According to a special report issued by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 19% of U.S. residents age 16 or older experienced a face-to-face contact with a police officer in 2005.
In that same year 8.8% of all drivers in the United States were stopped by police. The stoppage rates for whites was 8.9%; blacks, 8.1%; and Hispanics/Latinos, 8.9%.
The race/ethnic demographics of those drivers who were stopped by the police and were then searched: white, 3.6%; black, 9.5%; and Hispanic/Latino, 8.8%.
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