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Georgia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race, Part 2 J-W (2006)

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All
White
Black
Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Jackson 161 311 125 269 78% 36 904 22% 0 0 0%
Jasper 19 174 12 146 63% 7 271 37% 0 0 0%
Jeff Davis 29 215 22 196 76% 7 340 24% 0 0 0%
Jefferson 47 390 12 228 26% 35 524 74% 0 0 0%
Johnson 8 128 3 78 38% 5 211 63% 0 0 0%
Jones 67 247 43 211 64% 24 379 36% 0 0 0%
Lamar 6 58 5 69 83% 1 33 17% 0 0 0%
Lanier 10 128 6 106 60% 4 207 40% 0 0 0%
Laurens 221 457 63 206 29% 157 931 71% 1 176 0%
Lee 58 181 34 133 59% 24 412 41% 0 0 0%
Liberty 140 240 39 130 28% 101 405 72% 0 0 0%
Long 23 201 13 156 57% 10 374 43% 0 0 0%
Lowndes 455 463 186 300 41% 268 806 59% 1 60 0%
Lumpkin 59 235 59 248 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Macon 12 226 0 0 0% 12 385 100% 0 0 0%
Madison 42 159 36 152 86% 6 262 14% 0 0 0%
Marion 3 40 2 42 67% 1 40 33% 0 0 0%
McDuffie 83 370 30 220 36% 53 626 64% 0 0 0%
Meriwether 46 194 20 145 43% 26 270 57% 0 0 0%
Miller 12 187 6 134 50% 6 313 50% 0 0 0%
Mitchell 11 45 3 24 27% 8 70 73% 0 0 0%
Monroe 236 961 141 795 60% 95 1,486 40% 0 0 0%
Morgan 13 275 9 262 69% 4 329 31% 0 0 0%
Murray 80 190 77 189 96% 3 433 4% 0 0 0%
Muscogee 301 157 92 96 31% 209 241 69% 0 0 0%
Newton 346 387 153 265 44% 181 613 52% 12 1,024 3%
Oconee 4 13 2 7 50% 2 95 50% 0 0 0%
Oglethorpe 10 71 8 71 80% 2 76 20% 0 0 0%
Paulding 316 300 266 301 84% 50 345 16% 0 0 0%
Peach 142 559 50 360 35% 88 796 62% 4 1,805 3%
Pickens 7 239 7 248 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pierce 15 425 13 417 87% 2 543 13% 0 0 0%
Pike 3 244 2 190 67% 1 600 33% 0 0 0%
Polk 113 278 78 225 69% 35 668 31% 0 0 0%
Pulaski 1 18 1 27 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Putnam 47 230 35 241 74% 12 214 26% 0 0 0%
Rabun 40 263 40 273 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Richmond 222 110 33 37 15% 189 181 85% 0 0 0%
Rockdale 236 291 95 192 40% 141 491 60% 0 0 0%
Schley 7 165 1 33 14% 6 511 86% 0 0 0%
Screven 23 766 6 367 26% 17 1,277 74% 0 0 0%
Seminole 22 231 16 258 73% 6 185 27% 0 0 0%
Spalding 343 542 146 349 43% 196 973 57% 1 134 0%
Stephens 8 49 7 50 88% 1 51 13% 0 0 0%
Stewart 1 50 0 0 0% 1 83 100% 0 0 0%
Sumter 117 356 42 261 36% 75 461 64% 0 0 0%
Taliaferro 22 1,609 9 1,627 41% 13 1,626 59% 0 0 0%
Tattnall 51 218 31 192 61% 20 290 39% 0 0 0%
Taylor 7 114 2 55 29% 5 203 71% 0 0 0%
Telfair 17 242 6 149 35% 11 373 65% 0 0 0%
Terrell 1 9 0 0 0% 1 15 100% 0 0 0%
Thomas 151 346 63 237 42% 88 541 58% 0 0 0%
Tift 37 147 18 101 49% 19 274 51% 0 0 0%
Toombs 18 158 4 47 22% 14 508 78% 0 0 0%
Towns 25 256 25 261 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Treutlen 67 961 39 836 58% 28 1,260 42% 0 0 0%
Troup 183 283 63 149 34% 120 563 66% 0 0 0%
Turner 25 528 14 513 56% 11 562 44% 0 0 0%
Twiggs 86 953 49 925 57% 37 1,020 43% 0 0 0%
Union 23 3,262 23 3,353 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Upson 25 88 16 79 64% 9 113 36% 0 0 0%
Walker 72 113 66 110 92% 6 224 8% 0 0 0%
Walton 95 133 54 91 57% 41 389 43% 0 0 0%
Ware 187 525 77 305 41% 110 1,120 59% 0 0 0%
Washington 16 84 5 56 31% 11 109 69% 0 0 0%
Wheeler 1 23 1 36 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
White 60 242 60 254 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Whitfield 221 237 196 225 89% 25 732 11% 0 0 0%
Wilkes 35 346 11 192 31% 24 566 69% 0 0 0%
Wilkinson 40 435 15 279 38% 25 670 63% 0 0 0%
Worth 17 80 5 34 29% 12 191 71% 0 0 0%

Georgia Marijuana Possession Arress by County and Race, Part 1 A-I (2006)

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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.