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HOW WELL DOES THE ARTICLE I FEDERAL JUDICIARY REFLECT THE ETHNICITY OF THE POPULATION IT SERVES? A Statistical Survey
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HOW WELL DOES THE
ARTICLE I FEDERAL JUDICIARY
REFLECT THE ETHNICITY OF
THE POPULATION IT SERVES?
A Statistical Survey
Elements of the statistical analysis:
1. Judicial District by Judicial District statistical breakdown of populations by ethnicity
2. Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander
3. Drawn from 2013 U.S. Census Data (most recent)
4. Federal Judicial Officers as of July 1, 2015
Further statistical analysis:
1. Judicial Circuit by Judicial Circuit statistical breakdown of populations by ethnicity
2. Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander
3. Drawn from 2013 U.S. Census Data (most recent)
4. Federal Judicial Officers as of July 1, 2015
FIRST CIRCUiT
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
61%
79%
60%
82%
70%
11%
0%
20%
0%
4%
22%
21% 20% 18%26%
4%0% 0% 0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
SECOND CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
60%
100%
77%83%
73%
15%
0%
8%
10%
15%16%
0%
8%
4%
7%
7%
0%8%
2%5%
1% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
THIRD CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrates District Judges
69%
93%
75%
90%
74%
13%
4%
17%
10%
15%
11%
4%8%
0%
11%6%
0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
FOURTH CIRCUIT
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
65%
97%
67%
85% 83%
22%
3%
27%
15% 15%8%
0%7%
0% 0%4%0% 0% 0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
FIFTH CIRCUIT
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrates District Judges
51%
96%
80% 81%73%
17%
0%
13%6%
17%28%
0% 7%11%
9%3% 4%
0% 2% 0%1% 0% 0%0%
0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
SIXTH CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
81%
90%
80%
90%
81%
12%
10%
20%6%
17%
4%
0% 0%2% 0%2% 0% 0% 2% 2%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrates District Judges
75%
97%90%
85% 85%
11%
3%10%
10%5%
10%
0% 0%3%
5%3%
0% 0% 3% 5%1% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
EIGHT CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
82%
95%91% 91%
84%
9%
5%9% 7%
16%5%
0% 0%0%
0%3%
0% 0% 2% 0%1% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
NINTH CIRCUIT
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
49%
94%
70%
85%
61%
6%
1%
7%
5%
10%30%
1%
19%
5%
12%
11%
2% 4% 4%
9%
2% 0% 0% 0%
0%
1% 1% 0% 1%
3%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
TENTH CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population BankruptcyJudges
Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
70%
95%
80%
89%
73%
5%
0%
10%0%
8%
19%
5%10%
7%19%
2%
0% 0%2%
0%4%
0% 0% 2% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrates District Judges
62%
98%
89% 88%
80%
19%
2%
0%
10%
12%15%
0%
11%0%
8%3%
0%0% 1% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
DC CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
36%
100%
63%67%
57%
50%
0%
25%
33%
36%
10%
0%
0%
0%7%4%
0%
13%
0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
DC CIRCUIT
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Circuit Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
36%
100%
63%67%
57%
50%
0%
25%
33%
36%
10%
0%
0%
0%7%4%
0%
13%
0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
75%
100% 100%90%
8%
0% 0%10%
11%
0% 0% 0%6%
0% 0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0%0%
0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
District of Massachusetts
Southern District of New York
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
45%
100%
80%
71%
21%
0%
20%
13%27%
0% 0%
13%
5%0% 0% 4%1% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Eastern District of Michigan
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
74%
100%
75% 73%
19%
0%
13%
27%
4%
0%
13%
0%3% 0% 0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Northern District of Illinois
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
55%
91%
79%74%
17%
9%
7%
5%
21%
0%
7%
11%
6%0%
7% 11%1% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Southern District of Florida
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
37%
100%
78%69%
21%
0%
6%
13%39%
0%
17% 19%
2% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Southern District of Texas
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
33%
100%
67%63%
13%
0%
7%6%
47%
0%
20% 31%
5%0%
7%0%1% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Northern District of Texas
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
63%
100%
78%82%
11%
0%
11%9%22%
0%
11% 9%3%0% 0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Central District of California
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
33%
87% 84%
63%7%
4%
0%
11%
45%
4%
4%15%
13%
4%12% 11%
2% 0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Northen District of California
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
43%
100%
58% 58%
6%
0%
25%
8%26%
0%
17%
17%
23%
0% 0%
17%
2% 0% 0% 0%1% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
Eastern District of Montana
82%
84%
86%
88%
90%
92%
94%
96%
98%
100%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
89%
100% 100% 100%
1%
0% 0% 0%
3%
0% 0% 0%
1%
0% 0% 0%
7%
0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
District of Arizona
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Population Bankruptcy Judges Magistrate Judges District Judges
57%
100%
75%
86%
5%
0%
13%
14%
30%
0%
13%
0%
3%
0% 0% 0%5%
0% 0% 0%0% 0% 0% 0%
Caucasian African American Latino/Hispanic Asian Native American Pacific Islander
