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Kansas Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2007)

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  All White Black Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Allen 22 197 20 189 91% 2 929 9% 0 0 0%
Anderson 11 147 10 137 91% 0 0 0% 1 1,224 9%
Atchison 37 221 25 163 68% 11 1,128 30% 1 629 3%
Barber 5 126 4 103 80% 1 4,463 20% 0 0 0%
Barton 7 45 7 47 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Bourbon 39 262 34 243 87% 4 807 10% 1 504 3%
Brown 41 408 35 401 85% 3 1,649 7% 3 315 7%
Butler 89 141 85 142 96% 4 325 4% 0 0 0%
Chautauqua 10 305 10 329 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Cherokee 16 76 16 83 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Clay 8 93 8 96 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Cloud 7 74 7 75 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Coffey 10 133 8 110 80% 0 0 0% 2 1,940 20%
Cowley 64 184 56 177 88% 8 791 13% 0 0 0%
Crawford 43 114 34 97 79% 9 1,120 21% 0 0 0%
Dickinson 22 114 21 113 95% 1 378 5% 0 0 0%
Doniphan 2 29 2 31 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Douglas 164 144 124 125 76% 27 554 16% 13 187 8%
Ellis 88 343 85 343 97% 3 1,232 3% 0 0 0%
Ellsworth 9 179 9 190 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Finney 79 203 71 195 90% 6 961 8% 2 141 3%
Ford 106 327 96 316 91% 10 1,579 9% 0 0 0%
Franklin 70 267 68 272 97% 2 526 3% 0 0 0%
Geary 161 680 102 589 63% 55 1,331 34% 4 392 2%
Gove 1 54 1 55 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Grant 9 120 9 124 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Gray 2 34 2 35 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Greeley 2 153 2 157 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Greenwood 12 171 10 147 83% 2 11,746 17% 0 0 0%
Harper 5 85 4 70 80% 1 6,603 20% 0 0 0%
Harvey 114 347 106 339 93% 8 1,292 7% 0 0 0%
Haskell 7 168 5 124 71% 0 0 0% 2 3,246 29%
Jackson 36 289 26 233 72% 5 3,699 14% 5 571 14%
Jefferson 4 23 4 24 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Johnson 504 267 393 232 78% 109 1,372 22% 2 25 0%
Kearny 1 22 1 23 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Kingman 6 76 6 78 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Kiowa 5 171 5 174 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Labette 35 158 26 131 74% 9 795 26% 0 0 0%
Lane 1 57 1 58 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Leavenworth 86 116 62 97 72% 24 329 28% 0 0 0%
Linn 7 88 7 90 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Lyon 43 125 38 119 88% 5 454 12% 0 0 0%
Marion 9 76 9 78 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Marshall 1 21 1 22 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
McPherson 35 129 31 118 89% 4 1,379 11% 0 0 0%
Miami 23 76 23 79 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Mitchell 4 111 4 115 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Montgomery 77 239 59 212 77% 17 856 22% 1 79 1%
Morton 1 32 1 34 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Nemaha 14 135 14 138 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Neosho 28 172 25 161 89% 2 1,104 7% 1 400 4%
Osage 40 282 40 291 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pawnee 10 155 10 171 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Phillips 5 93 5 95 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pottawatomie 9 48 8 44 89% 1 472 11% 0 0 0%
Pratt 37 393 35 384 95% 1 942 3% 1 1,019 3%
Rawlins 1 38 1 39 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Reno 98 158 83 142 85% 15 786 15% 0 0 0%
Republic 2 65 2 66 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Rice 5 56 4 46 80% 1 775 20% 0 0 0%
Riley 114 183 90 166 79% 21 480 18% 3 117 3%
Rooks 1 19 1 20 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Rush 1 30 1 31 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Russell 12 180 12 186 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Saline 157 292 141 284 90% 16 912 10% 0 0 0%
Scott 13 284 12 267 92% 1 14,264 8% 0 0 0%
Sedgwick 1,270 270 786 201 62% 470 1,051 37% 14 61 1%
Seward 45 191 42 197 93% 3 322 7% 0 0 0%
Shawnee 51 105 38 91 75% 11 245 22% 2 155 4%
Sheridan 1 39 0 0 0% 1 19,339 100% 0 0 0%
Sherman 4 68 3 52 75% 1 3,170 25% 0 0 0%
Stafford 1 26 1 26 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Stanton 4 181 4 188 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Stevens 3 57 3 59 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Sumner 12 59 11 56 92% 0 0 0% 1 339 8%
Thomas 28 382 24 336 86% 4 9,536 14% 0 0 0%
Trego 1 34 1 35 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Wabaunsee 4 71 4 72 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Washington 2 34 2 34 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Wichita 5 221 5 226 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Wilson 14 143 12 127 86% 2 2,175 14% 0 0 0%
Woodson 7 201 6 178 86% 1 3,076 14% 0 0 0%
Wyandotte 23 195 16 196 70% 7 223 30% 0 0 0%

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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.