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Montana 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.
Beaverhead
 4 45 4 47 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Big Horn
 6 45 2 42 33% 0 0 0% 4 50 67%
Blaine
 4 60 2 59 50% 0 0 0% 2 63 50%
Broadwater
 10 219 10 226 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Cascade
 142 177 118 162 83% 4 308 3% 20 495 14%
Chouteau
 2 134 2 163 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Dawson
 6 68 6 71 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Fergus
 5 43 5 44 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Flathead
 199 237 196 242 98% 0 0 0% 3 206 2%
Gallatin
 120 171 116 171 97% 2 725 2% 2 130 2%
Garfield
 1 83 1 83 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Glacier
 7 51 4 82 57% 0 0 0% 3 36 43%
Hill
 58 352 33 258 57% 0 0 0% 25 765 43%
Lake
 19 67 18 85 95% 0 0 0% 1 15 5%
Lewis and Clark
 67 114 65 116 97% 0 0 0% 2 129 3%
Lincoln
 24 124 24 129 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Missoula
 148 146 144 152 97% 0 0 0% 4 104 3%
Musselshell
 1 22 1 23 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Park
 8 50 8 51 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Phillips
 1 24 1 27 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pondera
 1 16 1 20 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Powell
 2 28 2 31 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Ravalli
 51 129 51 133 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Roosevelt
 0 0 0 0   0 0   0 0  
Rosebud
 2 22 1 17 50% 0 0 0% 1 31 50%
Sanders
 6 54 6 58 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Sheridan
 2 56 2 58 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Silver Bow
 23 69 20 63 87% 0 0 0% 3 317 13%
Stillwater
 10 117 10 120 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Sweet Grass
 5 135 5 138 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Teton
 1 16 1 17 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Toole
 15 295 14 301 93% 0 0 0% 1 359 7%
Valley
 2 28 2 32 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Yellowstone
 236 171 202 158 86% 11 701 5% 23 362 10%

 

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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.