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A graph showing that, in North Carolina, there are 184 whites in prison per 100,000 population, but 1,121 blacks in prison per 100,000 population.

Data Source: North Carolina Department of Corrections and U.S. Census, July 31, 2003. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2003)

This graph originally appeared in Racial Disparities in North Carolina Incarceration.



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