California Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2006)

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All
White
Black
Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Alameda 1,248 85 864 104 69% 360 178 29% 24 7 2%
Alpine 10 855 10 1,178 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Amador 66 170 66 188 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Butte 335 155 306 159 91% 21 586 6% 8 60 2%
Calaveras 165 349 161 366 98% 3 566 2% 1 68 1%
Colusa 37 174 34 173 92% 3 1,180 8% 0 0 0%
Contra Costa 381 37 281 38 74% 96 97 25% 4 3 1%
Del Norte 50 173 46 192 92% 1 75 2% 3 111 6%
El Dorado 248 139 237 145 96% 11 531 4% 0 0 0%
Fresno 1,175 133 955 132 81% 214 422 18% 6 6 1%
Glenn 67 239 67 261 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Humboldt 476 367 440 390 92% 16 1,107 3% 20 193 4%
Imperial 354 237 326 243 92% 23 357 7% 5 73 1%
Inyo 108 590 103 663 95% 0 0 0% 5 219 5%
Kern 717 94 583 89 81% 131 269 18% 3 7 0%
Kings 257 178 218 179 85% 31 255 12% 8 103 3%
Lake 92 140 83 140 90% 6 384 7% 3 101 3%
Lassen 16 46 16 55 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Los Angeles 16,310 163 11,314 152 69% 4,906 509 30% 90 6 1%
Madera 204 142 185 146 91% 15 236 7% 4 53 2%
Marin 311 125 271 123 87% 40 517 13% 0 0 0%
Mariposa 24 132 23 140 96% 0 0 0% 1 114 4%
Mendocino 134 151 124 156 93% 3 433 2% 7 118 5%
Merced 671 275 593 285 88% 73 742 11% 5 25 1%
Modoc 19 198 19 216 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Mono 15 119 15 128 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Monterey 559 134 496 140 89% 55 358 10% 8 25 1%
Napa 148 110 138 116 93% 9 350 6% 1 11 1%
Nevada 234 236 228 242 97% 3 552 1% 3 140 1%
Orange 7,098 235 6,650 279 94% 361 616 5% 87 17 1%
Placer 392 123 373 130 95% 15 282 4% 4 21 1%
Plumas 70 323 67 332 96% 2 868 3% 1 127 1%
Riverside 2,214 113 1,843 111 83% 354 275 16% 17 13 1%
Sacramento 1,293 94 754 78 58% 527 368 41% 12 6 1%
San Benito 90 159 76 148 84% 2 264 2% 12 443 13%
San Bernardino 2,864 145 2,171 136 76% 672 359 23% 21 15 1%
San Diego 4,458 151 3,536 150 79% 848 509 19% 74 22 2%
San Francisco 398 53 246 57 62% 152 285 38% 0 0 0%
San Joaquin 332 50 266 54 80% 61 116 18% 5 5 2%
San Luis Obispo 378 147 364 155 96% 10 183 3% 4 36 1%
San Mateo 482 68 404 84 84% 59 248 12% 19 11 4%
Santa Barbara 1,216 301 1,158 322 95% 49 521 4% 9 36 1%
Santa Clara 1,993 116 1,723 159 86% 218 446 11% 52 10 3%
Santa Cruz 437 173 425 186 97% 12 388 3% 0 0 0%
Shasta 359 198 338 205 94% 8 425 2% 13 140 4%
Sierra 3 87 3 91 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Siskiyou 68 152 61 151 90% 3 463 4% 4 160 6%
Solano 920 222 502 189 55% 401 632 44% 17 27 2%
Sonoma 813 173 761 180 94% 43 551 5% 9 36 1%
Stanislaus 428 84 382 86 89% 39 240 9% 7 21 2%
Sutter 112 125 100 139 89% 10 457 9% 2 16 2%
Tehama 122 198 118 204 97% 4 856 3% 0 0 0%
Trinity 13 95 13 105 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Tulare 347 84 332 88 96% 14 169 4% 1 5 0%
Tuolumne 52 87 51 93 98% 1 73 2% 0 0 0%
Ventura 1,157 144 1,115 158 96% 41 235 4% 1 2 0%
Yolo 204 109 195 130 96% 9 176 4% 0 0 0%
Yuba 138 204 125 224 91% 11 487 8% 2 29 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.