South Dakota 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.
Aurora 4 137 4 141 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Beadle 0 0 0 0   0 0   0 0  
Bennett 13 363 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 13 654 100%
Brookings 2 21 2 21 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Brown 91 271 77 241 85% 5 3,484 5% 9 763 10%
Butte 2 21 2 22 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Campbell 1 68 1 69 100% 0   0% 0 0 0%
Charles Mix 23 287 3 56 13% 0 0 0% 20 799 87%
Clay 30 235 25 212 83% 5 3,255 17% 0 0 0%
Codington 52 194 49 190 94% 0 0 0% 3 494 6%
Davison 38 197 25 135 66% 2 2,026 5% 11 1,887 29%
Deuel 13 300 13 305 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Edmunds 2 49 2 50 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Hamlin 2 35 2 36 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Hughes 60 348 36 240 60% 0 0 0% 24 1,263 40%
Jerauld 4 193 3 147 75% 0   0% 1 4,363 25%
Lake 3 48 3 49 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Lawrence 57 247 51 231 89% 1 1,314 2% 5 739 9%
Lincoln 16 88 16 91 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Marshall 2 45 2 49 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Meade 104 420 86 372 83% 1 239 1% 17 2,525 16%
Mellette 2 94 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 2 173 100%
Minnehaha 207 113 164 97 79% 18 370 9% 25 406 12%
Moody 2 52 1 31 50% 0 0 0% 1 188 50%
Pennington 311 323 152 181 49% 11 819 4% 148 1,703 48%
Perkins 0 0 0 0   0 0   0 0  
Potter 1 53 1 55 100% 0   0% 0 0 0%
Roberts 18 270 1 23 6% 0 0 0% 17 779 94%
Sanborn 2 79 1 40 50% 1 96,835 50% 0 0 0%
Spink 11 159 10 148 91% 0 0 0% 1 749 9%
Stanley 0 0 0 0   0 0   0 0  
Sully 5 348 3 215 60% 0   0% 2 7,196 40%
Tripp 9 148 2 38 22% 0 0 0% 7 912 78%
Turner 4 50 3 38 75% 1 6,167 25% 0 0 0%
Union 53 547 51 548 96% 2 4,563 4% 0 0 0%
Walworth 12 259 2 52 17% 2 56,624 17% 8 1,153 67%
Yankton 90 408 78 371 87% 6 1,852 7% 6 1,180 7%

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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.