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Analysis of the Data <br />The first chart depicts the percentages of people cited by race including Whites, African- <br />Americans, and Hispanics. ' White drivers constituted 68.50 percent of all drivers cited, whereas <br />Whites constituted 66.20 percent of the city population and 78.50 percent of the county <br />population.2 The chart shows that White drivers were cited at a rate that is equivalent to the <br />percentage of Whites in the city population and lower than the percentage of Whites in the <br />county population. African-American drivers constituted 27.65 percent of all drivers cited, <br />whereas African-Americans constituted 22.30 percent of the city population and 12.90 percent of <br />the county population. African-American drivers were cited at a rate that is slightly higher than <br />the percentage of African-Americans found in the city population. African-American citation <br />rates were also higher than the percentage of African-Americans in the county population. <br />Hispanic drivers constituted 3.16 percent of all drivers cited, whereas Hispanics constituted 6.60 <br />percent of the city population and 5.30 percent of the county population. Hispanics were cited at <br />rates lower than the percentage of Hispanics found in the city and county populations. <br />90% <br />so% <br />70% <br />60% <br />50% <br />40% <br />30% <br />20% <br />~ <br />10% <br />0% <br />~ite <br />African- <br />America n <br />H ispani c <br />City Population <br />66.20% <br />22.30% <br />6.60% <br />County Population <br />78.50% <br />12.90% <br />5.30% <br />0% Citations <br />68.50% <br />27.65% <br />3.16% <br />As the chart shows, easy determinations regarding whether or not Paris police officers have <br />"racially profiled" a given motorist are impossible given the nature of the data that has been <br />collected and presented for this report. The law dictates that police agencies compile aggregate- <br />level data regarding the rates at which agencies collectively stop motorists in ternis of their <br />1 lnformation contained in the first chart excludes information pertaining to 6 citations issued to motorists classified <br />as Native American, l citation issued to a motorist classified as Middle Eastern, and 6 citations issued to a motorist <br />classified as "other." Moreover, the total number of citations of 3,736 is comprised of 3,281 citations only and 455 <br />arrests only. <br />' City and County population figures are derived from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey estimates at <br />http://facttinder.census.=ov/home-saft%inain html'? lan~,-en. <br />64 <br />