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Index - G

Gallup Organization, public opinion polls by, 163-165

Gaming
     casinos, Native American, 70-72
     profits for health services, 110

Gangs
     gang-related homicides, 145, 148
     minorities in, 152

Gender
     death rates for homicide, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, age: selected years 1950-2001, 123t-126t
     deaths, death rates by ages, sex, race, Hispanic origin, final 2000/preliminary 2001, 119t-122t
     dropouts, total number and percentage of students who withdrew, dropped out, or were chronically truant by reason, race/ethnicity, sex, 1993-94, 135t
     homicide victimization rates per 100,000 population by age, race, gender, 1976-2000, 146 (t 8.2)
     percent of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity, April 1960 to October 2001, 138t
     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)
     violent victimization rates of selected demographic categories, 1993-2000, 146 (t 8.1)

Genetics, 103 "Gentleman's Agreement" of 1907, 43

Geographic distribution
     American Indians and Alaska Natives, 19
     Asian population, ten largest places in total population, 2000, 20 (t 1.14)
     Asians and Pacific Islander Americans, 17
     Black/African Americans, 14
     business owners, 64-65, 66, 66 (t 4.7), 68 (t 4.9), 69 (t 4.11), 71 (t 4.13)
     Cuban Americans, 7, 9
     Hispanics, 5
     midwestern U.S., profile of general demographic characteristics in, 2000, 15t
     Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander population, ten largest places in total population, 2000, 20 (t 1.15)
     northeastern U.S., profile of general demographic characteristics in, 2000, 10t
     southern U.S., profile of general demographic characteristics in, 2000, 11t
     western U.S., profile of general demographic characteristics in, 2000, 9t

Gerry, Eldridge, 161

Gerrymandering, 161

"Get tough" policy, 44

Gold rush, 16

Gonzalez, Elian, 12-14

Gore, Al, 159-160

Government contracts, 67-70

Government employment
     federal officers with arrest/firearm authority, gender/race of full-time, June 2002, 64f
     federal officers with arrest/firearm authority, race of full-time, June 2002 and June 1996, 65f
     minorities and, 61-63

Government programs, for poverty-stricken, 78

Government Services Administration (GSA), 69

Grandchildren, housing, 37-38

"Grandfather clauses", 155

Grandparents, 37-38

Great Depression, 44

Great Society, 160

GSA (Government Services Administration), 69

Guest-worker program, 44

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