Table 2.

Commitment Rates for More Serious Offenses by Race, Nativity, and Age: Males 1904, 1923, and 1930 (per 100,000 population)

Age	Native-born Whites	Foreign-born Whites	Foreign-born Whites With Other Races	Blacks	All Natives
1904
18–19	118	221		449	166
20–24	141	160		564	198
25–29	113	128		494	160
30–34	79	78		211	97
35–39	73	70		211	89
40–44	50	49		119	58
45–49	41	44		90	47
50–59	28	31		60	32
60–69	15	11		44	18
70+	5	4		16	6
1923a
18–20	166	188		350	189
21–24	169	185		431	202
25–34	98	96		309	122
35–44	62	52		182	77
45–54	36	32		108	44
55–64	21	14		67	25
65+	8	5		19	9
1930b
18	245	236	260	575	282
19	319	228	318	714	361
20	326	245	294	656	363
21–24	284	159	233	647	325
25–29	207	101	157	560	249
30–34	149	76	101	449	182
35–39	108	66	79	282	128
40–44	85	48	54	219	100
45–49	67	39	44	156	78
50–54	49	28	31	103	55
55–59	40	21	24	93	45
60–64	29	15	18	52	32
65 +	15	7	9	39	17

Notes: Commitments for “more serious offenses” are defined in the 1904 data as commitments for “major offenses.” In the 1923 and 1930 data, they are defined as commitments to a state or federal prison. All natives includes native-born whites and blacks.

Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor (1907: Table 32, pp. 182–85); U.S. Department of Commerce (1926: Table 140, pp. 266–71; 1932: Table 30, p. 37; 1933: Table 8, p. 572, and Table 21, pp. 595–96).

^aThe 1923 prison census collected only data on commitments for a six month period, January 1, 1923, to June 30, 1923. The 1923 commitment numbers have been multiplied by 2.

^bIn the 1930 population census and prison census, individuals of Mexican heritage were designated as “other races” instead of “white” as they had been in the previous censuses.