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South Carolina County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Marijuana Possession Rate (2006)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Horry 230,522 1,437 1,377 60 623.37 597.34 1 26.03
Florence 133,136 842 784 58 632.44 588.87 2 43.56
Dillon 31,456 193 185 8 613.56 588.12 3 25.43
Jasper 21,731 126 122 4 579.82 561.41 4 18.41
Charleston 344,427 2,026 1,926 100 588.22 559.19 5 29.03
Newberry 37,829 237 209 28 626.50 552.49 6 74.02
Chesterfield 44,110 256 238 18 580.37 539.56 7 40.81
York 193,053 1,101 1,032 69 570.31 534.57 8 35.74
Marlboro 28,457 181 143 38 636.05 502.51 9 133.53
Darlington 68,393 374 336 38 546.84 491.28 10 55.56
Richland 350,184 1,930 1,700 230 551.14 485.46 11 65.68
Chester 33,745 178 162 16 527.49 480.07 12 47.41
Union 28,983 142 123 19 489.94 424.39 13 65.56
Berkeley 147,998 712 619 93 481.09 418.25 14 62.84
Lancaster 64,094 324 268 56 505.51 418.14 15 87.37
Dorchester 111,724 507 462 45 453.80 413.52 16 40.28
Greenwood 69,579 309 286 23 444.10 411.04 17 33.06
Beaufort 139,836 613 573 40 438.37 409.77 18 28.60
Barnwell 23,708 113 94 19 476.63 396.49 19 80.14
Saluda 18,679 76 74 2 406.87 396.17 20 10.71
Fairfield 24,421 107 96 11 438.15 393.10 21 45.04
Cherokee 54,681 245 211 34 448.05 385.87 22 62.18
Calhoun 15,335 59 56 3 384.74 365.18 23 19.56
Kershaw 57,364 225 201 24 392.23 350.39 24 41.84
Bamberg 16,127 65 56 9 403.05 347.24 25 55.81
Aiken 152,656 552 520 32 361.60 340.64 26 20.96
Hampton 21,818 80 74 6 366.67 339.17 27 27.50
Colleton 40,221 157 136 21 390.34 338.13 28 52.21
Georgetown 61,963 223 195 28 359.89 314.70 29 45.19
Greenville 423,283 1,471 1,308 163 347.52 309.01 30 38.51
Lexington 234,622 904 723 181 385.30 308.16 31 77.15
Clarendon 33,882 117 101 16 345.32 298.09 32 47.22
Orangeburg 93,600 310 272 38 331.20 290.60 33 40.60
Marion 35,447 110 98 12 310.32 276.47 34 33.85
Lee 20,959 65 55 10 310.13 262.42 35 47.71
Spartanburg 262,979 719 629 90 273.41 239.18 36 34.22
Sumter 107,158 281 249 32 262.23 232.37 37 29.86
Edgefield 25,785 70 54 16 271.48 209.42 38 62.05
Oconee 70,659 159 139 20 225.02 196.72 39 28.30
Pickens 115,395 253 222 31 219.25 192.38 40 26.86
Anderson 178,270 360 307 53 201.94 172.21 41 29.73
Laurens 69,800 132 120 12 189.11 171.92 42 17.19
Abbeville 25,915 48 43 5 185.22 165.93 43 19.29
Williamsburg 35,913 61 57 4 169.85 158.72 44 11.14
Allendale 11,087 22 17 5 198.43 153.33 45 45.10
McCormick 10,265 16 15 1 155.87 146.13 46 9.74

 

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