North Carolina
In North Carolina, Blacks are incarcerated at 6 times the rate of Whites.
North Carolina is a majority-White state, but the prisons are majority-Black.
Another view of the same facts: Blacks make up only 22% of the state, but 61% of the prison population.
All facts as of July 31, 2003.
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