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South Carolina 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.
Abbeville 48 188 31 174 65% 17 229 35% 0 0 0%
Aiken 513 332 263 236 51% 246 618 48% 4 222 1%
Allendale 16 148 2 64 13% 14 185 88% 0 0 0%
Anderson 385 212 209 141 54% 176 581 46% 0 0 0%
Bamberg 53 338 12 204 23% 41 424 77% 0 0 0%
Barnwell 51 217 16 124 31% 35 346 69% 0 0 0%
Beaufort 628 429 361 322 57% 265 866 42% 2 109 0%
Berkeley 605 412 365 359 60% 236 609 39% 4 105 1%
Calhoun 47 319 24 305 51% 23 344 49% 0 0 0%
Charleston 2,379 683 985 431 41% 1,385 1,271 58% 9 140 0%
Cherokee 228 418 116 274 51% 112 993 49% 0 0 0%
Chester 125 379 60 299 48% 65 522 52% 0 0 0%
Chesterfield 311 713 163 577 52% 146 997 47% 2 520 1%
Clarendon 144 426 58 355 40% 86 507 60% 0 0 0%
Colleton 173 440 66 293 38% 107 668 62% 0 0 0%
Darlington 350 513 146 376 42% 204 712 58% 0 0 0%
Dillon 144 460 72 457 50% 61 425 42% 11 1,206 8%
Dorchester 432 363 266 314 62% 162 542 38% 4 159 1%
Edgefield 53 208 20 134 38% 33 325 62% 0 0 0%
Fairfield 98 407 34 337 35% 64 466 65% 0 0 0%
Florence 822 616 258 337 31% 564 1,042 69% 0 0 0%
Georgetown 182 293 99 244 54% 83 398 46% 0 0 0%
Greenville 1,249 286 712 209 57% 535 665 43% 2 19 0%
Greenwood 274 393 132 287 48% 142 645 52% 0 0 0%
Hampton 98 515 27 326 28% 71 673 72% 0 0 0%
Horry 1,272 515 876 427 69% 387 1,086 30% 9 262 1%
Jasper 103 465 62 570 60% 41 376 40% 0 0 0%
Kershaw 180 308 98 232 54% 82 544 46% 0 0 0%
Lancaster 231 358 122 262 53% 109 638 47% 0 0 0%
Laurens 150 216 76 151 51% 74 416 49% 0 0 0%
Lee 30 144 4 52 13% 26 202 87% 0 0 0%
Lexington 707 294 475 240 67% 232 657 33% 0 0 0%
Marion 211 605 82 537 39% 128 667 61% 1 396 0%
Marlboro 42 142 8 64 19% 25 162 60% 9 775 21%
McCormick 25 241 14 266 56% 11 221 44% 0 0 0%
Newberry 234 610 84 327 36% 150 1,240 64% 0 0 0%
Oconee 123 172 94 145 76% 29 507 24% 0 0 0%
Orangeburg 275 307 85 261 31% 190 342 69% 0 0 0%
Pickens 240 207 208 198 87% 32 401 13% 0 0 0%
Richland 1,404 390 339 188 24% 1,062 640 76% 3 33 0%
Saluda 81 433 45 341 56% 34 640 42% 2 2,939 2%
Spartanburg 611 229 257 127 42% 350 628 57% 4 72 1%
Sumter 206 196 45 85 22% 161 323 78% 0 0 0%
Union 97 342 47 245 48% 50 566 52% 0 0 0%
Williamsburg 75 212 19 167 25% 55 233 73% 1 572 1%
York 1,129 547 695 434 62% 425 1,066 38% 9 217 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.