Kentucky Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Race (1994-2007)

19 sec read

  Total White Black Other
Year
Population Coverage
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
2007 61% 7,290 742.37 4,159 57.05% 503.70 3,109 42.65% 2,461.72 22 0.30% 132.21
2006 65% 6,892 649.87 3,932 57.05% 437.79 2,936 42.60% 2,221.68 24 0.35% 142.36
2005 74% 5,709 200.26 3,295 57.72% 129.13 2,405 42.13% 1,029.50 9 0.16% 25.02
2004 53% 5,084 476.17 3,015 59.30% 331.65 2,060 40.52% 1,625.51 9 0.18% 49.94
2003 53% 3,852 357.74 2,657 68.98% 288.85 1,189 30.87% 943.48 6 0.16% 34.52
2002 59% 4,012 378.89 2,783 69.37% 312.22 1,222 30.46% 895.62 7 0.17% 39.20
2001 65% 4,036 428.82 2,951 73.12% 366.99 1,076 26.66% 952.39 9 0.22% 68.00
2000 67% 3,068 339.86 2,215 72.20% 288.26 851 27.74% 763.21 2 0.07% 15.86
1999 69% 3,092 373.16 2,089 67.56% 291.11 998 32.28% 983.36 5 0.16% 52.55
1998 57% 3,252 398.26 2,251 69.22% 321.57 992 30.50% 945.44 9 0.28% 77.46
1997 62% 2,914 378.20 1,941 66.61% 297.79 969 33.25% 904.76 4 0.14% 34.50
1996 61% 2,778 320.41 2,081 74.91% 279.72 692 24.91% 622.56 5 0.18% 41.97
1995 74% 3,864 299.96 3,131 81.03% 278.38 727 18.81% 490.00 6 0.16% 39.87
1994 88% 4,706 139.22 3,844 81.68% 123.57 859 18.25% 351.58 3 0.06% 11.97

 

Return to Kentucky Index

Return to United States Index

Notes:

Populaton Coverage: Percent of the state’s population covered by the local police agencies reporting data for this year.

Other: Includes Native Americans and Asian. Data on Hispanics is not available from the UCR Program.

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.