Tennessee 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 100% 16,775 301.21 10,845 64.65% 237.89 5,867 34.97% 675.05 63 0.38% 78.33
2006 100% 13,949 255.82 9,262 66.40% 207.61 4,640 33.26% 540.42 47 0.34% 60.45
2005 100% 16,323 273.88 10,800 66.16% 220.94 5,474 33.54% 585.41 49 0.30% 58.84
2004 100% 15,233 258.21 10,509 68.99% 216.99 4,677 30.70% 505.49 47 0.31% 59.04
2003 100% 14,577 249.58 10,182 69.85% 212.11 4,349 29.83% 475.48 46 0.32% 60.75
2002 100% 11,358 195.90 8,103 71.34% 169.71 3,222 28.37% 356.81 33 0.29% 45.70
2001 100% 11,996 209.31 8,706 72.57% 184.19 3,253 27.12% 365.63 37 0.31% 53.94
2000 100% 11,671 205.64 9,015 77.24% 192.29 2,612 22.38% 297.88 44 0.38% 66.68
1999 95% 9,250 196.69 7,518 81.28% 192.21 1,704 18.42% 230.18 28 0.30% 54.61
1998 72% 6,404 184.65 5,191 81.06% 180.42 1,187 18.54% 214.61 26 0.41% 68.49
1997 70% 5,445 170.81 4,127 75.79% 156.51 1,303 23.93% 252.39 15 0.28% 43.30
1996 84% 4,846 132.22 3,830 79.03% 127.06 1,005 20.74% 164.40 11 0.23% 27.82
1995 62% 4,442 165.96 3,543 79.76% 160.22 889 20.01% 203.13 10 0.23% 36.28
1994 84% 4,037 114.58 3,200 79.27% 109.64 831 20.58% 145.76 6 0.15% 17.35

 

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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.