The State Attorney General reports that there were 1,060 hate
crimes statewide in 2011. That's 47 fewer than in 2010.
The most common hate crime was based on a person's race,
ethnicity or national origin. Those accounted for 57-percent.
Since 2002, anti-Hispanic hate crimes have decreased by almost
44-percent.
Hate crimes involving a person's religion remained steady, but
the majority of them were anti-Jewish.
74 cases resulted in hate crime convictions, another 80
resulted in other convictions.