The finding was in sharp contrast to that of the poll's non-Hispanic blacks.

But for non-Hispanic blacks, encounters with law enforcement are far more negative.

About 10 percent of the population is Hispanic, more than non-Hispanic blacks.

Hispanic students are more likely to go to college part time than non-Hispanic blacks or whites.

Roughly 253,000 are black, of which 211,000 are non-Hispanic blacks.

Approximately 895,931 residents are black, of which 864,737 are non-Hispanic blacks.

For non-Hispanic blacks, the rate was more than 20 per 1,000 in the 1980's.

In addition, there were 37,144,530 non-Hispanic blacks, which represented 12.1% of the population.

In those ways they were similar to non-Hispanic blacks.

The study found that women tended to hear better than men, and it found the best hearing among non-Hispanic blacks.