Kentucky 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.
Boone 611 570 554 549 91% 57 1,974 9% 0 0 0%
Boyd 66 304 62 299 94% 3 484 5% 1 775 2%
Bullitt 22 246 21 240 95% 0 0 0% 1 1,806 5%
Campbell 241 713 170 523 71% 71 9,763 29% 0 0 0%
Carroll 12 308 12 322 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Christian 114 392 64 297 56% 50 767 44% 0 0 0%
Daviess 178 190 155 177 87% 23 523 13% 0 0 0%
Hardin 91 421 52 286 57% 38 1,525 42% 1 187 1%
Henderson 10 55 10 61 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Jefferson 5,110 816 2,520 526 49% 2,571 2,054 50% 19 146 0%
Jessamine 5 85 5 90 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Logan 57 778 37 554 65% 20 3,673 35% 0 0 0%
Madison 173 556 140 482 81% 32 2,409 19% 1 283 1%
Marshall 14 58 13 55 93% 0 0 0% 1 927 7%
McCracken 188 729 117 522 62% 71 2,529 38% 0 0 0%

 

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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.