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New York 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.
Albany 10 55 1% 538 2,174 30% 548 2,107 31% 243 1,209 14%
Allegany 0 0 0% 50 946 52% 27 480 28% 3 91 3%
Bronx n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Broome 1 8 0% 233 1,434 29% 247 1,466 31% 140 1,049 17%
Cattaraugus 8 146 2% 90 1,372 25% 95 1,475 26% 45 785 13%
Cayuga 0 0 0% 29 492 34% 27 466 31% 11 185 13%
Chautauqua 10 112 2% 191 1,715 40% 149 1,322 31% 48 531 10%
Chemung 0 0 0% 151 2,362 36% 142 2,207 34% 52 786 12%
Chenango 1 28 0% 209 5,895 48% 136 3,900 31% 31 856 7%
Clinton 1 21 0% 119 1,801 44% 64 821 24% 35 498 13%
Columbia 1 28 0% 117 2,874 39% 79 2,487 27% 40 1,122 13%
Cortland 0 0 0% 62 1,370 41% 34 643 22% 19 532 12%
Delaware 1 36 1% 40 1,062 34% 41 1,259 35% 11 388 9%
Dutchess 2 10 0% 321 1,365 37% 301 1,357 35% 106 565 12%
Erie 5 8 0% 1,297 1,879 30% 1,448 2,113 33% 676 1,218 16%
Essex 0 0 0% 90 4,185 32% 99 4,404 35% 42 1,650 15%
Franklin 3 341 2% 66 6,326 33% 65 5,271 33% 23 1,819 12%
Fulton 6 164 3% 62 1,622 31% 48 1,332 24% 28 684 14%
Genesee 3 73 1% 98 2,226 42% 85 2,053 36% 18 546 8%
Greene 0 0 0% 106 2,797 32% 97 2,511 30% 49 1,341 15%
Hamilton 0 0 0% 7 2,682 16% 13 4,038 30% 6 1,944 14%
Herkimer 1 24 0% 79 1,849 38% 70 1,565 34% 24 543 12%
Jefferson 3 38 1% 108 1,360 38% 75 712 26% 32 275 11%
Lewis 0 0 0% 21 1,100 48% 8 413 18% 5 246 11%
Livingston 0 0 0% 60 1,003 33% 66 946 37% 21 490 12%
Kings n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Madison 0 0 0% 102 1,594 45% 66 1,127 29% 21 491 9%
Monroe 7 14 0% 695 1,157 36% 565 979 29% 336 769 17%
Montgomery 0 0 0% 49 1,616 27% 64 2,192 36% 39 1,126 22%
Nassau 3 3 0% 399 409 33% 430 502 35% 171 318 14%
New York n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Niagara 6 41 1% 243 1,500 30% 276 1,817 35% 114 808 14%
Oneida 3 20 0% 316 1,866 31% 323 1,874 32% 153 1,011 15%
Onondaga 3 9 0% 629 1,763 29% 677 1,905 31% 394 1,358 18%
Ontario 5 81 2% 86 1,281 34% 77 1,173 31% 43 742 17%
Orange 6 21 0% 619 2,086 36% 587 2,245 34% 225 835 13%
Orleans 0 0 0% 54 1,713 36% 50 1,718 33% 10 322 7%
Oswego 3 34 1% 104 973 39% 70 629 26% 36 414 13%
Otsego 2 55 1% 77 1,226 46% 39 537 23% 16 381 10%
Putnam 1 13 0% 105 1,503 43% 82 1,363 34% 25 447 10%
Queens n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Rensselaer 0 0 0% 239 1,983 34% 195 1,595 28% 101 895 14%
Richmond n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Rockland 2 9 0% 377 1,659 35% 360 1,834 33% 180 1,199 17%
Saratoga 2 14 0% 245 1,699 42% 169 1,217 29% 61 378 10%
Schenectady 1 10 0% 170 1,596 36% 118 1,163 25% 85 901 18%
Schoharie 3 148 2% 58 1,940 44% 42 1,707 32% 8 363 6%
Schuyler 0 0 0% 22 1,467 39% 11 837 19% 9 671 16%
Seneca 0 0 0% 24 1,058 30% 30 1,129 38% 10 371 13%
St Lawrence 1 15 0% 160 1,553 37% 143 1,180 33% 53 646 12%
Steuben 2 31 2% 41 615 32% 38 631 29% 13 179 10%
Suffolk 2 2 0% 1,650 1,549 32% 1,745 1,891 34% 762 938 15%
Sullivan 1 20 0% 174 3,064 37% 115 2,351 25% 64 1,104 14%
Tioga 0 0 0% 36 959 41% 28 814 32% 9 249 10%
Tompkins 0 0 0% 222 1,748 57% 113 615 29% 19 189 5%
Ulster 9 77 1% 526 3,801 32% 612 4,369 37% 201 1,700 12%
Warren 1 24 0% 100 2,166 33% 88 2,119 29% 37 795 12%
Washington 0 0 0% 137 2,968 40% 106 2,408 31% 40 786 12%
Wayne 0 0 0% 88 1,311 36% 68 1,194 28% 34 608 14%
Westchester 7 11 0% 638 1,015 31% 641 1,200 31% 304 673 15%
Wyoming 2 73 3% 27 967 34% 27 837 34% 11 329 14%
Yates 0 0 0% 5 235 45% 0 0 0% 2 126 18%

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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.