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Mississippi Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Age Groups Under 30 (2007)

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County
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Adams 0 0 0% 8 721 15% 17 1,795 33% 13 1,651 25%
Bolivar 0 0 0% 39 2,548 26% 34 1,794 23% 39 3,289 26%
Calhoun 0 0 0% 1 800 8% 4 3,449 33% 3 2,169 25%
Chickasaw 0 0 0% 8 920 18% 18 2,532 40% 6 721 13%
Claiborne 0 0 0% 5 398 23% 6 401 27% 6 924 27%
Coahoma 4 166 6% 14 578 22% 25 1,212 39% 14 843 22%
Covington 0 0 0% 3 1,471 16% 9 4,888 47% 3 1,493 16%
De Soto 2 16 1% 55 518 39% 32 343 23% 16 137 11%
Forrest 4 106 1% 114 2,303 20% 183 2,476 33% 116 2,373 21%
George 0 0 0% 3 1,359 15% 4 2,083 20% 8 3,192 40%
Grenada 6 374 4% 30 1,701 22% 41 2,984 30% 20 1,219 14%
Hancock 0 0 0% 39 4,415 25% 38 6,494 24% 25 4,014 16%
Harrison 15 161 2% 277 2,840 29% 232 2,962 24% 147 1,962 15%
Hinds 0 0 0% 1 914 13% 2 1,871 25% 4 4,967 50%
Holmes 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 3 1,890 50% 1 748 17%
Itawamba 0 0 0% 6 1,720 46% 3 1,154 23% 3 980 23%
Jackson 2 23 1% 78 902 30% 86 1,201 33% 35 493 13%
Jasper 0 0 0% 2 3,319 40% 1 1,948 20% 0 0 0%
Jones 0 0 0% 23 1,723 22% 25 1,992 23% 23 1,720 22%
Lafayette 1 132 1% 17 1,143 23% 30 1,177 41% 14 1,117 19%
Lamar 1 31 1% 17 534 13% 58 1,574 44% 28 790 21%
Lauderdale 3 56 1% 59 942 26% 75 1,430 32% 40 892 17%
Lee 1 38 0% 38 1,512 18% 80 3,695 38% 47 1,962 22%
Leflore 0 0 0% 4 137 15% 7 213 26% 5 219 19%
Lincoln 0 0 0% 15 646 32% 13 607 28% 4 153 9%
Lowndes 0 0 0% 19 415 14% 42 977 31% 25 797 18%
Madison 0 0 0% 61 951 14% 148 2,416 34% 92 1,577 21%
Marion 3 211 20% 3 218 20% 2 156 13% 1 71 7%
Marshall 0 0 0% 4 624 13% 15 2,430 47% 7 1,052 22%
Monroe 2 215 3% 19 2,067 26% 12 1,513 17% 19 2,010 26%
Montgomery 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 2 633 33%
Newton 0 0 0% 4 1,287 33% 4 1,582 33% 1 436 8%
Oktibbeha 0 0 0% 63 1,520 21% 116 1,300 39% 61 1,721 20%
Panola 0 0 0% 24 931 23% 17 783 16% 28 1,046 27%
Pearl River 3 73 1% 75 1,761 20% 100 2,624 27% 66 1,494 18%
Pike 1 79 1% 28 2,154 22% 42 3,880 33% 16 1,450 13%
Pontotoc 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 3 174 33% 5 221 56%
Prentiss 0 0 0% 7 990 35% 8 1,418 40% 2 313 10%
Rankin 0 0 0% 27 671 22% 31 723 25% 27 563 22%
Scott 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 7 3,316 78% 0 0 0%
Simpson 0 0 0% 21 6,708 19% 36 14,175 32% 26 8,322 23%
Sunflower 0 0 0% 2 200 8% 4 369 15% 8 894 31%
Tate 0 0 0% 5 225 22% 3 160 13% 4 206 17%
Tippah 0 0 0% 9 655 16% 10 788 18% 18 974 32%
Tishomingo 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 2 1,401 40% 1 471 20%
Union 1 53 6% 7 405 39% 5 340 28% 2 91 11%
Warren 0 0 0% 8 220 35% 5 165 22% 2 65 9%
Washington 0 0 0% 12 789 26% 9 682 20% 12 1,024 26%
Wayne 1 236 7% 8 1,924 53% 1 286 7% 2 454 13%
Webster 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 751 33% 1 624 33%
Winston 0 0 0% 6 431 21% 7 557 24% 6 448 21%

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Notes:

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.