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Ohio 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.
Adams 11 43 11 44 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Allen 192 198 72 87 38% 120 1,048 63% 0 0 0%
Ashland 80 146 73 137 91% 7 1,161 9% 0 0 0%
Ashtabula 20 50 19 50 95% 1 75 5% 0 0 0%
Athens 8 30 7 28 88% 1 141 13% 0 0 0%
Auglaize 4 19 4 20 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Belmont 21 37 20 38 95% 1 39 5% 0 0 0%
Brown 22 50 22 51 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Butler 853 252 626 206 73% 225 970 26% 2 26 0%
Carroll 1 4 1 5 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Champaign 46 115 39 102 85% 7 739 15% 0 0 0%
Clark 110 78 77 62 70% 33 267 30% 0 0 0%
Clermont 205 143 195 141 95% 10 484 5% 0 0 0%
Clinton 69 158 55 132 80% 14 1,333 20% 0 0 0%
Columbiana 4 5 4 5 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Coshocton 10 27 9 25 90% 1 216 10% 0 0 0%
Crawford 52 162 50 159 96% 2 721 4% 0 0 0%
Cuyahoga 1,448 172 402 71 28% 1,045 427 72% 1 5 0%
Darke 42 80 41 80 98% 1 313 2% 0 0 0%
Defiance 72 185 65 173 90% 7 869 10% 0 0 0%
Delaware 169 275 142 255 84% 27 1,104 16% 0 0 0%
Erie 489 680 285 446 58% 204 3,252 42% 0 0 0%
Fairfield 36 27 34 28 94% 2 24 6% 0 0 0%
Fayette 55 195 47 174 85% 8 1,318 15% 0 0 0%
Franklin 800 75 536 68 67% 252 121 32% 12 27 2%
Fulton 7 17 6 15 86% 1 401 14% 0 0 0%
Gallia 10 32 8 27 80% 2 229 20% 0 0 0%
Geauga 53 68 51 68 96% 2 165 4% 0 0 0%
Greene 206 135 147 109 71% 58 563 28% 1 25 0%
Guernsey 43 147 43 152 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Hamilton 1,699 405 1,008 335 59% 690 664 41% 1 12 0%
Hancock 25 34 22 31 88% 3 260 12% 0 0 0%
Hardin 6 19 5 16 83% 1 312 17% 0 0 0%
Harrison 4 26 3 20 75% 1 275 25% 0 0 0%
Henry 19 76 18 74 95% 1 414 5% 0 0 0%
Highland 73 170 72 173 99% 1 138 1% 0 0 0%
Hocking 71 245 69 245 97% 2 556 3% 0 0 0%
Holmes 13 31 12 29 92% 1 631 8% 0 0 0%
Huron 30 54 28 52 93% 2 312 7% 0 0 0%
Jefferson 12 18 11 18 92% 1 26 8% 0 0 0%
Lake 604 390 520 354 86% 81 1,807 13% 3 141 1%
Licking 118 81 110 79 93% 6 140 5% 2 133 2%
Logan 31 67 24 54 77% 7 785 23% 0 0 0%
Lorain 461 176 300 130 65% 161 708 35% 0 0 0%
Lucas 30 26 26 28 87% 4 19 13% 0 0 0%
Madison 13 67 12 68 92% 1 79 8% 0 0 0%
Mahoning 337 137 218 108 65% 116 293 34% 3 151 1%
Marion 161 246 135 226 84% 26 605 16% 0 0 0%
Medina 60 59 53 54 88% 7 473 12% 0 0 0%
Meigs 11 58 10 54 91% 1 660 9% 0 0 0%
Mercer 24 60 23 58 96% 1 800 4% 0 0 0%
Miami 179 220 168 217 94% 10 561 6% 1 93 1%
Montgomery 578 144 456 149 79% 122 149 21% 0 0 0%
Morgan 25 169 24 174 96% 1 186 4% 0 0 0%
Morrow 12 35 12 36 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Muskingum 80 95 67 85 84% 13 386 16% 0 0 0%
Noble 1 8 1 9 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Ottawa 15 40 15 41 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Perry 3 9 3 9 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pickaway 47 90 41 85 87% 6 206 13% 0 0 0%
Pike 36 127 28 103 78% 8 2,810 22% 0 0 0%
Portage 180 141 149 125 83% 30 569 17% 1 57 1%
Preble 49 123 49 125 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Richland 409 321 250 223 61% 159 1,310 39% 0 0 0%
Ross 37 49 35 51 95% 2 40 5% 0 0 0%
Sandusky 89 349 76 312 85% 13 1,714 15% 0 0 0%
Scioto 39 51 31 43 79% 8 360 21% 0 0 0%
Seneca 10 18 10 19 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Stark 735 214 423 137 58% 312 1,223 42% 0 0 0%
Summit 1,356 276 607 149 45% 748 1,093 55% 1 10 0%
Trumbull 125 66 96 56 77% 29 188 23% 0 0 0%
Tuscarawas 119 133 110 125 92% 9 1,221 8% 0 0 0%
Union 46 106 43 105 93% 3 188 7% 0 0 0%
Van Wert 59 225 55 214 93% 4 1,492 7% 0 0 0%
Vinton 3 145 3 148 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Warren 155 301 141 297 91% 13 702 8% 1 61 1%
Washington 115 192 106 182 92% 9 1,492 8% 0 0 0%
Wayne 63 58 58 56 92% 5 281 8% 0 0 0%
Williams 11 30 11 31 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Wood 195 158 162 137 83% 32 1,484 16% 1 53 1%

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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.