates per 100,000) in the country.

 

New York 33,924

Florida 22,232

Texas 11,307

Georgia 11,255

Maryland 11,113

California 10,947

New Jersey 9,511

Pennsylvania 8,488

Illinois 8,042

District of Columbia 7,925


 

Incarceration

10 years ago In 1997, about 9% of the black population in the U.S. was under some form of correctional supervision compared to 2% of the white population and over 1% of other races. 

African Americans were almost 3 times more likely than Hispanics (of any race and any ethnicity) and 5 times more likely than whites to be in jail.



Georgia Active Offender Population Statistics by Race 

 

RACE OFFENDER COUNT % OF TOTAL
Active Population 52,493
African American 32,063    61.08%
White 20,092 3   8.28%
Other 229     0.44% 
Indian  62     0.12%
Asian 46      0.09%
Unknown 1     0.00%
Total 52,493 100.00%

 


Male 48,934      93.22%
Female 35,59      6.78%
Total 52,493     100.00%


AGE OFFENDER COUNT % OF TOTAL
ACTIVE POPULATION 52,493
15: 2      0.00%
16: 7       0.01%
17: 74         0.14%
18: 233           0.44%
19: 505           0.96%
20: 837          1.59%
21: 1088          2.07%
22: 1369         2.61%
23: 1511          2.88%
24: 1624           3.09%
25: 1841         3.51%
26: 1936         3.69%
27: 2089            3.98%
28: 2068         3.94%
29: 1957        3.73%
30: 1886         3.59%
31: 1703         3.24%
32: 1664          3.17%
33: 1557       2.97%
34: 1553        2.96%
35: 1528         2.91%
36: 1617         3.08%
37: 1517          2.89%
38: 1450         2.76%
39: 1417         2.70%
40: 1408        2.68%
41: 1361         2.59%
42: 1477          2.81%
43: 1492        2.84%
44: 1403         2.67%
45: 1298        2.47%
46: 1252          2.39%
47: 1247      2.38%
48: 1052            2.00%
49: 955        1.82%
50: 870           1.66%
51: 749           1.43%
52: 722           1.38%
53: 566         1.08%
54: 512          0.98%
55: 454           0.86%
56: 376             0.72%
57: 355          0.68%
58: 279         0.53%
59: 271          0.52%
60: 230            0.44%
61: 189            0.36%
62: 130          0.25%
63: 114            0.22%
64: 126          0.24%
65: 108          0.21%
66: 85          0.16%
67: 66          0.13%
68: 54          0.10%
69: 41         0.08%
70: 50          0.10%
71: 31          0.06%
72: 27           0.05%
73: 18         0.03%
74: 19            0.04%
75: 15           0.03%
76: 9          0.02%
77: 11         0.02%
78: 7        0.01%
79: 4          0.01%
80: 8           0.02%
81: 5           0.01%
82: 4             0.01%
83: 4             0.01%
84: 1              0.00%
85: 1             0.00%
86: 2               0.00%
88: 1             0.00%
95: 1              0.00%
Total 52,493  100.00%

Source: Georgia Department of Corrections

 

 

In 2006, over 7.2 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole at yearend 2006 -- 3.2% of all U.S. adult residents or 1 in every 31 adults.

 


State and Federal prison authorities had jurisdiction over 1,570,861 inmates at yearend 2006: 1,377,815 in State jurisdiction and 193,046 in Federal jurisdiction.

 


Local jails held 766,010 persons awaiting trial or serving a sentence at yearend 2006. An additional 60,222 persons under jail supervision were serving their sentence in the community.

 

After sharp increases in the 1980s and 1990s, the incarceration rate has recently grown at a slower pace. 

 

 

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Prison Statistics

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Government

There have been a total of 34 white women elected to the US Senate and only 3 African Americans US Senators (post Reconstruction). Why should white woman always come before black men or black woman.

 

During the Reconstruction era there were only 2 African American US Senators were: Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi 1870-1871 and Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi 1875-1881.

 

Out of 243 women who have served in the US Congress only 23 were African American women, 4 were Asians,  7 were Latino woman of various races and various ethnic groups. There have been a total of 209 white woman in Congress.

Yet, since 1868 only 122 African Americans male and female have served in the United States Congress and 21 of them were elected during Reconstruction and 101 post Reconstruction. 99 of the US Congressmen have been African American men.

 

In 1917 U.S. Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first white woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. As African Americans were treated as second class citizens.

 

Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia, the first white woman to serve in the United States Senate, she took the oath of office on November 21, 1922. Having been appointed to fill a vacancy, Felton served for just 24 hours. Georgia's governor believed this act would appeal to the newly enfranchised white women of Georgia.  As African Americans males and Females remained second class citizens.

 

The first white woman elected to the Senate was Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas. Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, U.S. Senator Thaddeus Caraway. Ms. Caraway then sought and won election on her own in 1932.

 

Edward William Brooke III was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate when he was elected as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966. That's 34 years later.