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South Carolina County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Marijuana Possession Rate (2007)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Chesterfield 43,635 340 312 28 779.19 715.02 1 64.17
Charleston 349,276 2,475 2,382 93 708.61 681.98 2 26.63
Florence 133,336 870 825 45 652.49 618.74 3 33.75
Newberry 38,370 246 234 12 641.13 609.85 4 31.27
Marion 34,897 219 211 8 627.56 604.64 5 22.92
York 206,238 1,222 1,130 92 592.52 547.91 6 44.61
Horry 247,229 1,368 1,272 96 553.33 514.50 7 38.83
Darlington 68,193 388 350 38 568.97 513.25 8 55.72
Jasper 22,173 108 104 4 487.08 469.04 9 18.04
Dillon 31,313 158 144 14 504.58 459.87 10 44.71
Hampton 21,630 102 98 4 471.57 453.07 11 18.49
Colleton 39,999 181 174 7 452.51 435.01 12 17.50
Saluda 18,709 83 81 2 443.64 432.95 13 10.69
Beaufort 146,350 702 628 74 479.67 429.11 14 50.56
Clarendon 33,767 181 144 37 536.03 426.45 15 109.57
Cherokee 54,566 236 228 8 432.50 417.84 16 14.66
Berkeley 146,763 680 605 75 463.33 412.23 17 51.10
Fairfield 24,072 101 98 3 419.57 407.11 18 12.46
Greenwood 69,658 286 275 11 410.58 394.79 19 15.79
Richland 360,393 1,690 1,404 286 468.93 389.57 20 79.36
Chester 33,006 143 125 18 433.25 378.72 21 54.54
Lancaster 64,550 249 231 18 385.75 357.86 22 27.89
Dorchester 120,960 487 432 55 402.61 357.14 23 45.47
Union 28,352 136 97 39 479.68 342.13 24 137.56
Bamberg 15,692 56 53 3 356.87 337.75 25 19.12
Aiken 154,723 550 513 37 355.47 331.56 26 23.91
Calhoun 15,137 53 47 6 350.14 310.50 27 39.64
Kershaw 58,730 204 180 24 347.35 306.49 28 40.86
Orangeburg 91,599 312 275 37 340.62 300.22 29 40.39
Georgetown 62,181 197 182 15 316.82 292.69 30 24.12
Lexington 241,622 846 707 139 350.13 292.61 31 57.53
Greenville 436,814 1,351 1,250 101 309.28 286.16 32 23.12
McCormick 10,357 25 25 0 241.38 241.38 33 0.00
Spartanburg 267,540 671 612 59 250.80 228.75 34 22.05
Barnwell 23,453 58 51 7 247.30 217.46 35 29.85
Laurens 69,434 176 150 26 253.48 216.03 36 37.45
Anderson 181,396 450 385 65 248.08 212.24 37 35.83
Edgefield 25,437 77 53 24 302.71 208.36 38 94.35
Williamsburg 36,264 80 75 5 220.60 206.82 39 13.79
Pickens 116,079 269 240 29 231.74 206.76 40 24.98
Sumter 105,369 243 206 37 230.62 195.50 41 35.11
Abbeville 25,523 68 48 20 266.43 188.07 42 78.36
Oconee 71,844 143 126 17 199.04 175.38 43 23.66
Allendale 10,787 18 16 2 166.87 148.33 44 18.54
Lee 20,813 39 30 9 187.38 144.14 45 43.24
Marlboro 29,480 62 42 20 210.31 142.47 46 67.84

 

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