Maryland Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2007)

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    All   White     Black     Other  
County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Allegany 395 558 335 515 85% 60 1,327 15% 0 0 0%
Anne Arundel 1,467 289 926 229 63% 535 694 36% 6 35 0%
Baltimore 2,474 315 1,274 234 52% 1,187 612 48% 13 37 1%
Baltimore city 6,589 1,056 745 366 11% 5,815 1,460 88% 29 197 0%
Calvert 472 522 362 485 77% 109 848 23% 1 70 0%
Caroline 143 437 110 405 77% 33 713 23% 0 0 0%
Carroll 630 367 560 349 89% 70 1,054 11% 0 0 0%
Cecil 394 391 294 318 75% 95 1,665 24% 5 379 1%
Charles 867 609 323 399 37% 540 1,009 62% 4 89 0%
Dorchester 202 641 113 511 56% 89 1,020 44% 0 0 0%
Frederick 743 330 595 308 80% 146 734 20% 2 24 0%
Garrett 103 348 101 346 98% 1 412 1% 1 1,137 1%
Harford 589 243 421 207 71% 165 559 28% 3 54 1%
Howard 828 303 469 248 57% 336 721 41% 23 72 3%
Kent 119 597 87 531 73% 32 1,014 27% 0 0 0%
Montgomery 1,443 155 759 121 53% 660 421 46% 24 19 2%
Prince George’s 1,695 203 283 120 17% 1,397 255 82% 15 41 1%
Queen Anne’s 244 522 192 459 79% 52 1,375 21% 0 0 0%
Somerset 173 673 86 597 50% 87 816 50% 0 0 0%
St Mary’s 418 418 268 331 64% 146 996 35% 4 161 1%
Talbot 189 524 134 442 71% 55 1,096 29% 0 0 0%
Washington 450 312 365 289 81% 84 614 19% 1 46 0%
Wicomico 496 538 286 425 58% 208 950 42% 2 113 0%
Worcester 905 1,855 732 1,798 81% 173 2,463 19% 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.