Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Population, New York City, 2001–2005

	Formerly Incarcerated People		New York City Residentsa		New York City Residents From the Poorest Neighborhooda,b
	No.	%c	No.	%c	No.	%c
Total	155,272		6,231,402		349,120
Demographic characteristics
Age, years
16–24	49,324	32	1,009,654	16	75,140	22
25–34	41,498	27	1,368,021	22	78,448	22
35–44	41,968	27	1,263,280	20	75,314	22
45–54	18,049	12	1,012,385	16	52,151	15
55–64	3,799	2	683,454	11	34,992	10
65–89	634	0	894,608	14	33,075	9
Sex
Female	18,111	12	3,332,730	53	194,327	56
Male	137,161	88	2,898,672	47	154,793	44
Race/ethnicityd
Non-Hispanic white	13,489	9	2,364,340	38	6,024	2
Non-Hispanic black	84,228	54	1,448,587	23	114,989	33
Hispanic	52,666	34	1,564,069	25	216,463	62
Asian	1,277	1	631,192	10	4,035	1
Other	3,416	2	223,214	4	7,609	2
Neighborhood income
Low	86,554	56	1,920,897	31	349,120	100
Middle	50,724	33	2,527,319	41
High	17,994	12	1,783,186	29
Incarceration characteristics
No. of times incarcerated
1	76,475	49
2–3	49,008	32
≥4	29,789	19
Cumulative days of incarceration
≤3	45,800	30
4–25	40,914	26
≥26	68,558	44
Most frequent type of chargese
Violence	57,210	37
Drug sales or drug possession	61,171	39
Homeless shelter registrant, 2001–2005f	16,216	10

^aRestricted to people who were 16–89 years of age.

^bPeople living in the South Bronx (United Hospital Fund’s neighborhood designations 105, 106, and 107), which is the New York City neighborhood with the highest percent of people living in poverty (42%) according to the US Census 2000.

^cPercentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.

^dThere were 196 formerly incarcerated people for whom race/ethnicity data were missing.

^eCategories are not mutually exclusive; one can receive multiple charges.

^fAnyone who spent at least 1 night in a New York City single-adult homeless shelter from 2001 through 2005.