MINORITIES

• Hispanics are 14.8 % of the population.

• African-Americans are 12.8% of the U.S. population.

• 4.4% of the population are Asian-Americans

• 2.5 % of the population are Jewish

• 51% of the homeless are black.

• A lower % of black men in their late teens and early 20’s are employed today than 30 years ago.

• Median white family Income = $47,800

• Median Hispanic Family Income = 33,000

• Median black family income = $29,700

• Average per capita income for Whites = $22,952

• Average per capita income for Blacks = $12,957

• Average per capita income for Hispanics = $11,434

• Median income for white female head - of household = $19,547

• Median income for black female head - of- household = $11,414

• 1 out of every 3 black males aged 20-29 are either in jail or under some kind of judicial custody. The rate for the population as a whole is 2.3%

• The U.S. imprisons 370 out of every 100,000 white people.

• The U.S. imprisons 3,317 out of every 100,000 black males.

• The odds that a black male will do time is 1-3.

• The odds that a white male will do time is 1-17

• There are more black males in US prison than in US colleges/universities

• 75% of the nation’s drug users are white.

• 75% of the nation’s drug prisoners are black

• A black youth is 6 times more likely to be locked up than a white peer, even when charged with the same crime and neither has a prior record

• Trafficking in 5 grams (.17 of an ounce) of crack carries a mandatory five-year prison sentence, but it takes 500 grams of cocaine powder (17.5 ounces) to warrant the same sentence.

Black youths account for 15% of the population but:

• 26% of juvenile arrests• 31% of referrals to juvenile court• 40% of youths sent to adult courts• 40% of youths in juvenile detention

centers• 58% of youths sentenced to adult

prisons

• The leading cause of death for blacks under the age of 24 is homicide.

• The leading cause of death for blacks aged 25 - 44 is A.I.D.S.

• Black males have a 1 in 27 chance of being murder victims.

• White males, 1 in 205

• 68% of the prison population is a member of a minority group.

• Some ghetto areas have a higher mortality rate and lower life expectancy than many third world countries.

• Infant mortality rate among blacks is 16.8/1000 (6.9/1000 for whites)

• Life expectancy of white females = 79.4

• Life expectancy of black females = 73.6

• Life expectancy of white males = 72.7

• Life expectancy of black males = 65.6

• Sex ratio in the U.S. is 96/100

• Sex ratio among African-Americans is 50/100

• 64% of all black families are headed by a single parent (90% in some ghetto areas).

• 24% of all white families are headed by a single parent.

• 70% of all black children are born to unwed mothers (22% of white children are).

• 42% of single black women aged 18 - 29 have one or more children (The rate is 7% for white women in this age bracket).

Fertility Rates:

• For every 1000 white women in their child-bearing years, 64.7 babies are born.

• For every 1000 black women in their child-bearing years, 88.1 babies are born

• 24.3% of African- Americans live below the poverty line (the white rate is 8.2%; the Hispanic rate is 22.5%

• 77% of white families own their own homes

• 49% of black families own their own homes

• Median Net Worth Per Black Family$6,000

• Median Net Worth Per Latino Family$7,900

• Median Net Worth Per White Family$88,651

• 33% of black families collect welfare.

• The unemployment rate for black males is twice that of the general population.

• All of our 25 largest school districts now have “minority majorities”

• 11% of the population is foreign-born

There are app. 12 million illegal immigrants in the US (2006)

• See Table 10-3 on Page 265