West Virginia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Race (1994-2007)

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  Total White Black Other
Year
Population Coverage
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
Arrests
Pct.
Rate
2007 91% 2,275 138.09 1,823 80.13% 117.02 445 19.56% 755.26 7 0.31% 48.00
2006 93% 3,419 203.20 2,883 84.32% 180.88 532 15.56% 912.67 4 0.12% 26.62
2005 93% 2,921 173.42 2,517 86.17% 156.97 397 13.59% 736.11 7 0.24% 54.24
2004 91% 2,673 161.25 2,322 86.87% 147.12 343 12.83% 643.46 8 0.30% 63.47
2003 92% 1,763 106.06 1,572 89.17% 99.26 190 10.78% 357.65 1 0.06% 8.17
2002 92% 1,690 102.00 1,517 89.76% 96.05 168 9.94% 317.66 5 0.30% 42.41
2001 93% 1,796 107.46 1,632 90.87% 102.42 161 8.96% 300.66 3 0.17% 25.38
2000 89% 2,358 145.89 2,050 86.94% 133.02 307 13.02% 593.35 1 0.04% 8.62
1999 84% 1,885 124.67 1,615 85.68% 110.94 268 14.22% 570.81 2 0.11% 21.31
1998 99% 2,942 164.24 2,461 83.65% 142.81 472 16.04% 831.58 9 0.31% 80.50
1997 99% 2,905 161.47 2,478 85.30% 143.15 424 14.60% 742.81 3 0.10% 27.19
1996 100% 2,830 155.86 2,435 86.04% 139.37 389 13.75% 675.92 6 0.21% 54.10
1995 100% 2,157 118.67 1,902 88.18% 108.77 254 11.78% 437.18 1 0.05% 9.12
1994 100% 1,434 78.99 1,298 90.52% 74.31 135 9.41% 234.81 1 0.07% 9.00

 

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Notes:

Populaton Coverage: Percent of the state’s population covered by the local police agencies reporting data for this year.

Other: Includes Native Americans and Asian. Data on Hispanics is not available from the UCR Program.

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.