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California Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Age Groups Under 30 (2006)

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County
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Alameda 38 39 3% 454 470 36% 355 370 28% 156 172 13%
Alpine 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 5 5,257 50% 2 1,463 20%
Amador 4 205 6% 25 993 38% 17 687 26% 6 180 9%
Butte 40 294 12% 144 807 43% 58 237 17% 30 179 9%
Calaveras 5 179 3% 58 1,807 35% 38 1,185 23% 11 306 7%
Colusa 0 0 0% 8 457 22% 10 557 27% 6 336 16%
Contra Costa 41 55 11% 187 255 49% 63 95 17% 33 52 9%
Del Norte 2 113 4% 17 868 34% 9 391 18% 8 278 16%
El Dorado 25 210 10% 96 741 39% 72 556 29% 21 158 8%
Fresno 91 122 8% 388 517 33% 301 403 26% 181 254 15%
Glenn 5 223 7% 23 1,035 34% 10 440 15% 10 477 15%
Humboldt 18 241 4% 125 1,337 26% 108 847 23% 81 702 17%
Imperial 16 134 5% 145 1,106 41% 95 684 27% 43 394 12%
Inyo 1 85 1% 30 2,506 28% 31 2,517 29% 20 1,529 19%
Kern 65 101 9% 205 330 29% 171 267 24% 102 150 14%
Kings 23 213 9% 113 1,061 44% 55 414 21% 22 149 9%
Lake 12 276 13% 45 976 49% 11 259 12% 5 96 5%
Lassen 4 209 25% 5 205 31% 5 136 31% 0 0 0%
Los Angeles 652 84 4% 5,562 730 34% 4,366 599 27% 2,154 309 13%
Madera 9 81 4% 60 559 29% 48 404 24% 36 278 18%
Marin 44 325 14% 146 1,066 47% 50 382 16% 21 193 7%
Mariposa 0 0 0% 5 398 21% 12 766 50% 4 304 17%
Mendocino 15 263 11% 51 782 38% 20 327 15% 9 142 7%
Merced 27 121 4% 202 928 30% 185 936 28% 101 500 15%
Modoc 1 160 5% 7 1,056 37% 5 691 26% 1 166 5%
Mono 0 0 0% 4 492 27% 8 923 53% 2 175 13%
Monterey 37 118 7% 216 675 39% 166 501 30% 65 193 12%
Napa 4 46 3% 59 640 40% 53 575 36% 14 147 9%
Nevada 24 417 10% 103 1,540 44% 41 598 18% 21 315 9%
Orange 228 101 3% 2,613 1,221 37% 2,237 1,080 32% 835 432 12%
Placer 20 96 5% 173 834 44% 94 416 24% 49 188 13%
Plumas 5 414 7% 14 938 20% 19 1,276 27% 11 785 16%
Riverside 173 110 8% 849 552 38% 571 373 26% 257 144 12%
Sacramento 87 84 7% 461 462 36% 296 313 23% 153 136 12%
San Benito 7 141 8% 56 1,248 62% 12 300 13% 4 104 4%
San Bernardino 230 134 8% 1,137 662 40% 634 395 22% 323 192 11%
San Diego 264 129 6% 1,387 630 31% 1,053 431 24% 559 254 13%
San Francisco 5 20 1% 93 321 23% 98 232 25% 63 122 16%
San Joaquin 47 85 14% 137 250 41% 58 114 17% 35 63 11%
San Luis Obispo 25 172 7% 150 688 40% 95 343 25% 48 272 13%
San Mateo 30 70 6% 198 465 41% 115 285 24% 52 148 11%
Santa Barbara 52 192 4% 474 1,370 39% 325 809 27% 105 393 9%
Santa Clara 183 163 9% 858 781 43% 498 462 25% 178 175 9%
Santa Cruz 26 172 6% 189 935 43% 91 414 21% 46 294 11%
Shasta 44 370 12% 129 946 36% 64 485 18% 47 317 13%
Sierra 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 428 33%
Siskiyou 10 379 15% 23 727 34% 9 267 13% 4 143 6%
Solano 45 143 5% 345 1,083 38% 228 779 25% 125 434 14%
Sonoma 71 233 9% 375 1,094 46% 171 508 21% 59 190 7%
Stanislaus 38 90 9% 180 426 42% 115 297 27% 35 83 8%
Sutter 6 89 5% 55 831 49% 21 316 19% 7 92 6%
Tehama 7 157 6% 40 864 33% 30 646 25% 17 337 14%
Trinity 1 128 8% 7 793 54% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Tulare 69 189 20% 156 432 45% 61 181 18% 22 63 6%
Tuolumne 5 158 10% 20 534 38% 9 202 17% 5 110 10%
Ventura 99 161 9% 545 868 47% 280 493 24% 105 199 9%
Yolo 21 168 10% 75 390 37% 45 192 22% 18 117 9%
Yuba 10 185 7% 36 688 26% 23 413 17% 19 289 14%

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Notes:

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.