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West Virginia 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.
Barbour 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 7 666 39% 4 361 22%
Berkeley 4 61 2% 59 997 24% 83 1,479 34% 45 552 18%
Boone 0 0 0% 4 273 13% 11 890 35% 6 305 19%
Braxton 0 0 0% 7 874 23% 8 1,206 27% 6 664 20%
Brooke 0 0 0% 8 707 29% 5 437 18% 10 1,363 36%
Cabell 5 91 2% 50 714 22% 67 785 30% 33 530 15%
Calhoun 0   0% 0   0% 0   0% 0   0%
Clay 0   0% 0   0% 5   24% 5   24%
Doddridge 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 2,044 50% 1 1,511 50%
Fayette 0 0 0% 3 123 18% 7 250 41% 3 100 18%
Gilmer 0 0 0% 4 734 27% 5 559 33% 0 0 0%
Grant 0 0 0% 6 1,282 21% 6 1,393 21% 4 680 14%
Greenbrier 0 0 0% 4 203 19% 4 208 19% 1 48 5%
Hampshire 0 0 0% 18 1,256 18% 29 2,340 29% 19 1,151 19%
Hancock 0 0 0% 10 511 59% 3 180 18% 0 0 0%
Hardy 0 0 0% 1 119 11% 2 300 22% 2 217 22%
Harrison 0 0 0% 31 781 28% 36 930 32% 22 606 20%
Jackson 0 0 0% 2 114 11% 7 432 37% 3 150 16%
Jefferson 1 32 1% 52 1,551 31% 64 2,126 38% 20 587 12%
Kanawha 1 9 0% 163 1,501 21% 228 2,326 30% 131 1,154 17%
Lewis 0 0 0% 18 1,798 43% 5 547 12% 5 427 12%
Lincoln 1   2% 7   13% 14   27% 15   29%
Logan 1 47 1% 16 808 14% 28 1,474 25% 21 737 19%
Marion 1 33 2% 16 435 32% 14 345 28% 8 239 16%
Marshall 0 0 0% 17 773 20% 29 1,446 34% 13 804 15%
Mason 0 0 0% 4 294 16% 9 734 36% 6 334 24%
McDowell 0 0 0% 7 529 29% 9 811 38% 3 250 13%
Mercer 0 0 0% 17 484 15% 27 785 23% 25 609 22%
Mineral 1 62 1% 36 1,783 46% 17 1,217 22% 11 793 14%
Mingo 0 0 0% 4 249 16% 7 486 28% 4 216 16%
Monongalia 0 0 0% 87 936 52% 43 335 26% 9 133 5%
Monroe 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Morgan 0 0 0% 3 355 30% 1 141 10% 0 0 0%
Nicholas 0 0 0% 5 326 19% 6 450 23% 5 287 19%
Ohio 1 39 1% 23 717 27% 18 555 21% 16 868 19%
Pendleton 0   0% 4   33% 1   8% 4   33%
Pleasants 0 0 0% 3 677 27% 1 235 9% 3 640 27%
Pocahontas 0 0 0% 3 572 13% 6 1,443 26% 7 1,157 30%
Preston 0 0 0% 4 241 40% 0 0 0% 4 198 40%
Putnam 0 0 0% 19 558 30% 16 520 25% 9 274 14%
Raleigh 0 0 0% 31 664 25% 30 632 25% 20 344 16%
Randolph 0 0 0% 24 1,305 32% 22 1,293 29% 14 654 18%
Ritchie 0 0 0% 5 1,161 9% 23 5,523 42% 11 2,019 20%
Roane 0 0 0% 14 1,471 34% 9 1,065 22% 6 459 15%
Summers 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 2 219 50%
Taylor 0 0 0% 1 102 25% 2 193 50% 1 83 25%
Tucker 0 0 0% 2 607 25% 2 832 25% 3 1,155 38%
Tyler 0 0 0% 4 887 33% 1 264 8% 4 1,092 33%
Upshur 0 0 0% 12 649 39% 12 652 39% 4 256 13%
Wayne 0 0 0% 5 214 15% 12 569 36% 3 113 9%
Webster 0   0% 3   21% 1   7% 1   7%
Wetzel 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 4 925 44% 1 260 11%
Wirt 0 0 0% 2 494 20% 3 842 30% 2 483 20%
Wood 1 18 1% 45 800 31% 33 746 23% 22 420 15%
Wyoming 0 0 0% 1 71 8% 4 320 33% 4 234 33%

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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.