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Mississippi 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.
Adams
 94 294 15 109 16% 79 443 84% 0 0 0%
Amite
 6 568 1 169 17% 5 1,091 83% 0 0 0%
Bolivar
 138 892 24 464 17% 114 1,128 83% 0 0 0%
Calhoun
 32 1,580 14 988 44% 18 3,046 56% 0 0 0%
Chickasaw
 69 565 28 398 41% 41 809 59% 0 0 0%
Claiborne
 6 52 0 0 0% 6 62 100% 0 0 0%
Covington
 17 618 8 460 47% 9 910 53% 0 0 0%
De Soto
 165 121 102 95 62% 61 236 37% 2 108 1%
Forrest
 734 1,286 180 506 25% 548 2,726 75% 6 672 1%
Franklin
 12 153 6 124 50% 6 207 50% 0 0 0%
George
 48 227 36 191 75% 12 571 25% 0 0 0%
Grenada
 155 680 46 353 30% 109 1,154 70% 0 0 0%
Hancock
 33 398 26 346 79% 7 1,261 21% 0 0 0%
Harrison
 1,099 768 652 632 59% 441 1,390 40% 6 121 1%
Hinds
 913 415 78 107 9% 833 583 91% 2 89 0%
Holmes
 5 259 0 0 0% 5 322 100% 0 0 0%
Itawamba
 33 142 29 135 88% 4 247 12% 0 0 0%
Jackson
 106 78 80 79 75% 25 84 24% 1 35 1%
Jasper
 3 372 0 0 0% 3 710 100% 0 0 0%
Jones
 136 746 36 277 26% 100 2,009 74% 0 0 0%
Lafayette
 95 700 56 568 59% 38 1,139 40% 1 370 1%
Lamar
 53 135 30 91 57% 23 390 43% 0 0 0%
Lauderdale
 169 220 45 101 27% 123 391 73% 1 167 1%
Lee
 818 1,062 336 603 41% 480 2,381 59% 2 351 0%
Leflore
 38 111 7 72 18% 31 129 82% 0 0 0%
Lincoln
 77 228 26 112 34% 51 499 66% 0 0 0%
Lowndes
 153 256 62 188 41% 91 355 59% 0 0 0%
Madison
 543 651 122 243 22% 421 1,338 78% 0 0 0%
Marion
 78 310 30 181 38% 48 581 62% 0 0 0%
Marshall
 63 724 13 300 21% 50 1,168 79% 0 0 0%
Monroe
 107 787 51 550 48% 56 1,329 52% 0 0 0%
Montgomery
 7 142 1 38 14% 6 267 86% 0 0 0%
Newton
 33 895 3 126 9% 30 2,662 91% 0 0 0%
Oktibbeha
 102 463 39 298 38% 63 780 62% 0 0 0%
Panola
 89 258 42 237 47% 47 285 53% 0 0 0%
Pearl River
 388 739 242 539 62% 145 2,198 37% 1 214 0%
Pike
 112 757 22 299 20% 90 1,238 80% 0 0 0%
Pontotoc
 25 89 14 59 56% 11 264 44% 0 0 0%
Prentiss
 42 491 28 386 67% 14 1,171 33% 0 0 0%
Rankin
 402 317 232 232 58% 168 681 42% 2 146 1%
Scott
 14 408 9 437 64% 5 379 36% 0 0 0%
Simpson
 168 664 64 394 38% 104 1,175 62% 0 0 0%
Stone
 24 162 17 145 71% 7 240 29% 0 0 0%
Sunflower
 26 231 1 32 4% 25 310 96% 0 0 0%
Tate
 41 165 21 125 51% 20 256 49% 0 0 0%
Tippah
 11 71 7 55 64% 4 151 36% 0 0 0%
Tishomingo
 69 361 65 356 94% 4 563 6% 0 0 0%
Tunica
 140 1,361 23 807 16% 117 1,609 84% 0 0 0%
Union
 42 157 27 121 64% 15 365 36% 0 0 0%
Warren
 100 204 46 182 46% 54 236 54% 0 0 0%
Washington
 60 102 14 75 23% 46 117 77% 0 0 0%
Winston
 12 177 1 27 8% 11 369 92% 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.