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US Totals (by arrest rate)
United States
Marijuana Arrests 1995 - 1997
(by arrest rate)
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1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1995 to 1997 |
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NAME |
TL |
AQ |
RATE |
TL |
AQ |
RATE |
TL |
AQ |
RATE |
RANK |
CHANGE |
RANK |
|
United States
(UCR Estimates) |
588,964 |
1.00 |
224.11 |
641,642 |
1.00 |
241.92 |
695,199 |
1.00 |
259.61 |
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15.80% |
- |
|
United States
(Report Data) |
537,780 |
1.00 |
238.97 |
617,528 |
1.00 |
241.27 |
663,639 |
1.00 |
256.40 |
- |
7.30% |
- |
|
Alaska |
1,447 |
0.75 |
349.64 |
1,286 |
0.71 |
309.21 |
1,743 |
0.79 |
417.71 |
1 |
19.47% |
19 |
|
New York |
54,667 |
1.15 |
301.42 |
62,978 |
1.31 |
346.32 |
73,380 |
1.34 |
404.59 |
2 |
34.23% |
8 |
|
Nebraska |
4,984 |
1.34 |
304.46 |
5,218 |
1.29 |
315.86 |
6,367 |
1.38 |
384.25 |
3 |
26.21% |
14 |
|
Mississippi |
8,725 |
1.19 |
323.51 |
9,372 |
1.12 |
345.07 |
10,363 |
1.10 |
379.46 |
4 |
17.29% |
24 |
|
South Carolina |
11,713 |
1.28 |
318.89 |
12,715 |
1.30 |
343.74 |
14,267 |
1.36 |
379.44 |
5 |
18.99% |
21 |
|
Arizona |
14,031 |
1.09 |
332.65 |
15,258 |
1.06 |
344.58 |
16,293 |
1.09 |
357.69 |
6 |
7.53% |
34 |
|
Georgia |
18,903 |
1.06 |
262.51 |
21,889 |
1.17 |
297.69 |
25,302 |
1.17 |
337.99 |
7 |
28.76% |
13 |
|
Utah |
4,831 |
0.91 |
247.62 |
4,869 |
0.89 |
243.45 |
6,805 |
1.07 |
330.5 |
8 |
33.47% |
9 |
|
Louisiana |
11,855 |
1.00 |
273.03 |
13,531 |
1.03 |
310.99 |
14,254 |
0.93 |
327.53 |
9 |
19.96% |
18 |
|
Arkansas |
6,731 |
0.84 |
270.97 |
7,828 |
0.87 |
311.87 |
8,046 |
0.81 |
318.91 |
10 |
17.69% |
23 |
|
Maryland |
14,166 |
1.21 |
280.96 |
13,167 |
1.09 |
259.60 |
16,020 |
1.13 |
314.49 |
11 |
11.93% |
29 |
|
North Carolina |
15,554 |
0.77 |
216.18 |
18,441 |
0.81 |
251.89 |
23,008 |
0.93 |
309.87 |
12 |
43.34% |
3 |
|
Oklahoma |
8,426 |
1.34 |
257.05 |
8,709 |
1.29 |
263.83 |
10,127 |
1.37 |
305.31 |
13 |
18.77% |
22 |
|
Wisconsin |
13,165 |
0.74 |
256.98 |
14,309 |
0.71 |
277.31 |
15,204 |
0.70 |
294.08 |
14 |
14.44% |
26 |
|
New Jersey |
21,831 |
1.32 |
274.78 |
22,412 |
1.28 |
280.57 |
22,981 |
1.20 |
285.37 |
15 |
3.86% |
36 |
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Wyoming |
1,019 |
0.76 |
212.29 |
1,117 |
0.76 |
232.22 |
1,368 |
0.83 |
285 |
16 |
34.25% |
7 |
|
Illinois |
28,595 |
3.10 |
241.72 |
31,426 |
3.06 |
265.27 |
33,706 |
3.07 |
283.34 |
17 |
17.22% |
25 |
|
Texas |
47,725 |
1.04 |
254.89 |
51,148 |
1.02 |
267.40 |
54,731 |
1.04 |
281.55 |
18 |
10.46% |
31 |
|
Nevada |
2,672 |
0.52 |
174.64 |
4,103 |
0.74 |
255.96 |
4,715 |
0.75 |
281.16 |
19 |
60.99% |
1 |
|
Colorado |
8,338 |
0.92 |
222.52 |
12,077 |
0.89 |
315.90 |
10,650 |
0.80 |
273.57 |
20 |
22.94% |
16 |
|
Missouri |
12,602 |
0.91 |
236.70 |
13,060 |
0.87 |
243.70 |
14,538 |
0.88 |
269.12 |
21 |
13.70% |
27 |
|
Virginia |
15,652 |
0.97 |
236.51 |
17,882 |
1.01 |
267.90 |
17,966 |
0.94 |
266.8 |
22 |
12.81% |
28 |
|
Maine |
2,777 |
1.32 |
223.77 |
3,249 |
1.32 |
261.38 |
3,310 |
1.27 |
266.51 |
23 |
19.10% |
20 |
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Kentucky |
11,919 |
1.03 |
308.78 |
10,151 |
0.93 |
261.35 |
10,151 |
1.02 |
259.75 |
24 |
-15.88% |
44 |
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Connecticut |
7,832 |
1.02 |
239.15 |
7,964 |
0.99 |
243.25 |
8,262 |
0.98 |
252.66 |
25 |
5.65% |
35 |
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Idaho |
3,023 |
0.93 |
259.93 |
2,811 |
0.81 |
236.42 |
2,854 |
0.82 |
235.87 |
26 |
-9.26% |
42 |
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Alabama |
7,342 |
0.87 |
172.63 |
8,982 |
0.92 |
210.20 |
9,928 |
0.91 |
229.87 |
27 |
33.16% |
10 |
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Washington |
9,088 |
0.72 |
167.34 |
11,392 |
0.77 |
205.89 |
12,670 |
0.81 |
225.85 |
28 |
34.97% |
6 |
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Minnesota |
8,598 |
0.90 |
186.51 |
9,538 |
0.90 |
204.77 |
10,560 |
1.07 |
225.35 |
29 |
20.83% |
17 |
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Rhode Island |
2,498 |
1.46 |
252.32 |
2,117 |
1.14 |
213.84 |
2,223 |
1.16 |
225.23 |
30 |
-10.74% |
43 |
|
South Dakota |
1,760 |
0.92 |
241.43 |
1,928 |
1.02 |
263.39 |
1,662 |
0.74 |
225.2 |
31 |
-6.72% |
40 |
|
Ohio |
17,879 |
0.78 |
160.34 |
22,317 |
0.84 |
199.74 |
24,535 |
0.85 |
219.34 |
32 |
36.80% |
5 |
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Tennessee |
12,140 |
0.92 |
230.97 |
10,737 |
0.64 |
201.82 |
11,294 |
0.67 |
210.39 |
33 |
-8.91% |
41 |
|
Indiana |
9,727 |
0.94 |
167.62 |
11,134 |
1.00 |
190.62 |
12,294 |
1.02 |
209.65 |
34 |
25.08% |
15 |
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New Mexico |
4,400 |
0.79 |
261.13 |
5,358 |
0.88 |
312.78 |
3,612 |
0.65 |
208.79 |
35 |
-20.04% |
45 |
|
Iowa |
4,226 |
0.94 |
148.70 |
4,906 |
1.02 |
172.02 |
5,584 |
1.04 |
195.79 |
36 |
31.67% |
11 |
|
Oregon |
6,146 |
0.88 |
195.67 |
7,061 |
0.90 |
220.38 |
6,186 |
0.76 |
190.75 |
37 |
-2.51% |
38 |
|
Delaware |
950 |
0.79 |
132.50 |
1,331 |
0.86 |
183.59 |
1,376 |
0.80 |
187.98 |
38 |
41.87% |
4 |
|
Michigan |
16,111 |
0.91 |
168.72 |
17,216 |
0.91 |
179.45 |
17,942 |
0.90 |
183.57 |
39 |
8.80% |
33 |
|
Massachusetts |
11,599 |
1.46 |
190.96 |
11,035 |
1.37 |
181.14 |
11,202 |
1.26 |
183.1 |
40 |
-4.12% |
39 |
|
West Virginia |
2,592 |
0.98 |
141.79 |
3,354 |
1.08 |
183.68 |
3,323 |
1.01 |
182.98 |
41 |
29.05% |
12 |
|
California |
51,226 |
0.78 |
162.16 |
57,326 |
0.81 |
179.83 |
58,068 |
0.77 |
179.96 |
42 |
10.97% |
30 |
|
Montana |
NA |
- |
- |
NA |
- |
- |
1,576 |
1.16 |
179.29 |
43 |
- |
- |
|
Kansas* |
NA |
- |
- |
NA |
- |
- |
4,521 |
- |
172.80 |
44 |
- |
- |
|
Florida |
NA |
- |
- |
25,952 |
1.01 |
180.22 |
23,800 |
0.98 |
162.41 |
45 |
- |
- |
|
New Hampshire |
NA |
- |
- |
2,962 |
1.45 |
254.91 |
1,865 |
0.66 |
158.99 |
46 |
- |
- |
|
Vermont* |
414 |
0.87 |
70.69 |
NA |
- |
- |
889 |
- |
151.02 |
47 |
- |
- |
|
Hawaii |
1,596 |
0.56 |
134.46 |
1,440 |
0.50 |
121.62 |
1,595 |
0.49 |
134.37 |
48 |
-0.06% |
37 |
|
North Dakota |
532 |
0.43 |
83.00 |
739 |
0.55 |
114.75 |
840 |
0.58 |
131.05 |
49 |
57.89% |
2 |
|
Pennsylvania |
13,929 |
0.74 |
115.38 |
13,733 |
0.68 |
113.91 |
15,093 |
0.67 |
125.57 |
50 |
8.83% |
32 |
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District of Columbia |
1,844 |
1.04 |
332.85 |
NA |
- |
- |
NA |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Notes:
NA: Not Available.
NR: None Reported.
TL: Total Marijuana Arrests Reported.
AQ: Arrest Quotient. This indicator compares local marijuana arrests to national marijuana arrests in proportion to all arrests. The AQ is produced through dividing the local percentage of marijuana arrests by the national percentage. A value of 1.0 indicates that local marijuana arrests are the same percentage of all arrests as the are nationally. A value of 2.0 indicates that local marijuana arrests are twice the percentage of local arrests as they are nationally. AQ values less than 1.0 indicate that local marijuana arrests are less of a percentage of all local arrests than the national standard. A value of .5 indicates that local marijuana arrests are one half the percentage they represent of all national arrests.
RATE: Marijuana arrest rate per 100,000 population. Rates calculated from reported data are based on the populations of the reporting agencies. National rates based on the total Uniform Crime Report (UCR) estimated marijuana arrests for the United States were based on Census Bureau data on US population, which ranged from 259 million in 1995 to 267 million in 1997.
CHANGE: Percent change in arrest rate from 1995 to 1997.
*Marijuana Arrests estimated from total reported drug arrests using national share of 43.88% for 1997. These estimates are not included in report total.
Citation: Gettman, Jon B. (2000) "US Marijuana Arrests. Part One - County Level Data" Washington, D.C.: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Original Data Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: County-Level Detailed Arrest And Offense Data, [Computer files]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1999. Additional data was obtained from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Columbia.
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