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Graph showing that Whites are underrepresented in Minnesota prisons and jails. The Minnesota population is 89.40% White, but the incarcerated population is 54.80% White.

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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