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North Carolina County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Marijuana Possession Rate (2006)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Dare 34,579 441 438 3 1,275.34 1,266.66 1 8.68
Iredell 143,736 781 770 11 543.36 535.70 2 7.65
Edgecombe 38,355 199 193 6 518.84 503.19 3 15.64
Buncombe 223,243 995 967 28 445.70 433.16 4 12.54
Davidson 156,207 672 670 2 430.20 428.92 5 1.28
Swain 13,430 59 56 3 439.31 416.98 6 22.34
Gaston 199,119 867 807 60 435.42 405.29 7 30.13
Halifax 57,141 235 229 6 411.26 400.76 8 10.50
Currituck 23,573 94 93 1 398.76 394.52 9 4.24
Stokes 47,470 199 176 23 419.21 370.76 10 48.45
Lenoir 58,933 210 205 5 356.34 347.85 11 8.48
Cabarrus 162,373 566 564 2 348.58 347.35 12 1.23
Yancey 18,564 75 63 12 404.01 339.37 13 64.64
Henderson 99,147 341 332 9 343.93 334.86 14 9.08
Pasquotank 39,034 129 127 2 330.48 325.36 15 5.12
New Hanover 183,136 599 587 12 327.08 320.53 16 6.55
Guilford 456,004 1,538 1,438 100 337.28 315.35 17 21.93
Forsyth 331,774 1,032 1,010 22 311.06 304.42 18 6.63
Moore 83,315 292 252 40 350.48 302.47 19 48.01
Alamance 141,849 419 415 4 295.38 292.56 20 2.82
Nash 111,091 327 325 2 294.35 292.55 21 1.80
Lee 56,816 169 166 3 297.45 292.17 22 5.28
Yadkin 38,420 120 112 8 312.34 291.51 23 20.82
Harnett 105,761 318 306 12 300.68 289.33 24 11.35
Beaufort 46,936 171 135 36 364.33 287.63 25 76.70
Vance 44,644 140 127 13 313.59 284.47 26 29.12
Chowan 14,818 46 42 4 310.43 283.44 27 26.99
Onslow 155,181 496 438 58 319.63 282.25 28 37.38
Sampson 64,321 183 181 2 284.51 281.40 29 3.11
Cherokee 26,311 79 74 5 300.25 281.25 30 19.00
Wake 764,464 3,303 2,087 1,216 432.07 273.00 31 159.07
Hyde 5,521 16 15 1 289.80 271.69 32 18.11
Transylvania 30,217 85 82 3 281.30 271.37 33 9.93
Pamlico 12,989 37 35 2 284.86 269.46 34 15.40
Washington 13,547 39 36 3 287.89 265.74 35 22.15
Granville 54,745 167 142 25 305.05 259.38 36 45.67
Surry 74,124 189 189 0 254.98 254.98 37 0.00
Union 166,180 505 422 83 303.89 253.94 38 49.95
Craven 92,607 251 230 21 271.04 248.36 39 22.68
Bladen 33,595 83 83 0 247.06 247.06 40 0.00
Mitchell 16,099 41 39 2 254.67 242.25 41 12.42
Mecklenburg 812,262 2,357 1,950 407 290.18 240.07 42 50.11
McDowell 44,063 113 104 9 256.45 236.03 43 20.43
Robeson 130,328 310 307 3 237.86 235.56 44 2.30
Wilkes 68,661 162 159 3 235.94 231.57 45 4.37
Burke 89,819 208 207 1 231.58 230.46 46 1.11
Alleghany 11,117 26 25 1 233.88 224.88 47 9.00
Rowan 128,664 312 287 25 242.49 223.06 48 19.43
Johnston 149,561 335 320 15 223.99 213.96 49 10.03
Brunswick 90,941 203 194 9 223.22 213.33 50 9.90
Tyrrell 4,240 11 9 2 259.43 212.26 51 47.17
Rockingham 94,462 199 192 7 210.67 203.26 52 7.41
Carteret 63,773 144 129 15 225.80 202.28 53 23.52
Scotland 37,726 82 72 10 217.36 190.85 54 26.51
Rutherford 65,043 146 124 22 224.47 190.64 55 33.82
Polk 19,526 39 37 2 199.73 189.49 56 10.24
Davie 39,917 77 73 4 192.90 182.88 57 10.02
Anson 26,008 54 47 7 207.63 180.71 58 26.91
Avery 17,957 33 31 2 183.77 172.63 59 11.14
Wayne 116,765 202 201 1 173.00 172.14 60 0.86
Randolph 141,382 316 242 74 223.51 171.17 61 52.34
Hertford 24,044 50 41 9 207.95 170.52 62 37.43
Watauga 43,417 90 74 16 207.29 170.44 63 36.85
Caldwell 81,102 130 127 3 160.29 156.59 64 3.70
Durham 244,733 441 380 61 180.20 155.27 65 24.93
Richmond 47,714 89 73 16 186.53 152.99 66 33.53
Orange 121,947 188 186 2 154.17 152.53 67 1.64
Jackson 36,074 69 55 14 191.27 152.46 68 38.81
Hoke 41,834 65 59 6 155.38 141.03 69 14.34
Pitt 145,600 264 201 63 181.32 138.05 70 43.27
Stanly 60,141 84 83 1 139.67 138.01 71 1.66
Cumberland 310,596 438 426 12 141.02 137.16 72 3.86
Person 37,960 61 51 10 160.70 134.35 73 26.34
Bertie 19,869 26 24 2 130.86 120.79 74 10.07
Columbus 55,838 78 66 12 139.69 118.20 75 21.49
Alexander 36,200 43 42 1 118.78 116.02 76 2.76
Catawba 155,568 183 172 11 117.63 110.56 77 7.07
Haywood 57,609 68 63 5 118.04 109.36 78 8.68
Camden 9,146 10 10 0 109.34 109.34 79 0.00
Graham 8,246 9 9 0 109.14 109.14 80 0.00
Pender 47,637 52 49 3 109.16 102.86 81 6.30
Franklin 55,515 65 55 10 117.09 99.07 82 18.01
Chatham 59,042 59 58 1 99.93 98.24 83 1.69
Northampton 21,912 22 21 1 100.40 95.84 84 4.56
Clay 9,960 10 8 2 100.40 80.32 85 20.08
Cleveland 101,181 84 81 3 83.02 80.05 86 2.96
Madison 20,660 18 16 2 87.12 77.44 87 9.68
Macon 32,789 29 25 4 88.44 76.25 88 12.20
Jones 10,517 9 8 1 85.58 76.07 89 9.51
Montgomery 27,867 20 19 1 71.77 68.18 90 3.59
Lincoln 71,245 49 48 1 68.78 67.37 91 1.40
Warren 20,123 13 13 0 64.60 64.60 92 0.00
Greene 20,426 15 12 3 73.44 58.75 93 14.69
Caswell 24,079 16 13 3 66.45 53.99 94 12.46
Duplin 53,008 26 22 4 49.05 41.50 95 7.55
Ashe 25,853 12 10 2 46.42 38.68 96 7.74
Wilson 76,565 29 28 1 37.88 36.57 97 1.31
Gates 11,448 4 4 0 34.94 34.94 98 0.00
Perquimans 12,321 3 3 0 24.35 24.35 99 0.00
Martin 25,135 7 6 1 27.85 23.87 100 3.98

 

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