Alaska Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2007)

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  All White Black Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Anchorage 164 58 95 46 58% 29 146 18% 40 96 24%
Bethel 13 200 1 112 8% 0 0 0% 12 226 92%
Fairbanks North Star 129 389 80 301 62% 10 515 8% 39 1,199 30%
Haines 3 133 1 54 33% 0 0 0% 2 681 67%
Juneau 24 78 16 70 67% 0 0 0% 8 147 33%
Kenai Peninsula 80 390 73 411 91% 1 659 1% 6 332 8%
Kodiak Island 6 96 4 104 67% 0 0 0% 2 103 33%
Matanuska-Susitna 90 504 78 500 87% 2 802 2% 10 778 11%
North Slope 12 183 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 12 236 100%
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan 9 759 7 1,126 78% 0 0 0% 2 422 22%
Sitka 19 213 13 215 68% 0 0 0% 6 283 32%
Valdez-Cordova 2 86 1 58 50% 0 0 0% 1 223 50%

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Notes:

Classification: The Uniform Crime Reporting Program utilizes 4 classifications for race: White, Black, Indian (Native-American), and Asian. In the tables above the classification “Other” includes both Indian (Native-American) and Asian arrests.

Rates: Arrrest rates are per 100,000 population.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

Because of incomplete reporting the arrest totals presented in tables with data on age, sex, and race will NOT always correspond to totals presented in other tables. Please review the following background material for More Information on Source Data.