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Race and incarcerated populations in Minnesota House districts

Appendix 2. This table of select race data with correctional populations for Minnesota House Districts. All data is based on the 2000 Census.
District Census population Black population American Indian population Total correctional population Black incarcerated % Black population incarcerated American Indian incarcerated population % American Indian population incarcerated
1A 36,485 57 352 68 2 3.5% 7 2.0%
1B 36,652 113 454 81 3 2.7% 11 2.4%
2A 36,566 47 3,930 1 0 0% 1 0.0%
2B 36,482 70 5,831 50 0 0% 21 0.4%
3A 36,745 61 533 19 0 0% 4 0.8%
3B 36,598 74 622 110 2 2.7% 24 3.9%
4A 36,727 121 6,452 81 0 0% 38 0.6%
4B 36,549 69 707 43 0 0% 29 4.1%
5A 36,702 73 465 37 0 0% 1 0.2%
5B 36,486 108 314 154 10 9.3% 20 6.4%
6A 36,625 84 1,156 7 0 0% 0 0%
6B 36,697 335 351 761 217 64.8% 40 11.4%
7A 36,809 381 455 0 0 0% 0 0%
7B 36,680 758 1,527 37 3 0.4% 10 0.7%
8A 36,721 376 2,181 981 284 75.5% 80 3.7%
8B 36,998 298 597 905 208 69.8% 112 18.8%
9A 36,798 256 641 115 9 3.5% 23 3.6%
9B 36,949 60 610 45 2 3.3% 20 3.3%
10A 36,424 130 225 67 3 2.3% 4 1.8%
10B 36,552 100 164 22 1 1.0% 2 1.2%
11A 36,795 148 133 36 1 0.7% 1 0.8%
11B 36,794 44 150 22 1 2.3% 1 0.7%
12A 36,813 125 329 87 1 0.8% 7 2.1%
12B 36,677 79 156 35 2 2.5% 5 3.2%
13A 36,758 70 45 0 0 0% 0 0%
13B 36,893 201 133 31 5 2.5% 0 0%
14A 36,887 109 74 0 0 0% 0 0%
14B 36,844 129 48 0 0 0% 0 0%
15A 36,702 582 164 0 0 0% 0 0%
15B 36,573 890 304 912 296 33.3% 77 25.3%
16A 36,787 102 1,096 208 36 35.3% 28 2.6%
16B 36,657 64 116 0 0 0% 0 0%
17A 36,799 90 207 67 1 1.1% 0 0%
17B 36,732 203 173 305 96 47.3% 22 12.7%
18A 36,487 76 65 21 1 1.3% 0 0%
18B 36,654 84 77 62 14 16.7% 6 7.8%
19A 36,766 109 126 76 12 11.0% 2 1.6%
19B 36,729 86 89 0 0 0% 0 0%
20A 36,641 355 139 1,342 306 86.2% 34 24.5%
20B 36,953 38 431 11 0 0% 2 0.5%
21A 36,975 395 610 67 2 0.5% 4 0.7%
21B 36,817 48 60 42 2 4.2% 3 5.0%
22A 36,438 86 215 8 0 0% 1 0.5%
22B 36,610 266 98 32 0 0% 0 0%
23A 36,889 247 104 40 4 1.6% 1 1.0%
23B 36,492 628 121 69 7 1.1% 2 1.7%
24A 36,834 107 52 41 0 0% 1 1.9%
24B 36,658 112 67 175 49 43.8% 10 14.9%
25A 36,729 50 87 20 0 0% 0 0%
25B 36,590 179 121 0 0 0% 0 0%
26A 36,780 735 124 983 253 34.4% 66 53.2%
26B 36,496 578 155 1,158 396 68.5% 60 38.7%
27A 36,705 80 75 43 2 2.5% 2 2.7%
27B 36,865 225 62 35 4 1.8% 0 0%
28A 36,636 279 435 56 7 2.5% 2 0.5%
28B 36,528 124 66 0 0 0% 0 0%
29A 36,793 235 61 0 0 0% 0 0%
29B 36,815 969 71 0 0 0% 0 0%
30A 36,890 1,880 166 967 264 14.0% 66 39.8%
30B 36,811 283 54 0 0 0% 0 0%
31A 36,723 317 80 20 3 0.9% 0 0%
31B 36,452 79 42 18 0 0% 0 0%
32A 36,553 256 67 0 0 0% 0 0%
32B 36,525 374 108 0 0 0% 0 0%
33A 36,934 241 76 0 0 0% 0 0%
33B 36,943 171 56 0 0 0% 0 0%
34A 36,701 103 74 0 0 0% 0 0%
34B 36,696 327 79 82 17 5.2% 0 0%
35A 36,485 395 524 354 100 25.3% 31 5.9%
35B 36,690 377 106 82 18 4.8% 0 0%
36A 36,731 464 131 0 0 0% 0 0%
36B 36,713 224 143 0 0 0% 0 0%
37A 36,915 881 130 0 0 0% 0 0%
37B 36,860 698 107 0 0 0% 0 0%
38A 36,597 1,531 116 0 0 0% 0 0%
38B 36,661 1,120 79 0 0 0% 0 0%
39A 36,581 719 169 0 0 0% 0 0%
39B 36,656 712 170 0 0 0% 0 0%
40A 36,882 1,565 185 0 0 0% 0 0%
40B 36,515 1,110 91 0 0 0% 0 0%
41A 37,407 315 52 0 0 0% 0 0%
41B 35,807 745 56 0 0 0% 0 0%
42A 36,923 588 79 0 0 0% 0 0%
42B 36,965 954 80 0 0 0% 0 0%
43A 36,957 993 100 0 0 0% 0 0%
43B 36,921 882 113 792 322 36.5% 32 28.3%
44A 36,955 1,711 189 0 0 0% 0 0%
44B 36,939 1,554 178 0 0 0% 0 0%
45A 36,776 1,794 171 0 0 0% 0 0%
45B 37,188 1,696 203 14 6 0.4% 0 0%
46A 36,558 7,530 258 0 0 0% 0 0%
46B 36,738 4,794 287 0 0 0% 0 0%
47A 36,678 754 174 0 0 0% 0 0%
47B 36,543 1,636 179 0 0 0% 0 0%
48A 36,919 137 163 140 20 14.6% 3 1.8%
48B 36,586 504 274 387 48 9.5% 22 8.0%
49A 36,574 194 133 0 0 0% 0 0%
49B 36,567 728 251 0 0 0% 0 0%
50A 36,916 1,438 492 0 0 0% 0 0%
50B 36,953 938 172 0 0 0% 0 0%
51A 36,756 316 229 0 0 0% 0 0%
51B 36,686 745 261 0 0 0% 0 0%
52A 36,767 461 211 1124 361 78.3% 80 37.9%
52B 36,813 144 81 0 0 0% 0 0%
53A 36,629 201 116 0 0 0% 0 0%
53B 36,699 309 114 0 0 0% 0 0%
54A 36,735 1,039 134 53 25 2.4% 3 2.2%
54B 36,759 817 144 0 0 0% 0 0%
55A 36,753 1,113 223 0 0 0% 0 0%
55B 36,776 1,047 132 0 0 0% 0 0%
56A 36,812 1,001 260 1,924 729 72.8% 172 66.2%
56B 36,683 974 112 0 0 0% 0 0%
57A 36,710 823 207 0 0 0% 0 0%
57B 36,591 291 106 147 24 8.2% 4 3.8%
58A 36,578 11,242 635 0 0 0% 0 0%
58B 36,687 18,504 659 588 341 1.8% 35 5.3%
59A 36,517 2,355 858 0 0 0% 0 0%
59B 36,517 4,792 355 0 0 0% 0 0%
60A 36,682 3,668 353 70 27 0.7% 4 1.1%
60B 36,739 1,057 159 0 0 0% 0 0%
61A 36,703 9,023 2,649 132 27 0.3% 39 1.5%
61B 36,723 10,981 1,022 0 0 0% 0 0%
62A 36,888 3,420 1,138 0 0 0% 0 0%
62B 36,786 2,728 476 0 0 0% 0 0%
63A 36,726 2,104 193 0 0 0% 0 0%
63B 36,821 2,542 294 0 0 0% 0 0%
64A 36,752 2,513 206 0 0 0% 0 0%
64B 36,604 1,240 128 0 0 0% 0 0%
65A 36,610 10,220 543 0 0 0% 0 0%
65B 36,568 3,756 615 226 119 3.2% 5 0.8%
66A 36,523 5,294 486 0 0 0% 0 0%
66B 36,490 2,797 261 0 0 0% 0 0%
67A 36,566 3,284 509 0 0 0% 0 0%
67B 36,610 4,720 535 311 134 2.8% 17 3.2%

The Census does not publish race and ethnicity data for the group quarters population at the block level, so Appendix 2, "Race and incarcerated populations in Minnesota House districts" was produced with a slightly different methodology that also includes jails, halfway houses and other small correctional facilities. We used the Census 2000 State Legislative District Summary File and tables P1 (population) PCT17B (Group Quarters Population by Sex by Age by Group Quarters Type, Black Alone) and PCT17C (Group Quarters Population by Sex by Age by Group Quarters Type, American Indian/Alaskan Native Alone).

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