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  2. Race and crime in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Among homicide victims in 2019 where the race was known, 54.7% were black or African-American, 42.3% were white, and 3.1% were of other races. Homicides with white victims and black offenders were more than 2.3 times more common than the opposite (566 vs 246).

  3. Demographics of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    2020. 8,631,393. 7.9%. Sources: 1910–2020 [ 1] The demographics of Virginia are the various elements used to describe the population of the Commonwealth of Virginia and are studied by various government and non-government organizations. Virginia is the 12th-most populous state in the United States with over 8 million residents [ 2] and is the ...

  4. Lynchburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    51-680. GNIS feature ID. 1479007 [ 2] Website. lynchburgva .gov. Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. [ 3]

  5. Bedford County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Bedford County, Virginia. /  37.31°N 79.53°W  / 37.31; -79.53. Bedford County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is the town of Bedford, which was an independent city from 1968 until rejoining the county in 2013. [ 1]

  6. Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United ...

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    Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]

  7. Amherst County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    UTC−4 ( EDT) Congressional district. 5th. Website. www .countyofamherst .com. Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst.

  8. Lynchburg metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    434 / 540. The Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the state of Virginia, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June 2003. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 228,616. In 2009 this was estimated to have risen to 247,447; [ 3] as of 2016, the ...

  9. Race in the United States criminal justice system - Wikipedia

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    Race has been a factor in the United States criminal justice system since the system's beginnings, as the nation was founded on Native American soil. [32] It continues to be a factor throughout United States history through the present, with organizations such as Black Lives Matter calling for decarceration through divestment from police and prisons and reinvestment in public education and ...