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California Marijuana Arrests by County (2006)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Alameda 1,461,954 1,893 1,248 645.00 129.48 85.37 51 44.12
Alpine 1,169 13 10 3.00 1,112.06 855.43 1 256.63
Amador 38,817 75 66 9.00 193.21 170.03 22 23.19
Butte 216,114 385 336 49.00 178.15 155.47 25 22.67
Calaveras 47,293 176 165 11.00 372.15 348.89 4 23.26
Colusa 21,285 42 37 5.00 197.32 173.83 18 23.49
Contra Costa 1,026,953 639 381 258.00 62.22 37.10 58 25.12
Del Norte 28,964 61 50 11.00 210.61 172.63 21 37.98
El Dorado 178,434 292 248 44.00 163.65 138.99 34 24.66
Fresno 885,487 1,478 1,175 303.00 166.91 132.70 36 34.22
Glenn 28,009 91 67 24.00 324.90 239.21 8 85.69
Humboldt 129,532 565 477 88.00 436.19 368.25 3 67.94
Imperial 157,226 503 367 136.00 319.92 233.42 11 86.5
Inyo 18,320 114 108 6.00 622.27 589.52 2 32.75
Kern 763,641 954 718 236.00 124.93 94.02 48 30.9
Kings 144,712 277 257 20.00 191.41 177.59 17 13.82
Lake 65,734 140 92 48.00 212.98 139.96 33 73.02
Lassen 35,064 20 16 4.00 57.04 45.63 57 11.41
Los Angeles 10,024,953 20,102 16,310 3,792.00 200.52 162.69 23 37.83
Madera 144,074 230 204 26.00 159.64 141.59 32 18.05
Marin 249,184 373 312 61.00 149.69 125.21 38 24.48
Mariposa 18,232 41 24 17.00 224.88 131.64 37 93.24
Mendocino 88,955 289 135 154.00 324.88 151.76 26 173.12
Merced 243,883 764 671 93.00 313.26 275.13 7 38.13
Modoc 9,610 25 19 6.00 260.15 197.71 15 62.43
Mono 12,622 17 15 2.00 134.69 118.84 41 15.85
Monterey 415,815 629 559 70.00 151.27 134.43 35 16.83
Napa 133,960 180 148 32.00 134.37 110.48 44 23.89
Nevada 99,280 256 234 22.00 257.86 235.70 10 22.16
Orange 3,014,982 7,705 7,112 593.00 255.56 235.89 9 19.67
Placer 319,883 473 392 81.00 147.87 122.54 40 25.32
Plumas 21,670 83 70 13.00 383.02 323.03 5 59.99
Riverside 1,963,948 2,693 2,214 479.00 137.12 112.73 43 24.39
Sacramento 1,375,761 1,920 1,313 607.00 139.56 95.44 46 44.12
San Benito 56,440 103 90 13.00 182.49 159.46 24 23.03
San Bernardino 1,981,218 3,941 2,864 1,077.00 198.92 144.56 30 54.36
San Diego 2,959,880 5,178 4,458 720.00 174.94 150.61 28 24.33
San Francisco 746,085 1,109 398 711.00 148.64 53.35 55 95.3
San Joaquin 670,097 573 332 241.00 85.51 49.55 56 35.96
San Luis Obispo 257,779 444 378 66.00 172.24 146.64 29 25.6
San Mateo 705,911 582 482 100.00 82.45 68.28 54 14.17
Santa Barbara 404,371 1,301 1,216 85.00 321.73 300.71 6 21.02
Santa Clara 1,714,353 2,387 1,997 390.00 139.24 116.49 42 22.75
Santa Cruz 251,914 502 437 65.00 199.27 173.47 19 25.8
Shasta 181,524 409 359 50.00 225.31 197.77 14 27.54
Sierra 3,465 6 3 3.00 173.16 86.58 50 86.58
Siskiyou 45,667 112 69 43.00 245.25 151.09 27 94.16
Solano 415,300 1,146 920 226.00 275.95 221.53 12 54.42
Sonoma 470,678 976 813 163.00 207.36 172.73 20 34.63
Stanislaus 510,058 610 428 182.00 119.59 83.91 52 35.68
Sutter 89,676 122 112 10.00 136.05 124.89 39 11.15
Tehama 61,748 165 122 43.00 267.22 197.58 16 69.64
Trinity 13,745 39 13 26.00 283.74 94.58 47 189.16
Tulare 414,574 475 347 128.00 114.58 83.70 53 30.88
Tuolumne 59,915 64 52 12.00 106.82 86.79 49 20.03
Ventura 803,276 1,304 1,157 147.00 162.34 144.04 31 18.3
Yolo 186,597 249 204 45.00 133.44 109.33 45 24.12
Yuba 67,758 172 138 34.00 253.84 203.67 13 50.18

 

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