Colorado Marijuana Arrests by County (2006)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Adams 408,435 1,513 1,439 74.00 370.44 352.32 10 18.12
Alamosa 15,571 21 16 5.00 134.87 102.76 44 32.11
Arapahoe 582,699 1,396 1,334 62.00 239.57 228.93 26 10.64
Archuleta 12,111 34 33 1.00 280.74 272.48 19 8.26
Baca 4,146 3 2 1.00 72.36 48.24 52 24.12
Bent 5,663 5 5 0.00 88.29 88.29 46 0
Boulder 291,121 880 801 79.00 302.28 275.14 18 27.14
Broomfield 44,300 222 211 11.00 501.13 476.30 5 24.83
Chaffee 17,289 28 25 3.00 161.95 144.60 36 17.35
Cheyenne 1,990 1 1 0.00 50.25 50.25 51 0
Clear Creek 9,371 42 41 1.00 448.19 437.52 6 10.67
Conejos 8,673 32 31 1.00 368.96 357.43 9 11.53
Costilla 3,489 1 1 0.00 28.66 28.66 57 0
Crowley 5,503 1 1 0.00 18.17 18.17 60 0
Custer 3,933 5 5 0.00 127.13 127.13 38 0
Delta 30,513 39 35 4.00 127.81 114.71 41 13.11
Denver (1) 568,465 483 302 181.00 84.97 53.13 50 31.84
Dolores 1,862 1 1 0.00 53.71 53.71 49 0
Douglas 254,045 293 287 6.00 115.33 112.97 42 2.36
Eagle 49,265 118 117 1.00 239.52 237.49 24 2.03
Elbert 23,219 11 11 0.00 47.37 47.37 53 0
El Paso 576,323 1,458 1,377 81.00 252.98 238.93 23 14.05
Fremont 48,669 65 56 9.00 133.56 115.06 40 18.49
Garfield 50,752 185 177 8.00 364.52 348.75 11 15.76
Gilpin 5,025 29 25 4.00 577.11 497.51 4 79.6
Grand 13,461 36 29 7.00 267.44 215.44 28 52
Gunnison 14,495 82 79 3.00 565.71 545.02 2 20.7
Hinsdale 779 10 8 2.00 1,283.70 1,026.96 1 256.74
Huerfano 7,918 6 6 0.00 75.78 75.78 47 0
Jackson 1,475 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61 0
Jefferson 492,661 1,779 1,711 68.00 361.10 347.30 12 13.8
Kiowa 1,449 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61 0
Kit Carson 7,786 15 15 0.00 192.65 192.65 29 0
Lake 7,884 22 20 2.00 279.05 253.68 22 25.37
La Plata 48,349 19 18 1.00 39.30 37.23 56 2.07
Larimer 275,595 661 632 29.00 239.84 229.32 25 10.52
Las Animas 15,738 6 6 0.00 38.12 38.12 55 0
Lincoln 5,724 5 4 1.00 87.35 69.88 48 17.47
Logan 21,111 64 63 1.00 303.16 298.42 14 4.74
Mesa 132,327 478 457 21.00 361.23 345.36 13 15.87
Mineral 950 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61 0
Moffat 13,671 54 53 1.00 395.00 387.68 8 7.31
Montezuma 25,246 28 28 0.00 110.91 110.91 43 0
Montrose 38,191 62 62 0.00 162.34 162.34 34 0
Morgan 28,524 42 40 2.00 147.24 140.23 37 7.01
Otero 19,864 20 18 2.00 100.68 90.62 45 10.07
Ouray 4,341 9 7 2.00 207.33 161.25 35 46.07
Park 17,269 58 51 7.00 335.86 295.33 15 40.54
Phillips 4,673 1 1 0.00 21.40 21.40 58 0
Pitkin 14,360 28 25 3.00 194.99 174.09 33 20.89
Prowers 14,155 31 31 0.00 219.00 219.00 27 0
Pueblo 154,183 414 410 4.00 268.51 265.92 21 2.59
Rio Blanco 6,086 17 17 0.00 279.33 279.33 17 0
Rio Grande 12,430 32 22 10.00 257.44 176.99 31 80.45
Routt 21,716 63 58 5.00 290.11 267.08 20 23.02
Saguache 7,192 10 9 1.00 139.04 125.14 39 13.9
San Juan 588 3 3 0.00 510.20 510.20 3 0
San Miguel 7,349 17 13 4.00 231.32 176.89 32 54.43
Sedgwick 2,577 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61 0
Summit 25,363 102 100 2.00 402.16 394.28 7 7.89
Teller 22,282 69 64 5.00 309.67 287.23 16 22.44
Washington 4,721 2 2 0.00 42.36 42.36 54 0
Weld 228,488 461 429 32.00 201.76 187.76 30 14.01
Yuma 9,974 4 2 2.00 40.10 20.05 59 20.05

 

Notes:

(1) Local data suggests these figures do not include local municipal citations for marijuana possession in Denver. On February 4, 2009, the Denver City Attorney’s Office provided the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel with data regarding the number of individuals 21 and older charged with possession of up to one ounce, showing that 1,658 such individuals charged in 2008; 2,105 in 2007; 1,841 in 2006; and 1,485 in 2005.

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