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Louisiana Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Parish and Race (2006)

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All
White
Black
Other
Parish
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Acadia 124 265 70 188 56% 54 599 44% 0 0 0%
Allen 10 502 3 210 30% 4 807 40% 3 5,855 30%
Ascension 294 348 203 313 69% 91 500 31% 0 0 0%
Assumption 51 239 22 156 43% 29 415 57% 0 0 0%
Avoyelles 9 24 9 36 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Beauregard 55 166 42 152 76% 13 280 24% 0 0 0%
Bienville 6 42 3 37 50% 3 49 50% 0 0 0%
Bossier 817 823 506 686 62% 307 1,410 38% 4 192 0%
Caddo 870 364 240 199 28% 629 559 72% 1 30 0%
Calcasieu 587 389 223 202 38% 363 961 62% 1 57 0%
Caldwell 12 120 8 100 67% 4 216 33% 0 0 0%
Cameron 8 88 8 93 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Catahoula 10 106 9 135 90% 1 36 10% 0 0 0%
Claiborne 20 346 9 308 45% 11 393 55% 0 0 0%
Concordia 63 423 22 253 35% 41 680 65% 0 0 0%
De Soto 37 148 22 152 59% 15 148 41% 0 0 0%
East Baton Rouge 3,388 869 617 306 18% 2,745 1,579 81% 26 247 1%
East Carroll 13 157 0 0 0% 13 229 100% 0 0 0%
East Feliciana 8 148 0 0 0% 8 326 100% 0 0 0%
Evangeline 20 77 10 56 50% 10 128 50% 0 0 0%
Franklin 44 228 11 85 25% 33 536 75% 0 0 0%
Grant 63 348 51 330 81% 12 545 19% 0 0 0%
Iberia 13 231 3 83 23% 10 547 77% 0 0 0%
Iberville 60 207 8 57 13% 52 355 87% 0 0 0%
Jackson 24 222 12 156 50% 12 401 50% 0 0 0%
Jefferson 1,093 255 454 154 42% 629 567 58% 10 57 1%
Jefferson Davis 34 115 24 101 71% 10 187 29% 0 0 0%
La Salle 34 321 31 343 91% 3 222 9% 0 0 0%
Lafayette 908 520 373 300 41% 533 1,173 59% 2 66 0%
Lafourche 295 338 166 231 56% 128 1,064 43% 1 37 0%
Lincoln 155 435 58 288 37% 97 663 63% 0 0 0%
Livingston 278 270 228 238 82% 47 815 17% 3 363 1%
Madison 7 172 1 67 14% 6 239 86% 0 0 0%
Morehouse 52 312 21 232 40% 31 415 60% 0 0 0%
Natchitoches 108 547 48 425 44% 60 758 56% 0 0 0%
Orleans 61   56   92% 2   3% 3   5%
Ouachita 1,000 1,120 553 985 55% 445 1,409 45% 2 193 0%
Plaquemines 182 662 137 695 75% 43 730 24% 2 131 1%
Pointe Coupee 4 24 1 10 25% 3 47 75% 0 0 0%
Rapides 743 654 221 297 30% 520 1,434 70% 2 100 0%
Red River 9 100 4 79 44% 5 131 56% 0 0 0%
Richland 57 447 13 166 23% 44 917 77% 0 0 0%
Sabine 37 164 25 153 68% 12 310 32% 0 0 0%
St Charles 327 681 161 477 49% 165 1,247 50% 1 158 0%
St James 105 524 38 386 36% 65 644 62% 2 5,634 2%
St Landry 148 255 60 184 41% 88 353 59% 0 0 0%
St Mary 126 304 71 273 56% 55 401 44% 0 0 0%
St Tammany 985 477 745 422 76% 238 980 24% 2 56 0%
Tangipahoa 17 21 11 20 65% 6 26 35% 0 0 0%
Terrebonne 189 186 102 135 54% 84 441 44% 3 50 2%
Union 63 290 22 142 35% 41 684 65% 0 0 0%
Vermilion 6 15 5 15 83% 1 16 17% 0 0 0%
Vernon 112 256 69 202 62% 42 642 38% 1 65 1%
Washington 96 227 50 177 52% 46 340 48% 0 0 0%
Webster 150 458 57 270 38% 93 843 62% 0 0 0%
West Baton Rouge 56 301 22 192 39% 34 493 61% 0 0 0%
West Carroll 32 286 20 224 63% 12 559 38% 0 0 0%
West Feliciana 13 101 9 144 69% 4 62 31% 0 0 0%
Winn 2 40 0 0 0% 2 125 100% 0 0 0%

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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.