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POLICY BRIEF: RACIAL DISPARITIES IN YOUTH COMMITMENTS AND ARRESTS<br />

AMERICAN INDIAN COMMITMENT<br />

DISPARITIES, 2013<br />

State-by-state analysis of <strong>American</strong> Indian youth is<br />

hampered by their small number and attendant small<br />

percentage of the population <strong>in</strong> many states. Roughly<br />

90 percent of <strong>American</strong> Indian juveniles live <strong>in</strong> just 26<br />

states. In 24 states, less than 1 percent of youth are<br />

<strong>American</strong> Indian.<br />

Nationwide, <strong>American</strong> Indian youth were nearly four<br />

times as likely as white youth to be committed. In three<br />

states (M<strong>in</strong>nesota, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois and Vermont), the <strong>American</strong><br />

Indian/white disparity is more than ten-to-one, mean<strong>in</strong>g<br />

that <strong>American</strong> Indian youth are more than 10 times as<br />

likely as white juveniles to be committed.<br />

<strong>American</strong> Indian youth, only New Mexico has no<br />

<strong>American</strong> Indian/white disparity.<br />

Figure 5. White and <strong>American</strong> Indian<br />

Commitment Rates per 100,000 <strong>Youth</strong>, 2013<br />

69<br />

254<br />

Among the 26 states with a significant proportion<br />

(more than one percent of the total population) of<br />

White<br />

<strong>American</strong><br />

Indian<br />

Figure 6. <strong>American</strong> Indian/White Racial Disparity <strong>in</strong> Commitment Rates per 100,000 <strong>Youth</strong>, 2013<br />

0 1 3 5 10+<br />

See full data <strong>in</strong> Appendix C.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sentenc<strong>in</strong>g Project • 1705 DeSales Street NW, 8th Floor • Wash<strong>in</strong>gton, D.C. 20036 • sentenc<strong>in</strong>gproject.org<br />

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