Chinese immigration to, 16
Eligibility in the Local Context, 141
prisons in, 151
Proposition 209, 140-141
Cancer
American Indians and Alaska Natives and, 111-112
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and, 113-114
Black/African Americans and, 100-102, 104
Hispanic Americans and, 107
minorities with highest rates of, 91
Capital Punishment 2002 (Bureau of Justice Statistics), 151
Caplan, Nathan, 134
Cardiovascular disease, 114
Casinos
American Indian, 70-72
profits for health services, 110
Castro, Fidel, 7, 9, 161
Census 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau), 2-3, 5 (f1.1)
Census taking, 73
Center for Women's Business Research, 66
Center on Education Policy, 143
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, 151
Charter schools, 143
Chicago (IL), 143
Children
AIDS among, 99
AIDS, pediatric cases by exposure category, race/ethnicity reported through December 2001, 111t
household relationship and living arrangements of children under 18
years, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, March 2000, 38 t- 40t
living arrangements of, 36-38
mixed-race, 30-31
mixed-race children, percent reporting two or more races by specified race, 2000, 34 (t 2.4)
with parents in prison/jail, 150
poverty, living in, 77-78
poverty, percentage of under age 18
living below selected poverty levels by age, family structure, race, Hispanic origin, selected years 1980-2001, 83t
poverty thresholds by size of family and number of related children under 18 years, 2002, 80t
in prisons/jails, 151
teenage pregnancy, 34, 35t
welfare and, 79
See also Education
Chinese
birth weight and, 93
immigration in 1800s, 16
labor force participation, 43
See also Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, 16
Cigarette smoking
birthweight, low-birthweight live births, according to mother's detailed race, Hispanic origin, smoking status: selected years 1970-2001, 94t
cigarette smoking, percentage of persons aged >18 years reporting cigarette use during preceding month, by race/ethnicity, sex—National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 1999-2001, 104t
by minorities, 95-97
Citizenship, U.S.
Asian immigrants denied, 16
for foreign-born Hispanic population by year of entry, 2000, 5 (f1.2)
of Hispanic Americans, 4, 44
homeownership rates by citizenship status, race/ethnicity of householder, 1994-2002, 41t
voter registration and, 155, 160
voter turnout and, 156
voting rates and, by race/ethnicity, 2000, 156f
City of Richmond v. Croson Co., 67-68
Civil rights
of Arab Americans, 165
public opinion on criminal justice system's respect for civil rights, June 2002, 166 t
See also Discrimination
Civil Rights Act of 1964
employment discrimination and, 62
voter registration and, 155
Civil Rights Project (Harvard University), 143
Civil War, 14
Cleveland (OH), 142
Clinton administration, 39-40
College
enrollment rates by race/ethnicity, 132t
graduates by race/ethnicity, 2000, 131
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 142
minorities and, 137-142
Tribal (Native American), 141-142
Columbia University, 103-104
Columbus, Christopher, 18
Computer use
access to, 79-80
from any location by individuals age 3 and older, October 1997, December 1998, August 2000, September 2001, 86f
from any location by individuals age 3 and older, October 1997, September 2001, 87f
Internet use anywhere by race/Hispanic origin, percent of persons age 3 and older, 1997-2001, 85f
percent difference/growth rates from any location by individuals age 3 and over, October 1997, December 1998, August 2000, September 2001, 88t
selected online activity by race/Hispanic origin as percent of Internet users, persons age 3 and older, 2001, 89f
Computerized redistricting, 161
The Condition of Education, 2002 (National Center for Education Statistics), 129, 139
Congressional Black Caucus, 160
Construction firms
American Indians and Alaska Natives, 65-66
Black/African American, 63
Court cases
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 69-70
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, 70
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 142
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, 16
City of Richmond v. Croson Co., 67-68
Hopwood v. Texas, 141
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 139-140
Vieth vs. Jubelirer, 162
"Cracking", 161
Crime
gangs, 152
hate-bias incidents, offenses, victims, known offenders, by bias motivation, 2002, 153t
hate crimes, 152-153
homicide type by race, 1976-2000, 147 (t 8.3)
homicide victimization rates per 100,000 population by age, race, gender, 1976-2000, 146 (t 8.2)
homicide, young males as proportion of population, homicide victims, homicide offenders, 1976-2000, 148 (f8.1)
homicides by race of offender/victim, 1976-2000, 148 (f8.2)
offenders, minorities as, 148-149
parole, characteristics of adults on, 1995, 2000, and 2002, 150t
persons under sentence of death, by race, 1968-2002, 152f
prisoners under sentence of death, demographic characteristics of, 2002, 151t
prisons/jails, minorities in, 149-151
prisons/jails, number of inmates in state or federal prisons and local jails, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, June 30, 2002, 149 (t 8.5)
prisons/jails, number of inmates in state or federal prisons and local jails per 100,000 residents, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, June 30, 2002, 149 (t 8.6)
property crime victimization, by race, Hispanic origin, household income, home ownership of households victimized, 2001, 147 (t 8.4)
victimization of minorities, 145
victimization rates, violent, of selected demographic categories, 1993-2000, 146 (t 8.1)
Criminal justice system
Middle Eastern discrimination and, 165
minorities in prisons/jails and, 149-152
public opinion on criminal justice system's respect for civil rights, June 2002, 166t
Croson Co., City of Richmond v., 67-68
Cuban Americans
employed Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban-origin workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, full-or part-time status, 2001-02, 61t
employment status of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban-origin population by sex and age, 2001-02, 47t-48t
occupations of, 60
origins/demographic characteristics, 7-14
political participation of, 161
unemployment rate, 48
See also Hispanic Americans
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