Montana 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.
Beaverhead 21 240 20 237 95% 0 0 0% 1 589 5%
Big Horn 12 91 7 151 58% 0 0 0% 5 62 42%
Blaine 2 30 2 62 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Broadwater 7 151 6 133 86% 1 8,240 14% 0 0 0%
Carbon 4 43 3 33 75% 0 0 0% 1 780 25%
Cascade 106 133 86 119 81% 2 147 2% 18 436 17%
Chouteau 5 93 5 113 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Dawson 9 104 8 96 89% 0 0 0% 1 580 11%
Deer Lodge 1 11 1 12 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Fergus 11 95 10 90 91% 1 9,691 9% 0 0 0%
Flathead 206 235 194 230 94% 5 1,315 2% 7 438 3%
Gallatin 133 159 130 162 98% 0 0 0% 3 178 2%
Glacier 10 73 7 149 70% 0 0 0% 3 35 30%
Hill 33 200 22 176 67% 0 0 0% 11 312 33%
Lake 29 100 27 128 93% 0 0 0% 2 29 7%
Lewis and Clark 56 93 52 91 93% 0 0 0% 4 242 7%
Lincoln 21 108 21 112 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Madison 6 80 6 81 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Meagher 2 101 2 103 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Mineral 2 49 2 51 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Missoula 181 176 156 162 86% 3 406 2% 22 565 12%
Park 5 31 5 32 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Phillips 1 25 1 28 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pondera 3 50 2 41 67% 0 0 0% 1 99 33%
Powell 1 14 1 16 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Ravalli 26 64 24 61 92% 2 2,203 8% 0 0 0%
Roosevelt 8 77 5 130 63% 0 0 0% 3 48 38%
Rosebud 4 43 3 53 75% 0 0 0% 1 30 25%
Sanders 5 44 5 48 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Sheridan 3 59 3 61 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Silver Bow 40 122 38 121 95% 0 0 0% 2 218 5%
Stillwater 5 57 5 59 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Sweet Grass 15 395 15 404 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Teton 3 49 3 51 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Toole 6 118 5 107 83% 1 8,436 17% 0 0 0%
Valley 3 43 3 50 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Yellowstone 246 175 218 169 89% 3 169 1% 25 368 10%

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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.