Ohio Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Race (1994-2007)

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  Total White Black Other
Year
Population Coverage
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
2007 78% 13,711 154.50 9,000 65.64% 119.94 4,681 34.14% 429.59 30 0.22% 18.58
2006 77% 13,254 149.47 8,881 67.01% 118.24 4,337 32.72% 400.56 36 0.27% 22.62
2005 77% 15,898 181.14 11,151 70.14% 149.98 4,703 29.58% 435.80 44 0.28% 29.21
2004 81% 16,057 174.31 11,445 71.28% 146.32 4,572 28.47% 407.39 40 0.25% 26.08
2003 75% 14,252 167.99 10,629 74.58% 147.02 3,582 25.13% 352.17 41 0.29% 30.07
2002 74% 10,942 129.90 8,319 76.03% 115.92 2,600 23.76% 255.49 23 0.21% 17.49
2001 71% 12,294 157.66 9,420 76.62% 141.70 2,841 23.11% 301.02 33 0.27% 27.95
2000 69% 17,287 229.88 9,853 57.00% 154.04 7,409 42.86% 798.85 25 0.14% 22.18
1999 65% 10,419 147.32 7,819 75.05% 128.07 2,588 24.84% 298.97 12 0.12% 11.86
1998 67% 12,781 176.19 8,333 65.20% 132.63 4,425 34.62% 508.02 23 0.18% 22.94
1997 65% 13,777 199.18 8,564 62.16% 142.96 5,195 37.71% 623.53 18 0.13% 19.26
1996 68% 13,044 180.21 7,571 58.04% 120.63 5,454 41.81% 629.20 19 0.15% 19.99
1995 72% 10,774 144.75 6,347 58.91% 98.51 4,419 41.02% 488.29 8 0.07% 8.44
1994 74% 8,498 111.42 5,295 62.31% 80.12 3,194 37.59% 346.00 9 0.11% 9.48

 

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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.