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North Carolina County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Population (2007)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Mecklenburg 854,224 2,679 2,262 417 313.62 264.80 31 48.82
Wake 818,766 2,369 1,932 437 289.34 235.96 37 53.37
Guilford 464,116 3,026 2,671 355 651.99 575.50 6 76.49
Forsyth 338,460 1,169 1,102 67 345.39 325.59 22 19.80
Cumberland 301,574 449 434 15 148.89 143.91 72 4.97
Durham 249,776 566 452 114 226.60 180.96 53 45.64
Buncombe 226,513 1,118 1,082 36 493.57 477.68 9 15.89
Gaston 201,503 857 799 58 425.30 396.52 13 28.78
New Hanover 187,872 745 703 42 396.55 374.19 15 22.36
Union 185,087 594 536 58 320.93 289.59 26 31.34
Cabarrus 170,500 550 546 4 322.58 320.23 23 2.35
Johnston 158,394 375 353 22 236.75 222.86 40 13.89
Catawba 157,886 203 190 13 128.57 120.34 80 8.23
Davidson 157,447 723 699 24 459.20 443.96 10 15.24
Onslow 152,040 451 384 67 296.63 252.57 35 44.07
Iredell 150,922 998 962 36 661.27 637.42 5 23.85
Pitt 148,784 210 156 54 141.14 104.85 85 36.29
Alamance 144,330 519 512 7 359.59 354.74 18 4.85
Randolph 143,373 355 320 35 247.61 223.19 39 24.41
Robeson 131,316 302 291 11 229.98 221.60 41 8.38
Rowan 129,215 396 372 24 306.47 287.89 27 18.57
Orange 122,967 236 230 6 191.92 187.04 48 4.88
Wayne 115,151 220 214 6 191.05 185.84 51 5.21
Nash 111,358 481 463 18 431.94 415.78 12 16.16
Harnett 109,651 293 282 11 267.21 257.18 32 10.03
Henderson 101,416 441 437 4 434.84 430.90 11 3.94
Cleveland 100,590 82 81 1 81.52 80.52 90 0.99
Brunswick 99,019 85 75 10 85.84 75.74 92 10.10
Craven 96,244 201 178 23 208.84 184.95 52 23.90
Rockingham 94,129 209 193 16 222.04 205.04 45 17.00
Burke 89,664 198 197 1 220.82 219.71 43 1.12
Moore 85,148 338 297 41 396.96 348.80 20 48.15
Caldwell 81,350 128 117 11 157.34 143.82 73 13.52
Wilson 76,635 313 292 21 408.43 381.03 14 27.40
Surry 73,721 268 268 0 363.53 363.53 17 0.00
Lincoln 73,687 58 51 7 78.71 69.21 95 9.50
Wilkes 68,167 112 104 8 164.30 152.57 70 11.74
Carteret 64,856 159 124 35 245.16 191.19 47 53.97
Sampson 64,669 180 177 3 278.34 273.70 30 4.64
Rutherford 64,648 120 114 6 185.62 176.34 54 9.28
Chatham 61,977 57 51 6 91.97 82.29 89 9.68
Stanly 60,123 106 104 2 176.31 172.98 56 3.33
Lee 58,678 229 208 21 390.27 354.48 19 35.79
Lenoir 57,815 172 171 1 297.50 295.77 25 1.73
Franklin 57,780 55 42 13 95.19 72.69 94 22.50
Haywood 57,378 100 91 9 174.28 158.60 66 15.69
Granville 55,892 173 137 36 309.53 245.12 36 64.41
Halifax 55,827 317 314 3 567.83 562.45 7 5.37
Columbus 55,148 91 78 13 165.01 141.44 75 23.57
Duplin 53,797 61 43 18 113.39 79.93 91 33.46
Pender 50,399 52 50 2 103.18 99.21 86 3.97
Stokes 47,533 179 151 28 376.58 317.67 24 58.91
Richmond 47,065 120 88 32 254.97 186.98 49 67.99
Beaufort 46,993 139 119 20 295.79 253.23 34 42.56
Vance 44,336 152 148 4 342.84 333.81 21 9.02
Hoke 44,067 60 47 13 136.16 106.66 83 29.50
McDowell 44,034 76 66 10 172.59 149.88 71 22.71
Watauga 43,194 88 72 16 203.73 166.69 62 37.04
Davie 41,181 78 77 1 189.41 186.98 49 2.43
Pasquotank 40,630 185 152 33 455.33 374.11 16 81.22
Yadkin 38,657 104 85 19 269.03 219.88 42 49.15
Person 37,982 71 63 8 186.93 165.87 63 21.06
Edgecombe 37,816 356 353 3 941.40 933.47 2 7.93
Scotland 37,474 90 75 15 240.17 200.14 46 40.03
Alexander 36,932 54 51 3 146.21 138.09 77 8.12
Jackson 36,279 63 61 2 173.65 168.14 61 5.51
Dare 34,930 405 405 0 1,159.46 1,159.46 1 0.00
Bladen 33,373 89 78 11 266.68 233.72 38 32.96
Macon 33,084 48 41 7 145.09 123.93 78 21.16
Transylvania 30,134 83 83 0 275.44 275.44 29 0.00
Montgomery 27,997 44 32 12 157.16 114.30 81 42.86
Cherokee 26,822 44 41 3 164.04 152.86 69 11.18
Ashe 25,910 12 8 4 46.31 30.88 100 15.44
Anson 25,812 75 66 9 290.56 255.70 33 34.87
Currituck 24,969 220 201 19 881.09 805.00 3 76.09
Martin 24,427 41 35 6 167.85 143.28 74 24.56
Hertford 23,930 56 41 15 234.02 171.33 59 62.68
Caswell 23,782 19 18 1 79.89 75.69 93 4.20
Northampton 21,357 31 30 1 145.15 140.47 76 4.68
Madison 20,656 27 22 5 130.71 106.51 84 24.21
Greene 20,546 26 19 7 126.55 92.48 87 34.07
Warren 19,781 13 12 1 65.72 60.66 97 5.06
Polk 19,552 27 24 3 138.09 122.75 79 15.34
Bertie 19,230 43 33 10 223.61 171.61 58 52.00
Yancey 18,680 126 126 0 674.52 674.52 4 0.00
Avery 17,909 20 20 0 111.68 111.68 82 0.00
Mitchell 15,851 36 33 3 227.12 208.19 44 18.93
Chowan 14,912 36 26 10 241.42 174.36 55 67.06
Swain 13,624 73 66 7 535.82 484.44 8 51.38
Washington 13,295 23 21 2 173.00 157.95 67 15.04
Pamlico 12,892 23 21 2 178.41 162.89 64 15.51
Perquimans 12,579 6 6 0 47.70 47.70 98 0.00
Gates 11,769 4 4 0 33.99 33.99 99 0.00
Alleghany 11,053 20 19 1 180.95 171.90 57 9.05
Jones 10,299 12 9 3 116.52 87.39 88 29.13
Clay 10,286 19 16 3 184.72 155.55 68 29.17
Camden 9,782 6 6 0 61.34 61.34 96 0.00
Graham 8,081 14 13 1 173.25 160.87 65 12.37
Hyde 5,342 10 9 1 187.20 168.48 60 18.72
Tyrrell 4,231 13 12 1 307.26 283.62 28 23.64

 

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