Sources and methodology

Type

Counties were labeled as Urban New York City, Suburban New York City, Upstate Urban or Rural as listed in Table 12.1 of Characteristics of Inmates Under Custody, December 31, 1985-1992.

Population

Census 2000 Summary File 1, Table P001001. Total Population

Adults

Census 2000 Summary File 1, Table P005001 Total population 18 years and over: Total

Blacks

Census 2000 Summary File 1, Table P004006 Total population: Not Hispanic or Latino; Population of one race; Black or African American alone

Black Adults

Census 2000 Summary File 1, Table P006006 Total population 18 years and over: Not Hispanic or Latino; Population of one race; Black or African American alone

Prisoners

Using the Department of Correctional Services website and calls to local planning and assessor's offices, state prison facilities were located within individual counties. The individual prison populations were drawn from Department of Correctional Services, State of New York, The Hub System: Profile of Inmates Undercustody on January 1, 2000, table 1, "total" column, and then aggregated to the county level.

Black Prisoners

Using the Department of Correctional Services website and calls to local planning and assessor's offices, state prison facilities were located within individual counties. The individual prison populations were drawn from Department of Correctional Services, State of New York, The Hub System: Profile of Inmates Undercustody on January 1, 2000, table 3, "African-American" column, and then aggregated to the county level. This column refers to Non-Hispanic Blacks.

% County incarcerated

This is the number of prisoners divided by the county population.

% Black Adults Disenfranchised

This is the number of Black prisoners divided by the number of Black adults.