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South Carolina Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2006)

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  All White Black Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Abbeville 43 166 20 111 47% 23 303 53% 0 0 0%
Aiken 520 342 289 265 56% 228 574 44% 3 174 1%
Allendale 17 153 1 32 6% 16 204 94% 0 0 0%
Anderson 306 172 176 121 58% 130 431 42% 0 0 0%
Bamberg 56 347 13 217 23% 42 421 75% 1 1,703 2%
Barnwell 93 392 29 223 31% 62 605 67% 2 833 2%
Beaufort 573 410 345 325 60% 227 752 40% 1 55 0%
Berkeley 618 418 390 381 63% 226 572 37% 2 52 0%
Calhoun 55 369 18 227 33% 37 545 67% 0 0 0%
Charleston 1,924 560 771 344 40% 1,152 1,054 60% 1 16 0%
Cherokee 207 379 113 266 55% 93 816 45% 1 254 0%
Chester 162 480 74 363 46% 88 683 54% 0 0 0%
Chesterfield 232 526 122 426 53% 109 738 47% 1 259 0%
Clarendon 101 298 36 223 36% 65 376 64% 0 0 0%
Colleton 136 338 50 217 37% 86 522 63% 0 0 0%
Darlington 336 491 143 369 43% 192 664 57% 1 284 0%
Dillon 183 582 101 638 55% 74 511 40% 8 942 4%
Dorchester 461 420 316 405 69% 141 505 31% 4 179 1%
Edgefield 54 209 21 140 39% 33 316 61% 0 0 0%
Fairfield 95 389 31 305 33% 64 458 67% 0 0 0%
Florence 781 587 261 341 33% 519 960 66% 1 61 0%
Georgetown 195 315 88 219 45% 107 506 55% 0 0 0%
Greenville 1,303 308 714 216 55% 589 750 45% 0 0 0%
Greenwood 286 411 134 292 47% 152 689 53% 0 0 0%
Hampton 61 318 21 253 34% 40 375 66% 0 0 0%
Horry 1,376 597 947 496 69% 419 1,231 30% 10 329 1%
Jasper 121 557 64 605 53% 57 527 47% 0 0 0%
Kershaw 197 346 99 240 50% 97 652 49% 1 230 1%
Lancaster 268 418 165 358 62% 103 600 38% 0 0 0%
Laurens 120 172 61 120 51% 59 328 49% 0 0 0%
Lee 55 270 16 212 29% 38 301 69% 1 1,303 2%
Lexington 721 307 482 248 67% 233 677 32% 6 158 1%
Marion 95 271 32 210 34% 62 320 65% 1 399 1%
Marlboro 143 503 55 451 38% 81 545 57% 7 640 5%
McCormick 15 146 9 177 60% 6 118 40% 0 0 0%
Newberry 209 552 89 351 43% 120 1,003 57% 0 0 0%
Oconee 139 198 110 173 79% 28 489 20% 1 207 1%
Orangeburg 251 273 91 272 36% 160 281 64% 0 0 0%
Pickens 222 192 193 185 87% 29 364 13% 0 0 0%
Richland 1,697 485 421 240 25% 1,270 787 75% 6 68 0%
Saluda 74 414 47 372 64% 27 530 36% 0 0 0%
Spartanburg 623 237 283 142 45% 337 611 54% 3 57 0%
Sumter 249 232 44 82 18% 204 402 82% 1 68 0%
Union 120 414 63 323 53% 57 620 48% 0 0 0%
Williamsburg 57 161 11 97 19% 46 194 81% 0 0 0%
York 1,028 533 601 401 58% 422 1,120 41% 5 132 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.