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Georgia County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Marijuana Possession Rate, (2006)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Taliaferro 1,885 38 38 0 2,015.92 2,015.92 1 0
Twiggs 10,655 129 122 7 1,210.70 1,145.00 2 65.7
Monroe 24,549 264 243 21 1,075.40 989.86 3 85.54
Dooly 12,126 139 120 19 1,146.30 989.61 4 156.69
Treutlen 6,970 78 67 11 1,119.08 961.26 5 157.82
Bleckley 12,531 131 113 18 1,045.41 901.76 6 143.64
Fulton 979,679 7,314 6,638 676 746.57 677.57 7 69
Dade 16,555 124 107 17 749.02 646.33 8 102.69
Hancock 9,953 68 64 4 683.21 643.02 9 40.19
Spalding 63,257 441 375 66 697.16 592.82 10 104.34
Peach 25,381 169 148 21 665.85 583.11 11 82.74
Dawson 20,365 118 110 8 579.43 540.14 12 39.28
Ware 35,600 207 191 16 581.46 536.52 13 44.94
Sumter 33,969 220 166 54 647.65 488.68 14 158.97
Turner 9,778 60 47 13 613.62 480.67 15 132.95
Crisp 22,724 127 109 18 558.88 479.67 16 79.21
Brantley 15,988 84 76 8 525.39 475.36 17 50.04
Bryan 29,466 147 140 7 498.88 475.12 18 23.76
Laurens 48,402 232 229 3 479.32 473.12 19 6.2
Wilkinson 10,444 54 48 6 517.04 459.59 20 57.45
Lowndes 99,811 534 457 77 535.01 457.87 21 77.15
Rockdale 81,067 374 362 12 461.35 446.54 22 14.8
Bulloch 63,428 317 269 48 499.78 424.10 23 75.68
Jefferson 17,470 102 74 28 583.86 423.58 24 160.27
Douglas 114,915 522 484 38 454.25 421.18 25 33.07
Coffee 40,948 195 171 24 476.21 417.60 26 58.61
Union 20,417 88 81 7 431.01 396.73 27 34.29
Decatur 29,537 125 117 8 423.20 396.11 28 27.08
Thomas 46,573 213 184 29 457.35 395.08 29 62.27
Appling 18,531 79 73 6 426.31 393.93 30 32.38
Newton 89,498 372 349 23 415.65 389.95 31 25.7
Dodge 20,543 95 80 15 462.44 389.43 32 73.02
Screven 15,926 68 61 7 426.97 383.02 33 43.95
McDuffie 22,441 87 85 2 387.68 378.77 34 8.91
Calhoun 6,608 29 25 4 438.86 378.33 35 60.53
Chatham 246,067 1,156 903 253 469.79 366.97 36 102.82
Jenkins 9,009 38 33 5 421.80 366.30 37 55.5
Pierce 17,669 69 64 5 390.51 362.22 38 28.3
Polk 41,736 161 151 10 385.76 361.80 39 23.96
Clarke 107,793 414 384 30 384.07 356.24 40 27.83
Cobb 685,295 3,082 2,440 642 449.73 356.05 41 93.68
Montgomery 8,997 37 32 5 411.25 355.67 42 55.57
Wayne 29,302 119 104 15 406.12 354.92 43 51.19
Tattnall 23,956 104 85 19 434.13 354.82 44 79.31
Wilkes 10,793 50 38 12 463.26 352.08 45 111.18
Jackson 54,215 206 190 16 379.97 350.46 46 29.51
Miller 6,428 25 22 3 388.92 342.25 47 46.67
Paulding 116,064 411 396 15 354.11 341.19 48 12.92
Evans 11,810 46 40 6 389.50 338.70 49 50.8
Glynn 74,182 271 251 20 365.32 338.36 50 26.96
Franklin 23,062 95 78 17 411.93 338.22 51 73.71
Stewart 5,039 19 17 2 377.06 337.37 52 39.69
Clinch 7,221 29 24 5 401.61 332.36 53 69.24
Elbert 21,467 100 70 30 465.83 326.08 54 139.75
Lamar 16,904 71 55 16 420.02 325.37 55 94.65
Glascock 2,792 10 9 1 358.17 322.35 56 35.82
Liberty 59,392 207 187 20 348.53 314.86 57 33.67
Camden 47,229 156 148 8 330.31 313.37 58 16.94
Rabun 16,504 63 51 12 381.73 309.02 59 72.71
Tift 42,104 148 127 21 351.51 301.63 60 49.88
Wilcox 9,001 31 27 4 344.41 299.97 61 44.44
Webster 2,363 8 7 1 338.55 296.23 62 42.32
Clayton 274,897 1,883 814 1,069 684.98 296.11 63 388.87
Troup 64,749 272 191 81 420.08 294.99 64 125.1
Hall 170,812 643 499 144 376.44 292.13 65 84.3
Towns 10,646 36 31 5 338.16 291.19 66 46.97
Atkinson 8,288 27 24 3 325.77 289.58 67 36.2
Habersham 41,547 127 120 7 305.68 288.83 68 16.85
Emanuel 22,543 73 65 8 323.83 288.34 69 35.49
Gwinnett 746,685 2,904 2,125 779 388.92 284.59 70 104.33
Greene 16,197 73 46 27 450.70 284.00 71 166.7
Morgan 18,054 56 51 5 310.18 282.49 72 27.69
Bartow 92,095 283 257 26 307.29 279.06 73 28.23
Telfair 13,289 40 37 3 301.00 278.43 74 22.58
Burke 24,036 85 66 19 353.64 274.59 75 79.05
Fayette 107,596 322 292 30 299.27 271.39 76 27.88
Johnson 10,119 30 27 3 296.47 266.82 77 29.65
Toombs 28,348 86 75 11 303.37 264.57 78 38.8
Seminole 9,522 29 25 4 304.56 262.55 79 42.01
Brooks 16,434 50 43 7 304.25 261.65 80 42.59
Cherokee 189,777 681 492 189 358.84 259.25 81 99.59
Putnam 20,466 61 52 9 298.06 254.08 82 43.98
White 24,828 79 63 16 318.19 253.75 83 64.44
Baldwin 46,683 128 118 10 274.19 252.77 84 21.42
Jeff Davis 13,503 71 34 37 525.81 251.80 85 274.01
Barrow 61,746 172 155 17 278.56 251.03 86 27.53
Jones 27,161 95 68 27 349.77 250.36 87 99.41
Gordon 51,894 169 129 40 325.66 248.58 88 77.08
Bibb 160,430 526 394 132 327.87 245.59 89 82.28
Jasper 13,569 37 33 4 272.68 243.20 90 29.48
Cook 16,892 46 41 5 272.32 242.72 91 29.6
Charlton 11,137 29 27 2 260.39 242.44 92 17.96
Gilmer 28,213 72 67 5 255.20 237.48 93 17.72
Pickens 29,705 98 70 28 329.91 235.65 94 94.26
Whitfield 93,808 241 221 20 256.91 235.59 95 21.32
Lumpkin 25,105 60 59 1 239.00 235.01 96 3.98
Banks 16,777 42 39 3 250.34 232.46 97 17.88
Taylor 9,172 27 21 6 294.37 228.96 98 65.42
Coweta 112,949 339 258 81 300.14 228.42 99 71.71
Echols 4,390 15 10 5 341.69 227.79 100 113.9
Lincoln 8,471 21 19 2 247.90 224.29 101 23.61
Forsyth 144,902 469 320 149 323.67 220.84 102 102.83
Pulaski 10,050 29 22 7 288.56 218.91 103 69.65
Murray 42,123 99 92 7 235.03 218.41 104 16.62
Lee 32,098 85 69 16 264.81 214.97 105 49.85
Oconee 30,703 97 66 31 315.93 214.96 106 100.97
Ben Hill 17,910 46 38 8 256.84 212.17 107 44.67
Butts 21,721 80 46 34 368.31 211.78 108 156.53
Meriwether 23,728 55 50 5 231.79 210.72 109 21.07
Stephens 25,865 60 53 7 231.97 204.91 110 27.06
Long 11,439 31 23 8 271.00 201.07 111 69.94
McIntosh 11,423 32 22 10 280.14 192.59 112 87.54
Bacon 10,712 25 20 5 233.38 186.71 113 46.68
Worth 22,702 42 41 1 185.01 180.60 114 4.4
Floyd 97,223 236 175 61 242.74 180.00 115 62.74
Lanier 7,796 17 14 3 218.06 179.58 116 38.48
Madison 28,165 59 50 9 209.48 177.53 117 31.95
Catoosa 63,156 120 111 9 190.01 175.76 118 14.25
Marion 7,477 19 13 6 254.11 173.87 119 80.25
Walton 80,382 163 139 24 202.78 172.92 120 29.86
Muscogee 191,221 392 329 63 205.00 172.05 121 32.95
Grady 25,252 47 43 4 186.12 170.28 122 15.84
Candler 10,652 21 18 3 197.15 168.98 123 28.16
De Kalb 667,239 1,299 1,100 199 194.68 164.86 124 29.82
Schley 4,254 13 7 6 305.59 164.55 125 141.04
Carroll 110,040 199 176 23 180.84 159.94 126 20.9
Warren 6,297 12 10 2 190.57 158.81 127 31.76
Hart 24,029 44 38 6 183.11 158.14 128 24.97
Clay 3,346 8 5 3 239.09 149.43 129 89.66
Macon 14,186 22 21 1 155.08 148.03 130 7.05
Harris 27,952 44 40 4 157.41 143.10 131 14.31
Colquitt 45,324 68 64 4 150.03 141.21 132 8.83
Berrien 17,245 45 24 21 260.95 139.17 133 121.77
Irwin 10,379 15 14 1 144.52 134.89 134 9.63
Richmond 202,067 269 267 2 133.12 132.13 135 0.99
Heard 11,710 32 15 17 273.27 128.10 136 145.18
Walker 65,552 89 81 8 135.77 123.57 137 12.2
Houston 130,424 576 161 415 441.64 123.44 138 318.19
Washington 20,764 24 23 1 115.58 110.77 139 4.82
Early 11,999 16 13 3 133.34 108.34 140 25
Crawford 13,287 19 14 5 143.00 105.37 141 37.63
Chattooga 27,423 31 27 4 113.04 98.46 142 14.59
Haralson 29,355 39 28 11 132.86 95.38 143 37.47
Upson 28,568 33 26 7 115.51 91.01 144 24.5
Columbia 107,146 119 91 28 111.06 84.93 145 26.13
Oglethorpe 14,046 28 11 17 199.35 78.31 146 121.03
Henry 173,238 126 118 8 72.73 68.11 147 4.62
Randolph 7,545 8 5 3 106.03 66.27 148 39.76
Mitchell 24,526 18 16 2 73.39 65.24 149 8.15
Effingham 48,431 21 21 0 43.36 43.36 150 0
Dougherty 97,929 48 35 13 49.02 35.74 151 13.27
Talbot 6,828 2 2 0 29.29 29.29 152 0
Fannin 22,590 7 5 2 30.99 22.13 153 8.85
Terrell 11,055 6 2 4 54.27 18.09 154 36.18
Pike 16,646 3 3 0 18.02 18.02 155 0
Wheeler 6,921 4 1 3 57.80 14.45 156 43.35
Baker 4,287 1 0 1 23.33 0.00 157 23.33
Chattahoochee 15,150 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 157 0
Quitman 2,546 4 0 4 157.11 0.00 157 157.11

 

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