Washington 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.
Adams 53 313 51 319 96% 2 1,230 4% 0 0 0%
Asotin 58 272 57 279 98% 0 0 0% 1 219 2%
Benton 633 391 584 387 92% 40 1,809 6% 9 164 1%
Chelan 192 268 185 270 96% 6 1,254 3% 1 64 1%
Clallam 29 41 25 39 86% 1 156 3% 3 64 10%
Clark 173 41 166 44 96% 6 67 3% 1 5 1%
Columbia 14 342 14 358 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Cowlitz 240 238 232 245 97% 7 946 3% 1 33 0%
Douglas 67 186 63 184 94% 1 366 1% 3 324 4%
Ferry 6 79 6 102 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Franklin 149 215 144 223 97% 4 230 3% 1 47 1%
Garfield 16 727 13 607 81% 0   0% 3 12,669 19%
Grant 187 242 167 228 89% 11 1,259 6% 9 445 5%
Grays Harbor 279 386 249 383 89% 7 1,662 3% 23 482 8%
Island 114 141 105 145 92% 5 265 4% 4 100 4%
Jefferson 95 320 92 334 97% 0 0 0% 3 263 3%
King 1,594 141 1,202 140 75% 320 461 20% 72 45 5%
Kitsap 385 159 346 166 90% 31 465 8% 8 53 2%
Kittitas 157 416 148 422 94% 4 1,056 3% 5 337 3%
Klickitat 46 224 37 194 80% 1 1,223 2% 8 911 17%
Lewis 123 168 117 168 95% 4 783 3% 2 123 2%
Lincoln 28 269 24 242 86% 2 8,563 7% 2 693 7%
Mason 105 187 97 191 92% 0 0 0% 8 281 8%
Okanogan 94 291 68 247 72% 2 1,320 2% 24 619 26%
Pacific 31 142 31 154 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pend Oreille 14 107 13 106 93% 0 0 0% 1 213 7%
Pierce 1,445 188 998 163 69% 378 685 26% 69 123 5%
San Juan 16 103 16 108 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Skagit 274 233 264 241 96% 7 796 3% 3 65 1%
Skamania 21 191 19 184 90% 0 0 0% 2 606 10%
Snohomish 857 129 787 140 92% 40 247 5% 30 48 4%
Spokane 400 363 379 375 95% 15 747 4% 6 145 2%
Stevens 68 159 65 169 96% 1 582 1% 2 72 3%
Thurston 135 129 109 121 81% 12 385 9% 14 204 10%
Walla Walla 48 83 43 79 90% 5 485 10% 0 0 0%
Whatcom 349 185 286 169 82% 19 1,032 5% 44 362 13%
Whitman 138 371 117 361 85% 12 1,540 9% 9 305 7%
Yakima 378 163 342 164 90% 16 440 4% 20 132 5%

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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.