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Wisconsin 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.
Adams 40 190 38 192 95% 1 164 3% 1 272 3%
Ashland 36 218 24 169 67% 2 2,239 6% 10 526 28%
Barron 51 110 49 109 96% 1 479 2% 1 164 2%
Bayfield 29 191 17 127 59% 0 0 0% 12 775 41%
Brown 617 253 438 195 71% 96 2,199 16% 83 707 13%
Buffalo 56 401 53 386 95% 2 7,623 4% 1 981 2%
Burnett 36 216 32 207 89% 1 1,192 3% 3 358 8%
Calumet 13 40 12 38 92% 1 500 8% 0 0 0%
Chippewa 108 182 105 182 97% 3 1,196 3% 0 0 0%
Clark 16 45 16 46 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Columbia 194 345 169 310 87% 21 3,306 11% 4 725 2%
Crawford 2 18 2 18 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Dane 1,153 247 711 171 62% 430 2,090 37% 12 52 1%
Dodge 206 244 195 242 95% 9 357 4% 2 275 1%
Door 26 92 25 90 96% 1 860 4% 0 0 0%
Douglas 154 348 143 340 93% 8 2,810 5% 3 237 2%
Dunn 98 231 91 223 93% 5 2,697 5% 2 193 2%
Eau Claire 478 492 441 479 92% 33 4,585 7% 4 126 1%
Fond du Lac 104 108 88 94 85% 16 1,284 15% 0 0 0%
Forest 63 636 31 369 49% 5 3,504 8% 27 2,187 43%
Grant 64 129 64 132 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Green 49 137 46 131 94% 3 2,070 6% 0 0 0%
Green Lake 45 233 44 232 98% 1 1,076 2% 0 0 0%
Iowa 57 238 52 220 91% 5 7,009 9% 0 0 0%
Iron 14 216 14 221 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Jackson 34 170 21 116 62% 2 420 6% 11 841 32%
Jefferson 215 248 206 244 96% 9 1,684 4% 0 0 0%
Juneau 15 55 15 58 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Kenosha 620 377 493 330 80% 127 1,331 20% 0 0 0%
Kewaunee 14 67 14 68 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
La Crosse 330 300 307 297 93% 21 1,647 6% 2 49 1%
Lafayette 31 192 31 194 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Langlade 91 440 81 402 89% 5 6,625 5% 5 2,051 5%
Lincoln 43 142 41 139 95% 2 1,269 5% 0 0 0%
Manitowoc 140 170 118 149 84% 16 3,504 11% 6 270 4%
Marathon 269 208 228 188 85% 26 3,687 10% 15 228 6%
Marinette 178 411 171 404 96% 3 2,028 2% 4 860 2%
Marquette 41 267 39 260 95% 2 2,048 5% 0 0 0%
Menominee 75 1,625 10 1,479 13% 0 0 0% 65 1,720 87%
Milwaukee 3,430 375 1,314 209 38% 2,090 891 61% 26 72 1%
Monroe 192 442 185 441 96% 6 1,387 3% 1 144 1%
Oconto 57 148 53 142 93% 0 0 0% 4 828 7%
Oneida 87 236 78 217 90% 0 0 0% 9 1,926 10%
Outagamie 455 260 385 234 85% 46 3,011 10% 24 349 5%
Ozaukee 108 124 98 117 91% 10 858 9% 0 0 0%
Pepin 9 122 9 124 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pierce 58 135 54 129 93% 4 2,213 7% 0 0 0%
Polk 60 132 55 124 92% 2 1,070 3% 3 479 5%
Portage 126 186 117 180 93% 9 2,828 7% 0 0 0%
Price 64 429 59 404 92% 1 4,024 2% 4 2,355 6%
Racine 532 269 293 171 55% 237 1,123 45% 2 76 0%
Richland 27 146 27 149 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Rock 598 372 427 287 71% 170 2,350 28% 1 47 0%
Rusk 27 179 26 177 96% 1 1,331 4% 0 0 0%
Sauk 211 359 194 340 92% 11 4,051 5% 6 685 3%
Sawyer 46 267 24 170 52% 0 0 0% 22 782 48%
Shawano 186 449 123 327 66% 2 1,000 1% 61 2,020 33%
Sheboygan 287 249 238 221 83% 44 2,639 15% 5 100 2%
St Croix 156 195 147 190 94% 9 1,794 6% 0 0 0%
Taylor 23 117 23 119 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Trempealeau 52 194 47 178 90% 5 5,404 10% 0 0 0%
Vernon 20 69 20 70 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Vilas 46 203 33 164 72% 1 1,120 2% 12 538 26%
Walworth 739 701 708 692 96% 26 2,593 4% 5 404 1%
Washburn 8 48 7 43 88% 0 0 0% 1 392 13%
Washington 355 274 326 260 92% 29 2,031 8% 0 0 0%
Waukesha 773 201 674 184 87% 89 1,729 12% 10 98 1%
Waupaca 99 182 97 182 98% 1 596 1% 1 238 1%
Waushara 14 56 14 57 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Winnebago 431 265 370 240 86% 52 2,096 12% 9 226 2%
Wood 179 237 153 210 85% 15 3,569 8% 11 610 6%

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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.