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Graph showing that Native Americans are overrepresented in Connecticut prisons and jails. The Connecticut population is 0.30% Native American, but the incarcerated population is 1.50% Native American.

Data Source: U.S. Census 2000. (Graph: Peter Wagner, May 2004)

Graph is a part of Racial disparities in incarceration by state.

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