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Mississippi 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.
Adams 52 340 8 121 15% 44 517 85% 0 0 0%
Bolivar 148 853 28 490 19% 118 1,033 80% 2 1,736 1%
Calhoun 12 595 10 709 83% 2 339 17% 0 0 0%
Chickasaw 45 371 20 287 44% 25 497 56% 0 0 0%
Claiborne 22 193 0 0 0% 22 230 100% 0 0 0%
Coahoma 64 228 2 29 3% 62 298 97% 0 0 0%
Covington 19 681 9 514 47% 10 991 53% 0 0 0%
De Soto 141 94 77 66 55% 64 213 45% 0 0 0%
Forrest 560 954 136 370 24% 423 2,052 76% 1 129 0%
George 20 661 13 481 65% 7 2,413 35% 0 0 0%
Grenada 138 607 48 369 35% 90 953 65% 0 0 0%
Hancock 156 1,293 115 1,053 74% 41 5,055 26% 0 0 0%
Harrison 950 742 508 555 53% 438 1,526 46% 4 88 0%
Hinds 8 611 0 0 0% 8 932 100% 0 0 0%
Holmes 6 315 0 0 0% 6 392 100% 0 0 0%
Itawamba 13 315 7 184 54% 6 2,106 46% 0 0 0%
Jackson 260 223 159 184 61% 98 381 38% 3 116 1%
Jasper 5 620 1 261 20% 4 963 80% 0 0 0%
Jones 107 580 26 198 24% 80 1,591 75% 1 614 1%
Lafayette 74 515 42 401 57% 29 830 39% 3 1,081 4%
Lamar 95 215 42 115 44% 53 767 56% 0 0 0%
Lauderdale 231 302 60 137 26% 171 546 74% 0 0 0%
Lee 212 587 84 322 40% 128 1,353 60% 0 0 0%
Leflore 27 81 5 54 19% 22 93 81% 0 0 0%
Lincoln 47 136 23 98 49% 24 227 51% 0 0 0%
Lowndes 136 229 43 131 32% 93 365 68% 0 0 0%
Madison 430 486 121 226 28% 309 934 72% 0 0 0%
Marion 15 78 9 71 60% 6 96 40% 0 0 0%
Marshall 32 368 8 183 25% 24 567 75% 0 0 0%
Monroe 72 535 27 293 38% 45 1,088 63% 0 0 0%
Montgomery 6 127 1 40 17% 5 230 83% 0 0 0%
Newton 12 325 2 84 17% 10 894 83% 0 0 0%
Oktibbeha 301 729 98 398 33% 203 1,344 67% 0 0 0%
Panola 104 311 30 174 29% 73 458 70% 1 766 1%
Pearl River 374 648 254 515 68% 119 1,657 32% 1 202 0%
Pike 126 726 14 162 11% 110 1,294 87% 2 1,860 2%
Pontotoc 9 31 4 16 44% 5 117 56% 0 0 0%
Prentiss 20 231 10 136 50% 10 828 50% 0 0 0%
Rankin 123 197 66 134 54% 57 468 46% 0 0 0%
Scott 9 263 4 195 44% 5 382 56% 0 0 0%
Simpson 113 2,619 41 1,472 36% 72 4,834 64% 0 0 0%
Sunflower 26 233 1 33 4% 25 313 96% 0 0 0%
Tate 23 91 7 41 30% 16 203 70% 0 0 0%
Tippah 57 268 28 161 49% 29 815 51% 0 0 0%
Tishomingo 5 170 2 71 40% 3 2,618 60% 0 0 0%
Union 18 66 10 44 56% 7 166 39% 1 899 6%
Warren 23 47 12 48 52% 11 48 48% 0 0 0%
Washington 46 230 8 128 17% 38 284 83% 0 0 0%
Wayne 15 265 5 146 33% 10 454 67% 0 0 0%
Webster 3 134 0 0 0% 3 665 100% 0 0 0%
Winston 29 148 4 38 14% 25 287 86% 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.