I can’t tell you the amount of times I heard folks say that most of of the soldiers that have died in Iraq were Black.
As of 3/08
• Percent of the dead who were women: 2 percent
• Percentages by ethnic group: White: 75 percent; Hispanic or Latino: 11 percent; Black or African American: 9 percent; Asian: 2 percent; multiple races, pending, or unknown: 1 percent; American Indian or Alaska Native: 1 percent; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 1 percent
• Number from California, the most of any home state: 429
• Number from Wyoming, least of any home state: 12 (Washington, D.C.: 6 deaths)
• Number from Texas: 370
• Number from New York state: 173
• Number from Puerto Rico: 33
• Percent from the South (region according to US Census Bureau): 36 percent
• Percent from the Northeast: (region according to US Census Bureau): 15 percent
• Highest deaths per capita (based on U.S. Census population estimates): Vermont, 3.22; Nebraska, 2.42, Alaska, 2.34; Montana and Wyoming, 2.30; South Dakota, 2.26
NOTE ON NUMBERS: The numbers are based on counts by the Department of Defense and The Associated Press. Most items are based on information obtained by the Department of Defense for 3,980 deaths, as of March 10, 2008. The AP’s count, which includes deaths reported by news staff in Iraq, has been consistently somewhat ahead of the DOD’s. The AP’s count reached 4,000 on Sunday. The percentages for minorities and officers and number of non-hostile illnesses were last updated as of March 1, 2008. Total deaths in AP’s calculations include eight civilians working for the military.(source)
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