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Tennessee 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
Sumner 157,059 1,073 986 87 683.18 627.79 1 55.39
Polk 16,147 95 87 8 588.34 538.80 2 49.54
Coffee 52,595 269 246 23 511.46 467.73 3 43.73
Tipton 56,710 314 258 56 553.69 454.95 4 98.75
Montgomery 149,074 638 609 29 427.98 408.52 5 19.45
Humphreys 18,444 110 74 36 596.40 401.21 6 195.19
Fayette 34,896 157 135 22 449.91 386.86 7 63.04
Giles 29,766 138 115 23 463.62 386.35 8 77.27
Dyer 38,310 168 146 22 438.53 381.10 9 57.43
Henry 31,829 135 121 14 424.14 380.16 10 43.99
Unicoi 17,796 95 67 28 533.83 376.49 11 157.34
Franklin 40,421 163 152 11 403.26 376.04 12 27.21
Lawrence 41,624 190 155 35 456.47 372.38 13 84.09
Maury 70,677 302 256 46 427.30 362.21 14 65.08
Jackson 11,213 46 36 10 410.24 321.06 15 89.18
Cumberland 51,999 179 166 13 344.24 319.24 16 25.00
Madison 96,095 367 305 62 381.91 317.39 17 64.52
Cheatham 39,094 128 120 8 327.42 306.95 18 20.46
Knox 410,123 1,324 1,239 85 322.83 302.10 19 20.73
Hamilton 314,890 1,092 949 143 346.79 301.38 20 45.41
Davidson 577,336 1,954 1,706 248 338.45 295.50 21 42.96
Benton 16,676 52 48 4 311.83 287.84 22 23.99
Jefferson 48,998 150 139 11 306.13 283.69 23 22.45
Shelby 920,597 3,437 2,594 843 373.34 281.77 24 91.57
Rutherford 221,068 652 622 30 294.93 281.36 25 13.57
Scott 22,146 78 62 16 352.21 279.96 26 72.25
Haywood 19,906 58 55 3 291.37 276.30 27 15.07
Putnam 67,427 213 182 31 315.90 269.92 28 45.98
Lewis 11,580 44 30 14 379.97 259.07 29 120.90
Hamblen 60,672 213 154 59 351.07 253.82 30 97.24
Van Buren 5,540 15 14 1 270.76 252.71 31 18.05
McMinn 51,980 146 129 17 280.88 248.17 32 32.70
Weakley 33,920 105 84 21 309.55 247.64 33 61.91
Trousdale 7,775 26 19 7 334.41 244.37 34 90.03
Gibson 49,351 141 120 21 285.71 243.16 35 42.55
Sevier 80,290 243 192 51 302.65 239.13 36 63.52
Hickman 24,096 78 57 21 323.71 236.55 37 87.15
Roane 49,605 126 116 10 254.01 233.85 38 20.16
Bedford 42,741 109 99 10 255.02 231.63 39 23.40
Williamson 162,134 476 375 101 293.58 231.29 40 62.29
McNairy 25,643 107 59 48 417.27 230.08 41 187.19
Wilson 101,786 386 222 164 379.23 218.10 42 161.12
Bradley 93,263 238 195 43 255.19 209.09 43 46.11
Cannon 13,507 51 28 23 377.58 207.30 44 170.28
Marion 27,705 74 57 17 267.10 205.74 45 61.36
Dickson 46,478 117 93 24 251.73 200.09 46 51.64
Loudon 43,939 104 83 21 236.69 188.90 47 47.79
Lincoln 32,880 70 62 8 212.90 188.56 48 24.33
Hardeman 28,528 112 53 59 392.60 185.78 49 206.81
Washington 115,468 245 214 31 212.18 185.33 50 26.85
Rhea 30,299 79 56 23 260.73 184.82 51 75.91
Carroll 29,815 94 55 39 315.28 184.47 52 130.81
Henderson 27,112 53 50 3 195.49 184.42 53 11.07
De Kalb 18,486 41 34 7 221.79 183.92 54 37.87
Hardin 26,224 72 48 24 274.56 183.04 55 91.52
Meigs 11,805 24 21 3 203.30 177.89 56 25.41
Anderson 77,392 154 135 19 198.99 174.44 57 24.55
Clay 8,094 15 14 1 185.32 172.97 58 12.35
Lauderdale 27,136 58 45 13 213.74 165.83 59 47.91
Obion 32,060 81 53 28 252.65 165.32 60 87.34
Sullivan 157,413 285 253 32 181.05 160.72 61 20.33
Monroe 43,734 110 70 40 251.52 160.06 62 91.46
Blount 117,005 212 185 27 181.19 158.11 63 23.08
Campbell 41,172 80 65 15 194.31 157.87 64 36.43
Claiborne 31,428 59 49 10 187.73 155.91 65 31.82
Macon 21,823 39 34 5 178.71 155.80 66 22.91
Chester 16,144 31 25 6 192.02 154.86 67 37.17
Greene 66,149 110 95 15 166.29 143.62 68 22.68
White 24,561 42 34 8 171.00 138.43 69 32.57
Grainger 22,566 50 31 19 221.57 137.37 70 84.20
Marshall 28,561 69 38 31 241.59 133.05 71 108.54
Robertson 56,183 96 73 23 170.87 129.93 72 40.94
Stewart 13,134 17 16 1 129.44 121.82 73 7.61
Smith 18,884 26 23 3 137.68 121.80 74 15.89
Warren 40,259 64 49 15 158.97 121.71 75 37.26
Fentress 17,377 25 21 4 143.87 120.85 76 23.02
Carter 58,372 73 67 6 125.06 114.78 77 10.28
Union 19,319 23 22 1 119.05 113.88 78 5.18
Decatur 11,484 15 13 2 130.62 113.20 79 17.42
Cocke 35,373 44 37 7 124.39 104.60 80 19.79
Crockett 14,781 19 15 4 128.54 101.48 81 27.06
Overton 20,784 24 21 3 115.47 101.04 82 14.43
Wayne 17,124 28 17 11 163.51 99.28 83 64.24
Grundy 15,224 21 15 6 137.94 98.53 84 39.41
Bledsoe 13,092 12 10 2 91.66 76.38 85 15.28
Hawkins 53,868 61 41 20 113.24 76.11 86 37.13
Johnson 18,346 16 13 3 87.21 70.86 87 16.35
Sequatchie 12,852 15 9 6 116.71 70.03 88 46.69
Perry 7,670 6 5 1 78.23 65.19 89 13.04
Lake 7,679 18 4 14 234.41 52.09 90 182.32
Houston 8,090 4 4 0 49.44 49.44 91 0.00
Morgan 20,360 12 9 3 58.94 44.20 92 14.73
Pickett 4,882 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 93 0.00
Hancock 6,789 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 93 0.00
Moore 6,101 5 0 5 81.95 0.00 93 81.95

 

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