Alaska Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Race (1994-2007)

	Total			White			Black			Other
Year	Population Coverage	Arrests	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate
2007	70%	551	127.55	369	66.97%	115.00	42	7.62%	213.38	140	25.41%	204.34
2006	69%	540	124.98	378	70.00%	117.77	43	7.96%	228.98	119	22.04%	173.52
2005	69%	607	142.57	418	68.86%	134.34	42	6.92%	247.36	147	24.22%	191.76
2004	69%	614	145.82	456	74.27%	149.07	34	5.54%	203.37	124	20.20%	159.24
2003	70%	852	206.53	633	74.30%	207.55	47	5.52%	280.60	172	20.19%	244.08
2002	70%	780	187.92	548	70.26%	179.93	40	5.13%	243.65	192	24.62%	260.02
2001	69%	677	178.79	483	71.34%	169.58	26	3.84%	162.45	168	24.82%	283.08
2000	69%	772	206.05	525	68.01%	190.51	55	7.12%	354.61	192	24.87%	293.34
1999	70%	713	195.68	530	74.33%	185.06	57	7.99%	346.52	126	17.67%	204.78
1998	66%	909	261.85	693	76.24%	242.54	52	5.72%	314.84	164	18.04%	365.25
1997	70%	802	236.23	609	75.94%	218.31	74	9.23%	461.34	119	14.84%	267.46
1996	70%	596	172.28	444	74.50%	157.65	44	7.38%	284.22	108	18.12%	221.19
1995	70%	576	164.52	412	71.53%	148.07	38	6.60%	236.87	126	21.88%	225.76
1994	72%	492	132.42	350	71.14%	117.94	27	5.49%	155.12	115	23.37%	200.37

 

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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.