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New York Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by County and Race (2006)

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County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Albany 1,766 586 1,121 453 63% 639 1,722 36% 6 49 0%
Allegany 96 198 92 197 96% 3 563 3% 1 146 1%
Bronx n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Broome 800 407 588 330 74% 208 2,431 26% 4 57 1%
Cattaraugus 360 431 308 391 86% 28 2,565 8% 24 841 7%
Cayuga 86 105 79 103 92% 7 204 8% 0 0 0%
Chautauqua 474 347 404 309 85% 64 1,874 14% 6 419 1%
Chemung 420 468 287 352 68% 133 2,372 32% 0 0 0%
Chenango 433 848 413 830 95% 17 2,901 4% 3 797 1%
Clinton 268 326 253 327 94% 12 386 4% 3 282 1%
Columbia 298 540 274 540 92% 22 803 7% 2 216 1%
Cortland 148 310 139 302 94% 9 1,300 6% 0 0 0%
Delaware 117 252 115 258 98% 2 259 2% 0 0 0%
Dutchess 862 297 683 277 79% 177 595 21% 2 20 0%
Erie 4,318 463 2,231 289 52% 2,031 1,607 47% 56 240 1%
Essex 279 823 270 838 97% 5 491 2% 4 1,181 1%
Franklin 199 1,349 183 1,451 92% 5 492 3% 11 1,081 6%
Fulton 198 356 185 346 93% 12 1,079 6% 1 172 1%
Genesee 233 393 203 361 87% 28 1,832 12% 2 219 1%
Greene 327 656 296 650 91% 31 998 9% 0 0 0%
Hamilton 43 820 43 836 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Herkimer 207 333 188 311 91% 17 3,026 8% 2 328 1%
Jefferson 284 247 264 253 93% 19 297 7% 1 48 0%
Kings n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lewis 43 161 42 161 98% 0 0 0% 1 573 2%
Livingston 180 280 167 274 93% 13 663 7% 0 0 0%
Madison 228 345 212 334 93% 12 1,090 5% 4 435 2%
Monroe 1,949 265 880 148 45% 1,057 978 54% 12 53 1%
Montgomery 179 377 163 358 91% 16 1,673 9% 0 0 0%
Nassau 1,215 92 644 60 53% 533 357 44% 38 42 3%
New York n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Niagara 799 367 522 266 65% 262 1,809 33% 15 367 2%
Oneida 994 428 736 349 74% 247 1,720 25% 11 281 1%
Onondaga 2,171 473 1,018 262 47% 1,128 2,405 52% 25 159 1%
Ontario 250 276 223 259 89% 26 1,142 10% 1 96 0%
Orange 1,734 476 1,252 403 72% 476 1,279 27% 6 60 0%
Orleans 150 359 121 319 81% 26 894 17% 3 759 2%
Oswego 266 215 257 213 97% 9 859 3% 0 0 0%
Otsego 167 265 148 246 89% 18 1,288 11% 1 125 1%
Putnam 242 240 226 239 93% 16 555 7% 0 0 0%
Queens n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Rensselaer 694 446 499 355 72% 191 2,074 28% 4 98 1%
Richmond n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Rockland 1,088 370 548 232 50% 536 1,571 49% 4 21 0%
Saratoga 589 273 556 270 94% 31 864 5% 2 52 0%
Schenectady 425 284 327 256 77% 94 723 22% 4 67 1%
Schoharie 131 405 123 393 94% 6 1,268 5% 2 757 2%
Schuyler 57 294 55 295 96% 1 278 2% 1 571 2%
Seneca 73 213 69 218 95% 4 234 5% 0 0 0%
St Lawrence 428 383 376 355 88% 14 525 3% 38 1,771 9%
Steuben 122 128 115 125 94% 7 468 6% 0 0 0%
Suffolk 5,091 345 3,541 275 70% 1,517 1,318 30% 33 61 1%
Sullivan 465 606 355 531 76% 107 1,458 23% 3 211 1%
Tioga 88 171 86 172 98% 2 410 2% 0 0 0%
Tompkins 378 377 327 389 87% 42 1,053 11% 9 90 2%
Ulster 1,560 852 1,298 786 83% 256 2,212 16% 6 165 0%
Warren 303 461 289 453 95% 14 2,181 5% 0 0 0%
Washington 327 517 315 523 96% 11 529 3% 1 241 0%
Wayne 246 269 201 232 82% 44 1,495 18% 1 125 0%
Westchester 2,052 228 1,093 156 53% 954 716 46% 5 9 0%
Wyoming 79 184 78 196 99% 1 40 1% 0 0 0%
Yates 11 44 10 41 91% 0 0 0% 1 756 9%

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Notes:

Uniform Crime Reporting Program data for New York does not include age/sex or race data for New York City. For data on the arrest rates by race in New York City see: New York City Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests, by Race (2000 – 2007)

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.