Alaska Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2006)

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All
White
Black
Other
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Anchorage 128 46 74 37 58% 27 145 21% 27 68 21%
Bethel 4 63 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 4 79 100%
Fairbanks North Star 163 488 113 425 69% 10 516 6% 40 1,186 25%
Haines 2 87 1 53 50% 0 0 0% 1 338 50%
Juneau 16 51 12 51 75% 0 0 0% 4 73 25%
Kenai Peninsula 113 562 98 560 87% 4 3,033 4% 11 620 10%
Kodiak Island 3 47 2 51 67% 1 1,080 33% 0 0 0%
Matanuska-Susitna 53 341 50 367 94% 1 509 2% 2 181 4%
North Slope 17 243 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 17 317 100%
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan 8 651 6 894 75% 0 0 0% 2 415 25%
Sitka 7 77 6 97 86% 0 0 0% 1 47 14%
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon 23 933 14 1,022 61% 0 0 0% 9 942 39%
Valdez-Cordova 1 43 1 57 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Wrangell-Petersburg 2 39 1 27 50% 0 0 0% 1 101 50%

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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.