10
records to compare the statures of a high socioeconomic status military cohort to those in
a lower socioeconomic status prison cohort.
Table 2, Nineteenth Century US State Enlistment State and Penitentiaries
White Recruits |
White Prisoners | |||
Prison |
N |
Percent |
N |
Percent |
Alabama |
23 |
.09 |
218 |
.72 |
Arkansas |
23 |
.09 |
97 |
.32 |
Connecticut |
421 |
1.70 |
212 |
.70 |
Deleware |
301 |
1.21 |
76 |
.25 |
Wasington DC |
21 |
.08 |
62 |
.21 |
Georgia |
25 |
10 |
280 |
.93 |
Illinois |
1,289 |
5.19 |
1,431 |
4.73 |
Indiana |
1,505 |
6.06 |
942 |
3.12 |
Iowa |
118 |
.48 |
173 |
.57 |
Kansas |
15 |
.06 |
34 |
.11 |
Kentucky |
1,015 |
4.09 |
2,749 |
9.09 |
Louisiana |
25 |
.10 |
357 |
1.18 |
Massachusetts |
620 |
2.50 |
689 |
2.28 |
Maryland |
439 |
1.77 |
703 |
2.33 |
Maine |
478 |
1.93 |
209 |
.69 |
Michigan |
510 |
2.05 |
245 |
.81 |
Minnesota |
1 |
.00 |
13 |
.04 |
Mississippi |
16 |
.07 |
176 |
.58 |
Missouri |
418 |
1.68 |
1,416 |
4.68 |
Nebraska |
2 |
.01 |
4 |
.01 |
New Hampshire |
445 |
1.79 |
109 |
.36 |
New Jersey |
584 |
2.35 |
463 |
1.53 |
New Mexico |
68 |
.27 |
38 |
.13 |
New York |
5,134 |
20.68 |
4,727 |
15.63 |
North Carolina |
113 |
.46 |
269 |
.89 |
Ohio |
5.491 |
22.12 |
4,954 |
16.39 |
Pennsylvania |
3,832 |
15.44 |
6,247 |
20.66 |
Rhode Island |
44 |
.18 |
92 |
.30 |
South Carolina |
24 |
.10 |
166 |
.55 |
Tennessee |
321 |
1.29 |
1,015 |
.36 |
Texas |
3 |
.01 |
251 |
.83 |
Vermont |
624 |
.251 |
298 |
.99 |
Virginia |
529 |
2.13 |
1,306 |
4.32 |
Wisconsin |
175 |
.71 |
119 |
.39 |
West Virginia |
168 |
.68 |
94 |
.31 |
Total___________ |
24,820 |
100.00 |
30,234 |
100.00 |