tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post7175831800498752835..comments2023-12-18T10:15:52.664-06:00Comments on Gillette-Torvik Blog: Wisconsin leads the nation in what?Bart Torvikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-59897155791205980312015-02-18T17:04:52.377-06:002015-02-18T17:04:52.377-06:00I couldn't find anything on working-age Africa...I couldn't find anything on working-age African-American males, but Wisconsin ranks 30th in terms of percentage of population that is African-American. 6.07% of Wisconsin's population is African-American. Oklahoma, which was in 2nd place on the incarceration rate list is 24th at 7.96%. Louisiana,7th on the incarceration list, has the second largest percentage of African-Americans as a percentage of population with 31.98%. You might disagree but I do not think 30th out of 50 ranks as near the bottom.<br />Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-47835402636596011912015-02-18T15:11:30.661-06:002015-02-18T15:11:30.661-06:00That is a disturbing statistic.
I doubt that Wisc...That is a disturbing statistic.<br /><br />I doubt that Wisconsin is significantly more (or less) racist than its neighbors. Could be, but I doubt it.<br /><br />It I had to guess, I'd propose "the small number effect" as a possible culprit here. Using ratios and percentages on small numbers can be misleading, or at least prone to creating outliers. I'd be interested to know where Wisconsin ranks in terms of raw numbers of working-age African-American males. I suspect (but don't know) that it's near the bottom in that category, which would make the per-capita number at least a little bit less, well, incriminating.Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.com