Washington 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 81% 9,011 172.06 7,661 85.02% 173.07 959 10.64% 498.31 391 4.34% 89.88
2006 88% 7,958 142.28 6,899 86.69% 145.45 699 8.78% 346.60 360 4.52% 78.95
2005 87% 9,606 176.22 8,396 87.40% 181.26 788 8.20% 409.96 422 4.39% 90.92
2004 86% 9,446 177.66 8,414 89.07% 185.75 644 6.82% 345.27 388 4.11% 87.27
2003 76% 10,645 227.98 9,551 89.72% 239.48 670 6.29% 412.34 424 3.98% 110.43
2002 85% 10,714 208.25 9,551 89.15% 216.89 769 7.18% 430.99 394 3.68% 94.51
2001 80% 10,354 217.09 9,256 89.40% 225.98 661 6.38% 406.01 437 4.22% 115.73
2000 75% 10,235 230.38 9,168 89.57% 239.63 627 6.13% 417.31 440 4.30% 127.77
1999 87% 9,737 195.19 8,689 89.24% 196.45 655 6.73% 370.77 393 4.04% 101.11
1998 76% 8,297 191.47 7,416 89.38% 192.50 508 6.12% 336.26 373 4.50% 113.09
1997 75% 8,446 200.79 7,600 89.98% 202.70 514 6.09% 352.13 332 3.93% 106.74
1996 75% 7,344 178.59 6,622 90.17% 180.21 430 5.86% 307.22 292 3.98% 98.10
1995 73% 5,624 141.31 5,081 90.34% 142.53 311 5.53% 234.13 232 4.13% 82.20
1994 80% 5,555 129.91 4,936 88.86% 128.56 417 7.51% 297.30 202 3.64% 68.18

 

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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.