Arrests of Non-Whites vs. Non-White Population

Arrests of Non-Whites vs. Non-White Population (2021)
A comparision of the Census Population data to arrests data in New York.
County Arrests of Non-Whites Non-White, Non-Incarcerated Population Absolute Difference Percent Difference
Albany 53.8% 31.7% 22.1% 69.6%
Allegany 12.0% 8.4% 3.6% 43.2%
Bronx 96.1% 85.9% 10.2% 11.8%
Broome 34.7% 20.2% 14.5% 71.7%
Cattaraugus 22.2% 11.6% 10.6% 91.4%
Cayuga 23.6% 10.6% 13.0% 121.9%
Chautauqua 27.3% 14.2% 13.1% 92.4%
Chemung 27.0% 15.1% 12.0% 79.5%
Chenango 5.2% 7.8% −2.6% −33.5%
Clinton 16.3% 10.2% 6.1% 59.4%
Columbia 31.5% 16.3% 15.2% 93.1%
Cortland 18.1% 11.9% 6.3% 52.7%
Delaware 14.2% 10.9% 3.2% 29.6%
Dutchess 46.8% 29.4% 17.5% 59.4%
Erie 52.9% 27.3% 25.6% 93.6%
Essex 4.9% 8.5% −3.6% −42.8%
Franklin 20.5% 14.6% 5.9% 40.1%
Fulton 14.8% 10.0% 4.8% 48.3%
Genesee 25.1% 11.8% 13.3% 112.8%
Greene 25.2% 12.9% 12.3% 95.6%
Hamilton 0.0% 6.3% −6.3% −100.0%
Herkimer 14.6% 8.1% 6.5% 79.9%
Jefferson 21.4% 17.1% 4.3% 25.4%
Kings 87.0% 62.5% 24.6% 39.3%
Lewis 3.2% 5.5% −2.3% −42.5%
Livingston 17.1% 9.7% 7.3% 75.1%
Madison 13.4% 9.6% 3.8% 40.0%
Monroe 65.1% 31.6% 33.5% 106.3%
Montgomery 38.4% 18.9% 19.5% 103.2%
Nassau 69.0% 41.5% 27.5% 66.3%
New York 86.8% 50.0% 36.8% 73.5%
Niagara 40.6% 17.4% 23.2% 133.0%
Oneida 40.7% 19.8% 21.0% 106.0%
Onondaga 53.3% 26.0% 27.3% 104.8%
Ontario 31.1% 12.1% 18.9% 156.0%
Orange 58.7% 38.2% 20.5% 53.6%
Orleans 23.8% 12.6% 11.2% 89.2%
Oswego 13.1% 8.7% 4.3% 49.6%
Otsego 14.3% 10.5% 3.8% 36.4%
Putnam 40.5% 22.8% 17.7% 77.4%
Queens 88.6% 74.2% 14.4% 19.4%
Rensselaer 41.7% 21.4% 20.3% 94.7%
Richmond 68.1% 40.4% 27.6% 68.4%
Rockland 68.1% 36.5% 31.6% 86.6%
Saratoga 16.7% 12.4% 4.3% 34.3%
Schenectady 57.5% 32.2% 25.4% 78.9%
Schoharie 11.2% 8.8% 2.5% 28.1%
Schuyler 8.5% 6.4% 2.0% 31.5%
Seneca 21.0% 9.4% 11.6% 123.4%
St. Lawrence 11.0% 9.0% 2.0% 21.8%
Steuben 13.0% 9.2% 3.8% 40.9%
Suffolk 55.6% 33.0% 22.6% 68.5%
Sullivan 43.9% 28.1% 15.8% 56.4%
Tioga 7.9% 8.1% −0.2% −2.4%
Tompkins 36.4% 25.6% 10.8% 42.1%
Ulster 37.4% 21.3% 16.0% 75.2%
Warren 11.6% 8.9% 2.7% 30.4%
Washington 12.0% 7.7% 4.3% 55.7%
Wayne 28.4% 11.9% 16.5% 138.7%
Westchester 79.6% 46.9% 32.7% 69.8%
Wyoming 19.4% 6.2% 13.2% 211.2%
Yates 10.2% 6.1% 4.1% 67.9%
Andy Arthur, 1/31/23.

Data Sources:
2020 Adjusted Population, Adjusted to Move Incarcerated Individuals to Arrest Location. LATFOR. latfor.state.ny.us/data/?sec=2020amendpop
Adult Arrest Demographics for 2021. DCJS. criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/adult-arrest-demographics/2021/index.html

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