States' high court race/ethnicity representation gaps
Negative values (purple) indicate a smaller share of justices of color than people of color in that state.
A U.S. map in which states are color-coded based on the size of the gap between the percentage of state high court justices of color and the percentage of people of color in that state. Purple-shaded states have less representation on their court, with dark purple indicating the largest gap (-50% in Texas). Blue-shaded states have better representation on their courts, with Florida as the darkest blue shade at a +22 gap.