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Blacks account for 13% of the population, according to US Census estimates of 2009 (39.6 mil / 307 mil). (Now, we only want to look at 18-25 yr olds, but I don
by billpaetzke 16y ago
Blacks account for 13% of the population, according to US Census estimates of 2009 (39.6 mil / 307 mil). (Now, we only want to look at 18-25 yr olds, but I don't have that data. So we have to assume equal distribution among age ranges).
And let's say, of that 13%, half are men and half are women. So, it would be "normal" if 6.5% of college students are black men.
5% vs 6.5% doesn't seem like a HUGE problem.
Data source: http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=PEP_2009_EST_G2009_T003_2009&-format=&-CONTEXT=dt http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-...