Iowa Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Race (1995-2007)

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  Total White Black Other
Year
Population Coverage
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
2007 99% 6,200 209.77 4,842 78.10% 173.82 1,284 20.71% 1,640.84 74 1.19% 126.32
2006 99% 6,120 207.92 4,827 78.87% 173.73 1,197 19.56% 1,577.22 96 1.57% 165.75
2005 99% 5,906 201.64 4,797 81.22% 172.73 1,013 17.15% 1,443.10 96 1.63% 175.45
2004 99% 5,670 195.14 4,727 83.37% 171.37 854 15.06% 1,251.50 89 1.57% 167.65
2003 98% 5,917 205.28 4,842 81.83% 176.62 987 16.68% 1,501.46 88 1.49% 174.59
2002 97% 5,879 206.35 4,994 84.95% 184.07 817 13.90% 1,275.31 68 1.16% 141.28
2001 96% 5,233 185.73 4,484 85.69% 166.99 678 12.96% 1,078.36 71 1.36% 152.18
2000 96% 5,783 205.29 4,907 84.85% 182.72 765 13.23% 1,220.45 111 1.92% 239.07
1999 97% 5,566 200.75 4,651 83.56% 174.14 821 14.75% 1,440.48 94 1.69% 209.80
1998 93% 4,877 182.75 4,200 86.12% 163.26 613 12.57% 1,137.40 64 1.31% 152.16
1997 90% 4,445 172.25 3,796 85.40% 152.82 595 13.39% 1,093.40 54 1.21% 128.15
1996 98% 3,680 131.67 3,245 88.18% 120.36 380 10.33% 682.99 55 1.49% 127.39
1995 88% 2,983 119.85 2,630 88.17% 109.51 303 10.16% 615.07 50 1.68% 131.35

 

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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.