California Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Race (1994-2007)

19 sec read

  Total White Black Other
Year
Population Coverage
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
2007 100% 59,132 161.78 47,363 80.10% 168.75 11,130 18.82% 454.61 639 1.08% 12.91
2006 100% 52,882 145.09 42,354 80.09% 150.95 9,946 18.81% 405.19 582 1.10% 11.88
2005 100% 48,280 133.64 39,019 80.82% 140.26 8,731 18.08% 358.75 530 1.10% 10.61
2004 100% 47,559 132.51 38,318 80.57% 138.37 8,720 18.34% 358.39 521 1.10% 10.62
2003 100% 48,847 137.98 39,825 81.53% 145.56 8,338 17.07% 344.97 684 1.40% 14.29
2002 100% 47,791 136.49 39,009 81.62% 143.92 8,138 17.03% 337.61 644 1.35% 13.76
2001 100% 49,208 142.63 39,774 80.83% 148.67 8,768 17.82% 365.90 666 1.35% 14.63
2000 100% 50,101 147.92 40,847 81.53% 155.18 8,671 17.31% 365.06 583 1.16% 13.26
1999 100% 49,378 149.03 40,149 81.31% 152.68 8,656 17.53% 348.18 573 1.16% 13.17
1998 100% 47,468 145.38 38,883 81.91% 149.85 7,992 16.84% 324.91 593 1.25% 13.97
1997 100% 43,922 136.79 35,868 81.66% 140.37 7,552 17.19% 310.56 502 1.14% 12.17
1996 100% 42,250 133.26 35,135 83.16% 139.00 6,574 15.56% 272.41 541 1.28% 13.48
1995 99% 36,625 117.30 31,064 84.82% 124.50 5,078 13.86% 212.93 483 1.32% 12.43
1994 100% 32,169 102.40 27,150 84.40% 107.82 4,626 14.38% 191.99 393 1.22% 10.27

 

Return to California Index

Return to United States Index

Notes:

Populaton Coverage: Percent of the state’s population covered by the local police agencies reporting data for this year.

Other: Includes Native Americans and Asian. Data on Hispanics is not available from the UCR Program.

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.