The Largest Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Across the U.S.

The Largest Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Across the U.S. The U.S. States With The Largest Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests COLOR SCALE: How Much More Likely it Is for Black People to Be Arrested for Marijuana Possession. 1-1.9x 2-2.9x 3-3.9x 4-4.9x 5-5.9x 6-6.9x 7-7.9x 8-8.9x 9-9.9x LEGAL STATUS OF MARIJUANA AT THE TIME: Status as of 2018: Change in Legal Status Since 2019: Legalized Decriminalized Legalized Decriminalized Washington 2.1x Montana 9.6x Maine 4.0x North Dakota 5.5x Minnesota 5.4x Oregon 1.8x Idaho 3.9x South Dakota 5.0x Wisconsin 4.2x New York 2.6x 5 4 Wyoming 5.2x Michigan, 3.6x lowa 7.3x Pennsylvania 6 3.0x Nebraska 3.1x Indiana Ohio Nevada 3.0x 7 Utah 4.9x Illinois 7.5x 3.4x 3.5x Colorado 1.5x Kansas 4.8x Virginia 3.4x Missouri 2.6x Kentucky 9.4x California 1.8x N. Carolina 3.3x see 3.2x Oklahoma 4.2x Arizona 3.0x Arkansas 2.4x South Carolina 3.5x New Mexico 4.0x Georgia 3.0x Alabama 4.1x 10 Texas 2.6x Louisiana 3.4x Florida Alaska 1.6x Vermont - 6.1x 1 New Hampshire - 4.1x 2 Massachusetts - 4.0x 3 Hawaii 1.8x Rhode Island - 3.3x 4 Connecticut - 4.0x 5 New Jersey - 3.5x 6 * Delaware - 4.2x 7 * Maryland - 2.1x 8 West Virginia - 7.3x 9 * Mississippi - 2.7x 10 The 50 Counties With the Largest Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests ARREST RATE PER 100,000 BLACK/WHITE White Arrests Black Arrests ARREST RATE RATIO 31,243 1 Pickens, GA 2 DeKalb, AL 321 97.3x 1,160 -44.6x 26 682 16 3 Tazewell, IL -42.6x 5,548 4 Ozaukee, WI 159 -34.9x 7,862 5 Manitowoc, WI 263 -29.9x 21,159 6 Perry, PA 7 Washington, WI 8 Washington, OH 9 Clarion, PA 746 -28.4x 6,165 228 -27.0x 4,477 166 -27.0x 4,651 182 -25.6x 3,167 10 Medina, OH 126 -25.1x 11,559 11 Preston, WN 463 -25.0x Georgia (GA) 5,284 12 Putnam, W 213 24.8x 3,314 Alabama (AL] 13 Waukesha, WI 139 -23.8x 326 Ilinois (IL] 14 Peoria, IL 14 -23.3x 4,970 15 Douglas, NV 227 -21.9x 2,868 16 Clinton, MI 133 -21.6x Wisconsin (WI] 4,676 17 Walker, GA 217 -21.5x 5,809 18 Hanover, VA 280 -20.7x 3,731 1,519 Pennsylvania (PA] 19 Wayne, OH 184 -20.3x 20 Geauga, OH 21 Whiteside, IL 77 -19.7x 700 36 19.4x 4,499 22 Steuben, NY 236 -19.1x 2,260 121 • 354 Ohio (OH) 23 Lawrence, OH -18.7x 24 Richmond, NY 19 18.6x 5,328 25 Tioga, NY 288 -18.5x West Virginia (WV] 1,285 26 Hancock, OH 70 -18.4x Nevada (NV) 182 27 Bronx, NY 10 18.2x 2,174 28 Gallatin, MT 120 -18.1x Michigan (MI] 2,309 29 Boone, IN 129 -17.9x 1,874 30 Pottawattamie, IA 107 -17.5x Virginia (VA] | 1,080 31 Bay, MI 62 -17.4x 5,053 32 Harrison, WN 291 -17.4x 276 New York (NY] 33 New York, NY 16 -17.3x 2,941 34 Jackson, GA 173 -17.0x 4,395 35 Indiana, PA 263 -16.7x 1,219 Montana (MT) Indiana (IN) 36 Lyon, KS 73 •. -16.7x 3,746 37 Clinton, PA 225 -16.6x 5,200 lowa (IA) Kansas (KS] Tennessee (TN] 38 Smyth, VA 322 -16.1x 2,117 39 Crawford, OH 136 15.6x 3,814 40 Highland, OH 248 -15.4x Kentucky (KY] - 4,456 41 Habersham, GA 290 -15.4x 2,437 42 Claiborne, TN |159 15.3x 3,139 43 Logan, OH 208 ·15.1x 120 8. 44 Queens, NY -15.0x 2,759 45 Allegan, MI 185 14.9x 1,456 46 Isabella, MI 98 •. -14.9x 7,872 47 Walworth, WI 531 -14.8x 1,183 48 St. Clair, MI 49 Fond Du Lac, WI 81 .. -14.6x 1,823 125 -14.6x 1,905 50 Kenton, KY 133 -14.3x The 20 Counties That Saw the Largest Increase in Racial Disparity in Marijuana Possession Arrests Between 2010-2018 TIMES MORE LIKELY IT WAS FOR A BLACK PERSON TO BE ARRESTED 2010 2018 % Increase 2010 - 2018 391.3% 45.4 462.9% 34.9 391.4% 329.9% 379.3% 429.1% 531.4% 322.6% 443.8% 307.4% 26.9 811.9% 417.6% 327.2% 363.5% 406.1% 309.7% 976.7% 421.7% 20.7 302.6% 405.1% 14.9 15.4 14.8 13.9 13.7 13.2 13.5 12.2 11.7 12 11 9.1 6.9 9.2 7 7.9 6.3 6.2 6.3 3.9 3.6 3.6 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.4 3.2 2.7 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 ** The data includes counties with a population of more than 30,000, a black population of more than 1%, at least 25 marijuana possession arrests in 2018, and more than 50% of the population served by a police agency that reports data to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program. ** Florida did not provide data and was therefore omitted from this study. OSLYN LAW FIRM DEDICATED TO PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS Sources: www.graphics.aclu.org/marijuana-arrest-report www.aclu.org/report/tale-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-era-marijuana-reform Carter, TN Washington, VA Isabella, MI Ozaukee, WI Santa Fe, NM Hanover, VA Rogers, OK Catoosa, GA Granville, NC Frederick, VA Schoharie, NY Dekalb, AL Fannin, TX Burnet, TX Washington, OH Habersham, GA Delaware, NY Columbia, WI Walworth, WI Fauquier, VA