Appendix D. Portion of each state's incarcerated population that is incarcerated in disproportionately white counties

Appendix D Portion of each state's incarcerated population that is incarcerated in disproportionately white counties
State Total Incarcerated in Counties More White than the State Total Incarcerated Proportion
Alabama 20,453 41,177 49.7%
Alaska 2,503 4,206 59.5%
Arizona 49,835 67,767 73.5%
Arkansas 6,902 25,844 26.7%
California 89,621 256,807 34.9%
Colorado 26,584 40,568 65.5%
Connecticut 7,506 20,059 37.4%
Delaware 1,518 6,457 23.5%
District of Columbia 0 3,598 0.0%
Florida 124,684 167,453 74.5%
Georgia 56,797 104,012 54.6%
Hawaii 1,767 5,673 31.1%
Idaho 9,547 11,275 84.7%
Illinois 56,761 70,828 80.1%
Indiana 40,517 48,694 83.2%
Iowa 8,960 13,309 67.3%
Kansas 14,471 18,009 80.4%
Kentucky 31,335 41,122 76.2%
Louisiana 34,862 60,804 57.3%
Maine 2,260 3,679 61.4%
Maryland 27,108 35,832 75.7%
Massachusetts 19,086 24,683 77.3%
Michigan 46,003 62,083 74.1%
Minnesota 17,560 20,397 86.1%
Mississippi 12,255 34,273 35.8%
Missouri 35,050 41,956 83.5%
Montana 4,609 5,338 86.3%
Nebraska 5,325 8,084 65.9%
Nevada 8,293 19,891 41.7%
New Hampshire 4,058 4,851 83.7%
New Jersey 14,721 44,468 33.1%
New Mexico 11,402 17,907 63.7%
New York 74,025 95,306 77.7%
North Carolina 20,157 61,680 32.7%
North Dakota 2,026 2,489 81.4%
Ohio 57,206 76,590 74.7%
Oklahoma 23,036 40,562 56.8%
Oregon 6,100 22,203 27.5%
Pennsylvania 75,112 97,820 76.8%
Puerto Rico 2,446 12,979 18.8%
Rhode Island 0 3,783 0.0%
South Carolina 12,149 41,649 29.2%
South Dakota 5,449 6,327 86.1%
Tennessee 23,534 46,957 50.1%
Texas 169,866 267,405 63.5%
Utah 5,175 12,666 40.9%
Vermont 1,407 1,592 88.4%
Virginia 27,577 65,240 42.3%
Washington 19,327 31,960 60.5%
West Virginia 9,924 16,591 59.8%
Wisconsin 27,446 38,102 72.0%
Wyoming 2,078 3,576 58.1%

Sources and methodology

Total Incarcerated in Counties More White than the State
This is the total number of people incarcerated in counties that are disproportionately white compared to the entire state.
Total Incarcerated
This is the total incarcerated population as reported by the 2010 Census. It includes people in federal prisons, state prisons, local jails and other types of confinement facilities.
Proportion
This is the Total Incarcerated in Counties More White than the State divided by the Total Incarcerated

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