THE RACIAL DIVIDE | 3

Here is what we found:

In 2016, Oakwood was 0.1% African American (Figure 1), but 26% of the drivers pulled over and ticketed were African American (Figure 2) and those African American drivers received 33.3% of the tickets written in Oakwood that year (Figure 3).

2016 Oakwood Demographics by Race: Black 0.1%, White 98.2%, Other POC 3.0%
Figure 1
2016 Oakwood Race of People Ticketed: Black 26.0%, White 62.8%, Other POC 11.2%
Figure 2
2016 Oakwood Number of Tickets by Race: Black 33.3%, White 55.0%, Other POC 10.2%, Unknown 1.5%
Figure 3

Kettering, which is located next to Oakwood and shares some of the same main traffic arteries, was 4.9% African American in 2016 (Figure 4). In Kettering, 20.1 % of the drivers receiving traffic tickets were African American (Figure 5) and they received 23% of the tickets (Figure 6).

2016 Kettering Demographics by Race: Black 4.9%, White 93.7%, Other POC 4.2%
Figure 4
2016 Kettering Race of People Ticketed: Black 20.0%, White 73.8%, Other POC 2.2%, Unknown 4.0%
Figure 5
2016 Kettering Number of Tickets by Race: Black 23.1%, White 71.2%, Other POC 2.1%, Unknown 3.6%
Figure 6

Kettering has a larger African American population than Oakwood and it shares similar through traffic, yet a black person driving through Oakwood was more likely to be stopped and ticketed by the police and receive more tickets when stopped than a black person driving through Kettering.