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California 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.
Alameda 1,284 89 938 115 73% 319 162 25% 27 7 2%
Alpine 2 171 2 238 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Amador 75 191 71 200 95% 2 125 3% 2 151 3%
Butte 363 168 344 179 95% 14 386 4% 5 37 1%
Calaveras 146 301 142 315 97% 2 366 1% 2 132 1%
Colusa 50 233 49 247 98% 0 0 0% 1 105 2%
Contra Costa 451 44 314 42 70% 132 134 29% 5 3 1%
Del Norte 82 284 77 324 94% 0 0 0% 5 186 6%
El Dorado 239 133 231 140 97% 5 235 2% 3 37 1%
Fresno 1,206 134 983 135 82% 221 426 18% 2 2 0%
Glenn 37 132 37 144 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Humboldt 478 375 454 411 95% 12 837 3% 12 115 3%
Imperial 453 280 428 294 94% 23 329 5% 2 27 0%
Inyo 109 611 106 708 97% 2 3,898 2% 1 43 1%
Kern 874 110 694 102 79% 177 349 20% 3 7 0%
Kings 218 148 187 151 86% 23 185 11% 8 101 4%
Lake 76 114 68 114 89% 4 250 5% 4 130 5%
Lassen 49 142 46 162 94% 3 83 6% 0 0 0%
Los Angeles 18,800 189 13,027 177 69% 5,648 597 30% 125 9 1%
Madera 260 175 242 185 93% 17 260 7% 1 13 0%
Marin 450 182 407 187 90% 41 544 9% 2 13 0%
Mariposa 29 157 28 167 97% 0 0 0% 1 118 3%
Mendocino 166 189 156 200 94% 1 137 1% 9 146 5%
Merced 671 269 584 276 87% 84 823 13% 3 15 0%
Modoc 25 262 23 264 92% 0 0 0% 2 394 8%
Mono 13 103 13 111 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Monterey 622 152 543 156 87% 72 472 12% 7 22 1%
Napa 180 135 172 145 96% 7 275 4% 1 11 1%
Nevada 142 144 140 149 99% 2 358 1% 0 0 0%
Orange 7,066 236 6,642 282 94% 334 571 5% 90 18 1%
Placer 502 149 467 156 93% 24 414 5% 11 54 2%
Plumas 52 246 48 244 92% 2 977 4% 2 268 4%
Riverside 2,608 125 2,145 123 82% 432 313 17% 31 22 1%
Sacramento 1,608 116 992 102 62% 595 412 37% 21 10 1%
San Benito 102 183 95 187 93% 3 420 3% 4 149 4%
San Bernardino 3,066 151 2,429 149 79% 628 330 20% 9 6 0%
San Diego 5,148 175 4,021 172 78% 1,056 649 21% 71 22 1%
San Francisco 378 52 248 58 66% 130 256 34% 0 0 0%
San Joaquin 497 73 433 87 87% 60 110 12% 4 4 1%
San Luis Obispo 385 150 370 159 96% 11 205 3% 4 36 1%
San Mateo 528 75 446 94 84% 61 263 12% 21 12 4%
Santa Barbara 1,203 303 1,131 321 94% 64 680 5% 8 33 1%
Santa Clara 2,563 149 2,200 204 86% 308 621 12% 55 10 2%
Santa Cruz 561 227 529 237 94% 27 873 5% 5 38 1%
Shasta 437 241 405 248 93% 20 1,040 5% 12 127 3%
Sierra 3 88 3 92 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Siskiyou 88 200 80 203 91% 4 600 5% 4 159 5%
Solano 879 214 504 192 57% 352 559 40% 23 37 3%
Sonoma 1,050 226 976 234 93% 68 867 6% 6 24 1%
Stanislaus 498 96 455 101 91% 36 216 7% 7 21 1%
Sutter 153 165 144 195 94% 7 310 5% 2 15 1%
Tehama 113 182 106 184 94% 6 1,104 5% 1 47 1%
Trinity 12 83 12 93 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Tulare 375 88 350 91 93% 21 241 6% 4 17 1%
Tuolumne 79 139 79 152 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Ventura 1,198 150 1,157 165 97% 36 209 3% 5 8 0%
Yolo 246 130 226 149 92% 16 290 7% 4 16 2%
Yuba 184 258 164 280 89% 18 729 10% 2 28 1%

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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.