A Google search for the phrase "proportion of US population by race" (without the quotes) turned up the following link to a page at the US Census .gov site:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fa...e/US/PST045219
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Black or African American alone, percent(a) 13.4%
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If a jury has 12 members not counting alternates, and if said jury HAD to have a number of black members equal to the black percentage of the US population:
Doing some quick math I get 1.6 jurors calculated as follows:
1.6 = 0.134 x 12
That said, if I were an attorney for the defense or prosecution - and if I were trying to cherry pick jurors during voir dire:
I would be much more interested in the backgrounds and belief systems of the jurors themselves than their race.
-jp
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