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Mississippi Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Age Groups Under 30 (2006)

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County
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Adams 0 0 0% 10 423 11% 37 1,783 39% 19 1,214 20%
Amite 0 0 0% 1 1,397 17% 2 2,716 33% 1 1,620 17%
Bolivar 2 172 1% 31 2,199 22% 42 2,460 30% 32 3,434 23%
Calhoun 0 0 0% 2 1,521 6% 12 9,920 38% 3 2,212 9%
Chickasaw 0 0 0% 21 2,333 30% 19 2,519 28% 8 1,004 12%
Claiborne 0 0 0% 1 74 17% 3 178 50% 1 147 17%
Covington 0 0 0% 2 1,007 12% 10 5,283 59% 2 1,020 12%
De Soto 17 165 10% 60 636 36% 36 403 22% 21 187 13%
Forrest 4 109 1% 150 3,152 20% 244 3,414 33% 163 3,512 22%
Franklin 0 0 0% 2 348 17% 4 761 33% 2 338 17%
George 1 62 2% 10 665 21% 20 1,409 42% 6 320 13%
Grenada 4 236 3% 40 2,303 26% 48 3,273 31% 34 2,137 22%
Hancock 0 0 0% 8 1,346 24% 5 1,401 15% 5 1,135 15%
Harrison 22 211 2% 264 2,499 24% 278 3,568 25% 186 2,424 17%
Hinds 0 0 0% 113 621 12% 315 1,764 35% 235 1,738 26%
Holmes 0 0 0% 1 529 20% 2 1,180 40% 0 0 0%
Itawamba 0 0 0% 6 310 18% 14 940 42% 3 169 9%
Jackson 0 0 0% 37 371 35% 32 394 30% 17 214 16%
Jasper 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 1,823 33% 1 1,885 33%
Jones 1 85 1% 27 2,035 20% 41 3,201 30% 31 2,376 23%
Lafayette 0 0 0% 30 2,189 32% 39 1,666 41% 12 1,015 13%
Lamar 0 0 0% 7 250 13% 18 539 34% 17 548 32%
Lauderdale 2 35 1% 47 783 28% 46 914 27% 38 907 22%
Lee 16 282 2% 196 3,635 24% 249 5,316 30% 124 2,490 15%
Leflore 2 73 5% 9 301 24% 7 210 18% 9 404 24%
Lincoln 1 42 1% 12 531 16% 20 911 26% 6 231 8%
Lowndes 0 0 0% 25 541 16% 59 1,350 39% 30 963 20%
Madison 1 16 0% 92 1,537 17% 205 3,382 38% 104 1,842 19%
Marion 2 103 3% 12 674 15% 23 1,327 29% 17 930 22%
Marshall 0 0 0% 15 2,262 24% 17 2,599 27% 10 1,507 16%
Monroe 1 101 1% 36 3,876 34% 28 3,303 26% 19 1,995 18%
Montgomery 0 0 0% 1 283 14% 3 929 43% 1 314 14%
Newton 0 0 0% 7 2,303 21% 10 3,971 30% 6 2,498 18%
Oktibbeha 0 0 0% 22 978 22% 45 960 44% 16 902 16%
Panola 3 118 3% 18 675 20% 23 974 26% 21 778 24%
Pearl River 3 80 1% 99 2,669 26% 107 2,934 28% 68 1,715 18%
Pike 8 714 7% 18 1,681 16% 36 3,606 32% 16 1,670 14%
Pontotoc 0 0 0% 7 368 28% 9 503 36% 4 181 16%
Prentiss 0 0 0% 15 2,186 36% 9 1,594 21% 7 1,079 17%
Rankin 1 12 0% 80 975 20% 120 1,311 30% 83 839 21%
Scott 0 0 0% 4 1,589 29% 2 872 14% 4 1,694 29%
Simpson 0 0 0% 22 1,195 13% 53 3,485 32% 42 2,215 25%
Stone 1 97 4% 2 151 8% 8 664 33% 4 330 17%
Sunflower 0 0 0% 6 596 23% 10 894 38% 6 674 23%
Tate 0 0 0% 8 356 20% 21 1,105 51% 4 213 10%
Tippah 0 0 0% 4 402 36% 3 311 27% 0 0 0%
Tishomingo 0 0 0% 5 438 7% 16 1,633 23% 15 1,107 22%
Tunica 1 124 1% 23 2,887 16% 38 5,612 27% 30 3,030 21%
Union 0 0 0% 15 873 36% 8 510 19% 10 459 24%
Warren 9 234 9% 28 788 28% 27 854 27% 10 339 10%
Washington 2 38 3% 12 264 20% 14 340 23% 9 266 15%
Winston 0 0 0% 2 411 17% 4 905 33% 1 225 8%

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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.