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South Carolina 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.
Abbeville 0 0 0% 8 393 19% 11 673 26% 11 705 26%
Aiken 19 179 4% 164 1,544 32% 142 1,470 27% 72 721 14%
Allendale 0 0 0% 6 760 35% 3 368 18% 4 482 24%
Anderson 10 84 3% 91 773 30% 64 630 21% 56 438 18%
Bamberg 0 0 0% 20 1,326 36% 15 1,061 27% 10 1,126 18%
Barnwell 1 58 1% 20 1,161 22% 23 1,614 25% 20 1,190 22%
Beaufort 18 207 3% 241 2,464 42% 140 1,474 24% 61 727 11%
Berkeley 19 175 3% 183 1,538 30% 184 1,902 30% 101 910 16%
Calhoun 0 0 0% 14 1,348 25% 14 1,602 25% 6 697 11%
Charleston 46 217 2% 580 2,240 30% 557 2,166 29% 310 1,338 16%
Cherokee 1 26 0% 45 1,178 21% 60 2,003 28% 47 1,135 22%
Chester 1 42 1% 56 2,201 35% 40 2,338 25% 28 1,263 17%
Chesterfield 5 151 2% 48 1,581 21% 62 2,507 27% 34 1,150 15%
Clarendon 0 0 0% 18 674 18% 38 1,432 38% 26 1,150 26%
Colleton 1 34 1% 36 1,262 26% 41 1,647 30% 26 1,035 19%
Darlington 2 40 1% 86 1,742 26% 95 2,430 28% 64 1,469 19%
Dillon 1 42 1% 55 2,403 30% 72 3,723 39% 32 1,320 17%
Dorchester 6 73 1% 134 1,600 29% 129 1,624 28% 66 807 14%
Edgefield 1 62 2% 8 415 15% 17 919 31% 11 550 20%
Fairfield 1 59 1% 26 1,581 27% 32 2,297 33% 16 944 17%
Florence 10 111 1% 206 2,096 26% 245 2,756 31% 131 1,534 17%
Georgetown 4 100 2% 49 1,222 25% 66 1,852 34% 26 610 13%
Greenville 36 127 3% 352 1,214 27% 385 1,445 29% 192 708 15%
Greenwood 1 21 0% 63 1,207 22% 95 1,976 33% 42 932 15%
Hampton 1 72 2% 11 777 18% 25 1,948 41% 6 410 10%
Horry 22 169 2% 455 3,449 33% 394 2,789 29% 198 1,068 14%
Jasper 9 574 7% 30 1,968 25% 38 2,654 31% 18 1,029 15%
Kershaw 1 25 1% 49 1,269 25% 64 1,907 32% 20 500 10%
Lancaster 10 229 4% 79 1,806 29% 71 1,944 26% 41 904 15%
Laurens 6 125 5% 34 642 28% 28 651 23% 23 507 19%
Lee 1 74 2% 12 904 22% 15 936 27% 13 767 24%
Lexington 12 73 2% 198 1,237 27% 192 1,324 27% 100 667 14%
Marion 1 39 1% 29 1,194 31% 36 1,508 38% 13 524 14%
Marlboro 2 106 1% 27 1,436 19% 58 2,837 41% 27 1,203 19%
McCormick 0 0 0% 1 160 7% 10 1,489 67% 2 285 13%
Newberry 4 167 2% 52 1,985 25% 69 2,715 33% 29 1,119 14%
Oconee 0 0 0% 43 1,020 31% 30 768 22% 22 452 16%
Orangeburg 10 163 4% 66 853 26% 86 1,088 34% 33 575 13%
Pickens 8 114 4% 71 694 32% 57 458 26% 28 336 13%
Richland 12 53 1% 458 1,428 27% 520 1,530 31% 287 1,318 17%
Saluda 0 0 0% 27 2,343 36% 19 1,647 26% 16 1,200 22%
Spartanburg 5 28 1% 157 867 25% 216 1,352 35% 103 562 16%
Sumter 1 12 0% 48 587 19% 86 1,151 35% 52 868 21%
Union 3 155 3% 33 1,632 28% 23 1,665 19% 20 1,134 17%
Williamsburg 1 40 2% 16 571 28% 12 476 21% 11 512 19%
York 17 126 2% 297 2,104 29% 287 2,119 28% 154 1,107 15%

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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.