12/15/2006
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Incarceration Rates by Race/ethnicity and Offense, 2003 |
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Prisoners per 100,000 population |
Hispanic as multiple |
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Offense |
White(a) |
Black(a) |
Hispanic |
white, non-Hispanic |
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Total (All Offenses) |
229.8 |
1,580.0 |
549.3 |
2.4 |
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Violent offenses |
115.1 |
826.4 |
292.2 |
2.5 |
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Murder |
23.8 |
202.9 |
71.7 |
3.0 |
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Manslaughter |
3.6 |
21.4 |
6.5 |
1.8 |
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Rape |
16.0 |
61.6 |
16.8 |
1.1 |
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Other sexual assault |
25.0 |
56.2 |
41.6 |
1.7 |
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Robbery |
20.0 |
298.8 |
70.9 |
3.5 |
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Assault |
20.3 |
150.1 |
70.4 |
3.5 |
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Other violent |
6.4 |
35.4 |
14.0 |
2.2 |
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Property offenses |
60.9 |
283.0 |
93.2 |
1.5 |
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Burglary |
30.9 |
150.7 |
52.6 |
1.7 |
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Larceny |
11.1 |
57.3 |
15.0 |
1.4 |
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Motor vehicle theft |
4.2 |
19.7 |
12.3 |
3.0 |
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Fraud |
8.5 |
31.2 |
5.3 |
0.6 |
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Other property |
6.2 |
24.2 |
7.8 |
1.2 |
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Drug offenses |
32.8 |
374.1 |
125.6 |
3.8 |
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Public-order offenses |
19.5 |
89.4 |
35.3 |
1.8 |
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Other/unspecified |
1.5 |
7.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
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Note: Figures reflect prisoners under state jurisdiction. |
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a. Excludes Hispanics. |
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November 2006. Table 12. (Prisoners) PDF; |
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Census Bureau, "2006 Statistical Abstract," Table 13. (Population.) |
Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.