% / Percent of black males ages 25-29 who were in prison or jail versus white men in the same age group.
Stat: 12.9% of black males ages 25-29 were in prison or jail; for white men in the same age group the number is 1.6%.
Stat Categories: African-American Stats
Tags: African American African American,Black African American,Black,Negro
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Publisher (site that mentioned this stat): In These Times
Submitted By: Michael Raeford
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