Sources and methodology

Senator

The incumbent legislator as of April, 2002 http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/propsen/senmem.pdf

Type

This is a general designation of the region as applied to the county labels used in Figure 7.

Population

Total district population as reported on page 2 of the pdf district map by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=PS

Blacks

The Non-Hispanic Black district population as reported on page 2 of the pdf district map by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=PS

Black Adults

The Non-Hispanic Black population 18 or over district population as reported on page 2 of the pdf district map by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=PS

Deviation

The numerical deviation of the district population size as reported on page 2 of the pdf district map by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=PS It is the result of taking the ideal district population of 306,072 and subtracting the district population.

Deviation Percentage

The percent deviation of the district population size as reported on page 2 of the pdf district map by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=PS It is produced by taking the district population and dividing it by the ideal district size of 306,072.

Prisoners

Each prison was mapped from the Department of Correctional Services facility list and driving directions, and where that was unsuccessful, prisons were mapped with the assistance of the assessor's offices in several upstate towns. The individual prison populations were drawn from Department of Correctional Services, State of New York, The Hub System: Profile of Inmates Undercustody on January 1, 2000, table 1, "total" column, and then aggregated to the district level.

Black Prisoners

Each prison was mapped from the Department of Correctional Services facility list and driving directions, and where that was unsuccessful, prisons were mapped with the assistance of the assessor's offices in several upstate towns. The individual prison populations were drawn from Department of Correctional Services, State of New York, The Hub System: Profile of Inmates Undercustody on January 1, 2000, table 3, "African-American" column, and then aggregated to the district level. This column refers to Non-Hispanic Blacks.

% District incarcerated

This is the number of prisoners divided by the population of the district.

% Black Adults Disenfranchised

This is the number of Black prisoners divided by the Black adult population of the district. All numbers refer to non-Hispanic Blacks.

Deviation not counting prisoners

This is the size of the population deviation if prisoners had not been counted as residents of the prison district. It was calculated by taking the district population, subtracting the prison population and dividing the result by the ideal district population of 306,072.