Latino Officers and Their Involvement in Police Shootings

Table 1

Comparison of racial population within the sheriff’s department, county, and state by percentage 1990–2010.

Year	White			Latino			Black			Asian			Other
	Dept.	County	State	Dept.	County	State	Dept.	County	State	Dept.	County	State	Dept.	County	State
1990	—	65	57	—	26	26	—	5	7	—	3	9	—	1	1
1991	—	63	56	—	28	27	—	5	7	—	3	10	—	1	0
1992	—	61	55	—	29	27	—	5	7	—	4	10	—	1	1
1993	71	60	54	19	30	28	8	6	7	1	4	10	1	0	1
1994	—	58	53	—	31	29	—	6	7	—	4	10	—	1	1
1995	—	57	52	—	32	29	—	6	7	—	4	11	—	1	1
1996	—	56	51	—	33	30	—	6	7	—	4	11	—	1	1
1997	78	54	50	16	34	31	4	6	7	1	4	11	1	2	1
1998	—	53	49	—	35	31	—	6	7	—	4	12	—	2	1
1999	—	52	48	—	36	32	—	6	7	—	5	12	—	1	1
2000	78	51	47	17	37	33	3	6	7	1	4	11	1	2	2
2001	75	50	47	20	38	33	3	6	6	1	4	11	1	2	3
2002	73	48	46	21	39	34	3	6	6	1	4	11	1	3	3
2003	72	47	45	22	40	34	3	6	6	1	5	12	1	2	3
2004	71	45	44	23	41	35	4	6	6	1	5	12	1	3	3
2005	70	44	43	24	42	36	4	6	6	1	5	12	1	3	3
2006	67	43	42	26	43	36	4	6	6	1	6	12	2	2	4
2007	66	41	42	27	44	37	4	6	6	1	6	12	2	3	3
2008	64	40	41	28	45	37	4	6	6	2	6	12	2	3	4
2009	64	—	—	28	—	—	4	—	—	2	—	—	2	—	—
2010	63	—	42	29	—	—	4	—	—	2	—	—	2	—	—

Sources:
The studied sheriff’s department provided the department data.
The county and state data were obtained from the following.
1990–2000 data was collected from the State of California, Department of Finance, Race/Ethnic Population Estimates: Components of Change for California Counties, April 1990 to April 2000. Sacramento, California, August 2005.
2000–2008 data were collected from the State of California, Department of Finance, California County Race/Ethnic Population Estimates and Components of Change by Year, July 1, 2000–2008. Sacramento, California, June 2010.