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January 12, 2007
Table 1:
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Murder Arrests in California by Race/ethnicity,
1995-2005 |
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Total |
White(a) |
Hispanic |
Black(a) |
Other(a) |
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1995 |
2,749 |
574 |
1,271 |
692 |
212 |
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2000 |
1,627 |
374 |
698 |
397 |
158 |
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2005 |
1,956 |
386 |
946 |
487 |
137 |
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Murder Arrest Rate (per 100,000 Population) |
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1995 |
8.73 |
3.40 |
13.82 |
32.03 |
6.61 |
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2000 |
4.80 |
2.36 |
6.36 |
18.19 |
3.22 |
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2005 |
5.41 |
2.44 |
7.44 |
21.76 |
2.56 |
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% change in Murder Arrest Rate |
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1995-2000 |
-45.0% |
-30.4% |
-53.9% |
-43.2% |
-51.3% |
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2000-2005 |
12.7% |
3.1% |
16.8% |
19.6% |
-20.4% |
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Population by Race/ethnicity |
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1995 |
31,472,000 |
16,904,448 |
9,200,000 |
2,160,384 |
3,207,168 |
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2000 |
33,871,648 |
15,816,790 |
10,966,556 |
2,181,926 |
4,906,376 |
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2005 |
36,132,147 |
15,828,690 |
12,722,962 |
2,238,398 |
5,342,097 |
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Note: Figures include arrests for murder and
nonnegligent manslaughter. |
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a. Includes only the non-Hispanic members of
each group. |
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Sources:
California Department of Justice, Criminal
Justice Statistics Center. (arrests.) |
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U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. (Population
by race and Hispanic origin.) |
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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