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Texas Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race, Part 1 A-F (2007)

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  All White Black Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Anderson 143 249 89 207 62% 54 415 38% 0 0 0%
Andrews 22 170 18 146 82% 4 1,338 18% 0 0 0%
Angelina 69 83 40 58 58% 29 239 42% 0 0 0%
Archer 1 11 1 11 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Atascosa 131 291 129 297 98% 2 365 2% 0 0 0%
Austin 70 261 53 223 76% 16 618 23% 1 569 1%
Bailey 14 212 14 221 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Bandera 31 151 30 151 97% 1 477 3% 0 0 0%
Bastrop 192 259 132 201 69% 60 940 31% 0 0 0%
Baylor 25 664 22 624 88% 2 1,429 8% 1 1,572 4%
Bee 147 442 137 473 93% 7 192 5% 3 669 2%
Bell 824 317 470 256 57% 346 621 42% 8 79 1%
Bexar 8,125 515 6,725 488 83% 1,394 1,149 17% 6 12 0%
Blanco 4 43 4 44 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Bosque 89 513 84 507 94% 4 845 4% 1 761 1%
Bowie 204 222 93 140 46% 111 492 54% 0 0 0%
Brazoria 850 284 648 262 76% 200 613 24% 2 14 0%
Brazos 581 363 401 302 69% 174 1,017 30% 6 75 1%
Brewster 15 165 15 175 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Briscoe 4 254 4 268 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Brooks 83 1,078 83 1,095 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Brown 167 427 148 405 89% 19 1,192 11% 0 0 0%
Burleson 61 359 48 336 79% 13 552 21% 0 0 0%
Burnet 162 373 157 378 97% 5 513 3% 0 0 0%
Caldwell 188 521 138 425 73% 50 1,828 27% 0 0 0%
Calhoun 82 410 77 420 94% 4 701 5% 1 111 1%
Callahan 22 162 20 153 91% 2 1,006 9% 0 0 0%
Cameron 1,098 278 1,089 284 99% 8 180 1% 1 20 0%
Camp 19 152 14 139 74% 5 228 26% 0 0 0%
Carson 83 1,257 58 910 70% 25 30,654 30% 0 0 0%
Cass 86 291 50 214 58% 36 645 42% 0 0 0%
Castro 9 107 9 113 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Chambers 46 176 28 124 61% 18 639 39% 0 0 0%
Cherokee 175 361 111 276 63% 64 883 37% 0 0 0%
Childress 35 453 30 476 86% 5 405 14% 0 0 0%
Clay 104 937 91 851 88% 9 7,974 9% 4 2,706 4%
Cochran 6 191 4 138 67% 2 1,042 33% 0 0 0%
Coke 4 111 4 116 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Coleman 20 230 18 218 90% 2 858 10% 0 0 0%
Collin 1,008 150 837 155 83% 154 297 15% 17 25 2%
Colorado 107 512 76 435 71% 31 1,032 29% 0 0 0%
Comal 370 347 362 356 98% 7 296 2% 1 69 0%
Comanche 25 181 25 187 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Concho 15 415 14 398 93% 1 2,366 7% 0 0 0%
Cooke 42 109 38 106 90% 4 307 10% 0 0 0%
Coryell 162 222 119 224 73% 40 267 25% 3 137 2%
Cottle 2 121 2 139 100% 0 0 0% 0   0%
Crane 8 209 8 222 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Crockett 8 207 8 214 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Crosby 9 139 9 149 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Culberson 21 851 18 751 86% 3 10,362 14% 0 0 0%
Dallam 49 572 47 580 96% 2 994 4% 0 0 0%
Dallas 4,398 179 2,364 132 54% 1,998 391 45% 36 28 1%
Dawson 50 358 45 362 90% 5 378 10% 0 0 0%
De Witt 45 249 36 230 80% 9 432 20% 0 0 0%
Deaf Smith 78 419 77 431 99% 1 289 1% 0 0 0%
Delta 6 107 5 100 83% 1 234 17% 0 0 0%
Denton 1,202 195 949 183 79% 242 496 20% 11 29 1%
Dickens 2 78 1 44 50% 1 405 50% 0 0 0%
Dimmit 36 346 36 359 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Donley 26 676 21 592 81% 5 2,295 19% 0 0 0%
Duval 38 287 37 286 97% 1 791 3% 0 0 0%
Eastland 83 476 69 415 83% 14 2,814 17% 0 0 0%
Ector 482 372 394 329 82% 86 1,375 18% 2 83 0%
Edwards 3 157 3 166 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
El Paso 2,737 368 2,546 369 93% 183 683 7% 8 46 0%
Ellis 386 278 305 249 79% 80 595 21% 1 59 0%
Erath 159 461 154 465 97% 5 1,103 3% 0 0 0%
Falls 14 80 9 72 64% 5 107 36% 0 0 0%
Fannin 55 164 47 156 85% 8 307 15% 0 0 0%
Fayette 27 119 21 102 78% 6 349 22% 0 0 0%
Fisher 35 879 29 772 83% 6 3,534 17% 0 0 0%
Floyd 12 172 10 154 83% 2 645 17% 0 0 0%
Fort Bend 908 191 549 184 60% 326 325 36% 33 47 4%
Franklin 12 123 11 122 92% 1 187 8% 0 0 0%
Freestone 51 269 28 184 55% 23 678 45% 0 0 0%
Frio 46 281 46 304 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%

 

Texas Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race, Part 2 G-M (2007)

Texas Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race, Part 3 N-Z (2007)

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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.