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South Carolina Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Age Groups Under 30 (2007)

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County
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Abbeville 0 0 0% 11 549 23% 10 622 21% 9 607 19%
Aiken 4 39 1% 133 1,233 26% 169 1,744 33% 76 750 15%
Allendale 0 0 0% 3 395 19% 7 908 44% 2 240 13%
Anderson 6 50 2% 119 988 31% 88 850 23% 63 503 16%
Bamberg 0 0 0% 23 1,600 43% 18 1,382 34% 4 419 8%
Barnwell 0 0 0% 7 420 14% 13 930 25% 16 976 31%
Beaufort 17 188 3% 199 2,035 32% 164 1,702 26% 83 977 13%
Berkeley 18 173 3% 218 1,754 36% 162 1,541 27% 82 724 14%
Calhoun 1 108 2% 11 1,103 23% 10 1,153 21% 10 1,238 21%
Charleston 41 198 2% 690 2,661 29% 681 2,573 29% 395 1,682 17%
Cherokee 2 54 1% 47 1,222 21% 71 2,456 31% 36 888 16%
Chester 0 0 0% 46 1,857 37% 23 1,371 18% 20 913 16%
Chesterfield 5 160 2% 76 2,523 24% 94 4,004 30% 57 1,963 18%
Clarendon 0 0 0% 37 1,399 26% 45 1,774 31% 31 1,339 22%
Colleton 4 143 2% 44 1,566 25% 55 2,375 32% 30 1,234 17%
Darlington 9 189 3% 113 2,224 32% 83 2,178 24% 58 1,369 17%
Dillon 2 86 1% 38 1,677 26% 48 2,587 33% 18 751 13%
Dorchester 22 253 5% 153 1,720 35% 128 1,539 30% 40 455 9%
Edgefield 0 0 0% 12 630 23% 17 920 32% 7 354 13%
Fairfield 1 60 1% 28 1,768 29% 33 2,599 34% 15 869 15%
Florence 16 183 2% 207 2,126 25% 233 2,639 28% 158 1,872 19%
Georgetown 10 258 5% 54 1,388 30% 43 1,222 24% 28 665 15%
Greenville 31 108 2% 383 1,289 31% 338 1,227 27% 180 647 14%
Greenwood 2 43 1% 59 1,128 21% 75 1,587 27% 48 1,092 17%
Hampton 0 0 0% 22 1,619 22% 29 2,378 30% 23 1,519 23%
Horry 25 180 2% 406 2,934 32% 329 2,270 26% 205 1,063 16%
Jasper 1 62 1% 25 1,637 24% 30 2,116 29% 15 828 14%
Kershaw 1 26 1% 40 1,009 22% 53 1,580 29% 38 944 21%
Lancaster 2 47 1% 77 1,729 33% 58 1,607 25% 31 676 13%
Laurens 1 22 1% 35 670 23% 47 1,110 31% 22 501 15%
Lee 0 0 0% 7 507 23% 10 648 33% 2 112 7%
Lexington 19 115 3% 221 1,359 31% 182 1,221 26% 100 660 14%
Marion 2 83 1% 60 2,508 28% 68 2,983 32% 23 922 11%
Marlboro 0 0 0% 8 418 19% 15 718 36% 10 416 24%
McCormick 0 0 0% 3 505 12% 5 746 20% 7 1,001 28%
Newberry 7 299 3% 76 2,799 32% 71 2,811 30% 35 1,326 15%
Oconee 0 0 0% 40 940 32% 28 716 22% 19 380 15%
Orangeburg 5 88 2% 69 926 25% 90 1,195 33% 41 715 15%
Pickens 6 88 3% 100 995 42% 52 414 22% 26 313 11%
Richland 11 48 1% 392 1,209 28% 409 1,169 29% 237 1,060 17%
Saluda 0 0 0% 29 2,283 36% 23 2,085 28% 10 716 12%
Spartanburg 4 22 1% 170 918 28% 189 1,156 31% 102 557 17%
Sumter 3 40 1% 62 777 30% 66 902 32% 34 557 17%
Union 0 0 0% 36 1,842 37% 25 1,791 26% 9 552 9%
Williamsburg 5 222 7% 18 658 24% 30 1,154 40% 14 634 19%
York 15 106 1% 353 2,369 31% 288 1,998 25% 170 1,144 15%

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Notes:

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.