Washington 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 50 293 48 296 96% 0 0 0% 2 427 4%
Asotin 65 302 64 309 98% 1 1,320 2% 0 0 0%
Benton 528 329 494 329 94% 28 1,371 5% 6 108 1%
Chelan 224 316 218 320 97% 1 297 0% 5 348 2%
Clallam 33 47 32 50 97% 0 0 0% 1 22 3%
Clark 83 20 81 22 98% 0 0 0% 2 10 2%
Columbia 8 190 8 199 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Cowlitz 209 211 194 208 93% 11 1,635 5% 4 134 2%
Douglas 55 155 55 163 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Ferry 19 248 19 314 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Franklin 172 268 156 261 91% 13 836 8% 3 164 2%
Garfield 15 629 15 644 100% 0   0% 0 0 0%
Grant 177 229 163 222 92% 5 593 3% 9 446 5%
Grays Harbor 289 401 259 397 90% 4 968 1% 26 559 9%
Island 112 142 105 149 94% 7 375 6% 0 0 0%
Jefferson 89 305 89 328 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
King 1,264 90 981 92 78% 216 254 17% 67 34 5%
Kitsap 311 127 286 136 92% 15 222 5% 10 65 3%
Kittitas 163 449 152 453 93% 6 1,385 4% 5 324 3%
Klickitat 77 382 69 368 90% 2 2,766 3% 6 695 8%
Lewis 118 164 116 169 98% 2 448 2% 0 0 0%
Lincoln 7 66 7 70 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Mason 79 145 76 153 96% 0 0 0% 3 113 4%
Okanogan 86 271 59 216 69% 2 1,583 2% 25 680 29%
Pacific 22 100 22 109 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Pend Oreille 23 152 21 149 91% 0 0 0% 2 368 9%
Pierce 1,094 145 782 129 71% 260 483 24% 52 95 5%
San Juan 7 45 7 47 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Skagit 211 183 195 181 92% 6 731 3% 10 228 5%
Skamania 21 194 21 205 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Snohomish 817 125 740 133 91% 59 394 7% 18 30 2%
Spokane 377 152 353 155 94% 11 250 3% 13 143 3%
Stevens 73 172 69 179 95% 0 0 0% 4 149 5%
Thurston 187 185 172 196 92% 7 245 4% 8 122 4%
Walla Walla 45 77 44 80 98% 1 95 2% 0 0 0%
Whatcom 198 106 169 100 85% 11 616 6% 18 154 9%
Whitman 264 696 228 694 86% 17 2,038 6% 19 616 7%
Yakima 386 164 330 154 85% 14 426 4% 42 296 11%

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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.