1990

1990

1990

1990

1990

Boarded Correl

Black Correl

Pop Correl

LVQ Correl

Race

Black

Black

Race

Race

0.673384

0.76005

0.37570288

-0.0010546

Pop

Pop

%Race Pop

Crime Rate

% Avg Var

LV Quartile

LVQHun

% Boarded

Alabama

4,040,587

1,020,705

25.3%

709

24.0%

35,500

878

3.0%

Average Crime

Avg Black %

Alaska

550,043

22,451

4.1%

525

-8.2%

66,400

12071

7.9%

571.78

12.1%

Arizona

3,665,228

110,524

3.0%

652

14.0%

59,800

1631

2.8%

Arkansas

2,350,725

373,912

15.9%

532

-7.0%

31,100

1322

2.9%

California

29,760,021

2,208,801

7.4%

1045

82.8%

127,100

427

2.5%

For example, Virginia has almost double the national average of blacks (18.8%) and yet the violent crime rate there is almost 40% lower than the national average.

The same pattern is found in other states with large black populations: Mississippi, Arkansas

Colorado

3,294,394

133,146

4.0%

526

-8.0%

62,500

1897

3.4%

Connecticut

3,287,116

274,269

8.3%

554

-3.1%

139,000

4228

3.1%

Delaware

666,168

112,460

16.9%

655

14.6%

74,800

11228

2.0%

DC

606,900

399,604

65.8%

2,458

329.9%

86,700

14285

17.4%

Florida

12,937,926

1,759,534

13.6%

1244

117.6%

56,100

433

1.9%

Georgia

6,478,216

1,746,565

27.0%

756

32.2%

47,300

730

3.6%

Hawaii

1,108,229

27,195

2.5%

281

-50.9%

156,800

14148

0.9%

Idaho

1,006,749

3,370

0.3%

276

-51.7%

42,100

4181

3.3%

Illinois

11,430,602

1,694,273

14.8%

967

69.1%

49,800

435

6.8%

Indiana

5,544,159

432,092

7.8%

474

-17.1%

36,500

658

5.2%

Iowa

2,776,755

48,090

1.7%

300

-47.5%

30,200

1087

3.3%

Kansas

2,477,574

143,076

5.8%

448

-21.6%

32,400

1307

2.9%

Kentucky

3,685,296

262,907

7.1%

390

-31.8%

33,400

906

3.4%

Louisiana

4,219,973

1,299,281

30.8%

898

57.1%

38,200

905

9.0%

Maine

1,227,928

5,138

0.4%

143

-75.0%

60,100

4894

2.3%

Maryland

4,781,468

1,189,899

24.9%

919

60.7%

79,000

1652

4.6%

Massachusetts

6,016,425

300,130

5.0%

736

28.7%

126,800

2107

2.9%

Michigan

9,295,297

1,291,706

13.9%

790

38.2%

38,500

414

4.2%

Minnesota

4,375,099

94,944

2.2%

306

-46.5%

52,200

1193

2.1%

Mississippi

2,573,216

915,057

35.6%

340

-40.5%

31,400

1220

3.7%

Missouri

5,117,073

548,208

10.7%

715

25.0%

38,800

758

5.1%

Montana

799,065

2,381

0.3%

159

-72.2%

40,000

5005

4.1%

Nebraska

1,578,385

57,404

3.6%

330

-42.3%

32,800

2078

2.2%

Nevada

1,201,833

78,771

6.6%

601

5.1%

75,400

6273

2.6%

NH

1,109,252

7,198

0.6%

132

-76.9%

98,400

8870

1.3%

NJ

7,730,188

1,036,825

13.4%

648

13.3%

112,300

1452

3.3%

NM

1,515,069

30,210

2.0%

780

36.4%

46,700

3082

4.1%

NY

17,990,455

2,859,055

15.9%

1181

106.5%

76,200

423

3.3%

NC

6,628,637

1,456,323

22.0%

624

9.1%

44,700

674

1.9%

ND

638,800

3,524

0.6%

74

-87.1%

30,800

4821

2.6%

Ohio

10,847,115

1,154,826

10.6%

506

-11.5%

43,900

404

5.4%

Oklahoma

3,145,585

233,801

7.4%

547

-4.3%

30,800

979

5.1%

Oregon

2,842,321

46,178

1.6%

507

-11.3%

49,200

1730

2.4%

Pennsylvania

11,881,643

1,089,795

9.2%

431

-24.6%

42,500

357

6.1%

RI

1,003,464

38,861

3.9%

432

-24.4%

106,000

10563

2.9%

SC

3,486,703

1,039,884

29.8%

977

70.9%

41,100

1178

2.3%

SD

696,004

3,258

0.5%

163

-71.5%

27,300

3922

2.9%

Tennessee

4,877,185

778,035

16.0%

670

17.2%

39,600

811

3.6%

Texas

16,986,510

2,021,632

11.9%

761

33.1%

38,300

225

5.6%

Utah

1,722,850

11,576

0.7%

284

-50.3%

53,100

3082

3.4%

Vermont

562,758

1,951

0.3%

127

-77.8%

73,100

12989

1.8%

Virginia

6,187,358

1,162,994

18.8%

351

-38.6%

60,100

971

2.5%

Washington

4,866,692

149,801

3.1%

502

-12.2%

63,700

1308

2.3%

West Virginia

1,793,477

56,295

3.1%

169

-70.4%

31,200

1739

2.3%

Wisconsin

4,891,769

244,539

5.0%

265

-53.7%

45,600

932

2.1%

Wyoming

453,588

3,606

0.8%

301

-47.4%

43,900

9678

2.6%

State

248,709,873

29,986,060

12.1%

29161

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