07 March 2008

Race and Sex Offender Notification

In Colorado, 14.8% of those on sex offender notification lists are African American. According to the 2000 census, and considering people identified as being only of a single race, Colorado’s population is 82.8% white and 3.8% African-American.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

One could probably find similar statistics in the other 49 states, too.

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Andrew Oh-Willeke said...

The linked article has the most comprehensive survey of the available data (which is available in only about 15 states).