We used a four year period so account for single year anomalies. The data is for 2020-2023.
The average Black overrepresentation was 11.3. In other words, Blacks are being charged with homicide at 11.3 times the combined rate of all other races within the same state.
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| Overall Black % | Black % of Suspects (20-23) | Black Overrepresentation | |
| DC | 47.2% | 97.2% | 38.8 |
| Vermont | 1.5% | 34.6% | 34.7 |
| Minnesota | 7.6% | 70.9% | 29.6 |
| Wisconsin | 6.6% | 64.0% | 25.2 |
| Iowa | 4.4% | 50.6% | 22.3 |
| Michigan | 14.1% | 76.1% | 19.4 |
| Missouri | 11.7% | 69.0% | 16.8 |
| Illinois | 14.7% | 72.8% | 15.5 |
| Maine | 2.0% | 23.8% | 15.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 12.2% | 66.8% | 14.5 |
| Ohio | 13.3% | 68.3% | 14.0 |
| Indiana | 10.3% | 60.9% | 13.6 |
| North Dakota | 3.6% | 32.5% | 12.9 |
| Oregon | 2.3% | 22.9% | 12.6 |
| Rhode Island | 9.1% | 52.8% | 11.2 |
| Nebraska | 5.4% | 38.1% | 10.8 |
| New Jersey | 15.4% | 65.9% | 10.6 |
| Tennessee | 16.7% | 67.5% | 10.4 |
| Kansas | 6.2% | 40.4% | 10.3 |
| New York | 17.7% | 68.8% | 10.3 |
| Delaware | 23.8% | 75.8% | 10.0 |
| Virginia | 20.0% | 70.9% | 9.7 |
| Arkansas | 15.6% | 64.3% | 9.7 |
| Oklahoma | 7.9% | 45.4% | 9.7 |
| South Carolina | 26.3% | 77.5% | 9.7 |
| Alabama | 26.8% | 77.8% | 9.6 |
| Washington | 4.6% | 30.5% | 9.1 |
| Connecticut | 12.9% | 57.3% | 9.1 |
| Kentucky | 8.7% | 46.2% | 9.0 |
| Maryland | 31.7% | 80.3% | 8.8 |
| Montana | 0.6% | 5.0% | 8.7 |
| Louisiana | 32.8% | 80.9% | 8.7 |
| North Carolina | 22.2% | 71.2% | 8.7 |
| Georgia | 33.1% | 80.8% | 8.5 |
| Utah | 1.6% | 12.0% | 8.4 |
| West Virginia | 3.7% | 23.9% | 8.2 |
| Massachusetts | 9.5% | 45.8% | 8.0 |
| Mississippi | 37.8% | 82.9% | 8.0 |
| Florida | 17.0% | 61.7% | 7.9 |
| Colorado | 4.7% | 27.8% | 7.8 |
| Texas | 13.4% | 48.7% | 6.1 |
| South Dakota | 2.6% | 13.8% | 6.0 |
| California | 6.5% | 29.1% | 5.9 |
| Nevada | 10.8% | 41.2% | 5.8 |
| Arizona | 5.5% | 25.1% | 5.8 |
| Wyoming | 1.2% | 5.5% | 4.8 |
| New Hampshire | 2.0% | 8.8% | 4.7 |
| New Mexico | 2.7% | 10.6% | 4.3 |
| Hawaii | 2.2% | 8.7% | 4.2 |
| Alaska | 3.7% | 12.8% | 3.8 |
| Idaho | 1.0% | 3.6% | 3.7 |
