RACIAL EQUITY DATA

Racial disparities in America are not opinions — they are measurable, documented, and persistent across every major system. This dashboard surfaces data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census Bureau, Federal Reserve, CDC, and independent research organizations to make these numbers impossible to ignore. Every statistic is sourced and verifiable.

By The Numbers

13.6% of U.S. Population

but

                38.4%
                of Prison Population
            

$24,100 Median Black Household Wealth

$171,000 Median White Household Wealth

                2.5x
                Rate of Police Killings (Black vs. White)
            

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                1,200+
                People Killed by Police Annually
            

45.3% Black Homeownership Rate

74.4% White Homeownership Rate

                2.5x
                Black Maternal Mortality Rate
            

Baseline White Maternal Mortality Rate

Racial Wealth Gap Over Time (1980–2022)

Criminal Justice & Incarceration

1,186 per 100K Black Men Incarcerated vs. 222 per 100K white men (BJS 2023)

65% Drug Arrests — Black vs. White Despite similar usage rates (ACLU)

$182B Annual Cost of Mass Incarceration Prison Policy Initiative estimate

1 in 3 Black Men — Lifetime Incarceration Probability of imprisonment (Sentencing Project)

Incarceration Rate by Race (per 100,000)

Incarceration Rates by State

Black incarceration rate per 100,000 residents. Click a state for details.

Police Violence Data

Source: Mapping Police Violence — mappingpoliceviolence.org

Year	Total Police Killings	Black Victims	% Black	Black Pop. %	Disparity
2024	1,232	295	24.0%	13.6%	1.76x
2023	1,247	305	24.5%	13.6%	1.80x
2022	1,186	281	23.7%	13.6%	1.74x
2021	1,145	277	24.2%	13.4%	1.81x
2020	1,127	272	24.1%	13.4%	1.80x
2019	1,098	259	23.6%	13.4%	1.76x

Health Disparities

2.5x Maternal Mortality Black women vs. white women (CDC WONDER)

4.7 yrs Life Expectancy Gap Black: 75.3 vs White: 80.0 years (2022)

1.5x Diabetes Rate Black Americans vs. white Americans (KFF)

30% Higher Hypertension Rate Leading cause of health disparity (CDC)

Political Representation

13.6% U.S. Population Black Americans as % of total

13.4% U.S. House Members 58 of 435 — near parity

4% U.S. Senators 4 of 100 — significantly underrepresented

~2% Governors 1 of 50 states — Wes Moore (MD)

Primary Sources

Mapping Police Violence No Auth
Comprehensive database of police killings in the U.S. by race, state, and year
The Sentencing Project No Auth
Incarceration data by race, state — downloadable CSVs
Prison Policy Initiative No Auth
Mass incarceration research, racial disparity analysis
Bureau of Justice Statistics No Auth
Federal crime and incarceration data by demographics
Federal Reserve — Survey of Consumer Finances No Auth
Racial wealth gap data — free CSV downloads
Census Bureau API Free Key
Income, poverty, homeownership by race — all free
CDC WONDER Database No Auth
Mortality, maternal health, disease rates by race
Kaiser Family Foundation No Auth
Health insurance coverage, health outcomes by race

Racial Equity Data