OJJDP National Report Series: Juveniles in Corrections

Nationally, custody rates were highest for blacks

For every 100,000 non-Hispanic black juveniles living in the U.S., 1,004 were in a residential placement facility on October 27, 1999—the rate was 485 for Hispanics and 212 for non-Hispanic whites
	Custody rate (per 100,000)
State of offense	White	Black	Hispanic	American Indian	Asian
U.S. total	212	1,004	485	632	182
Alabama	208	588	249	314	93
Alaska	281	612	421	799	290
Arizona	234	957	473	293	125
Arkansas	139	575	137	0	256
California	269	1,666	623	612	238
Colorado	257	1,436	719	789	223
Connecticut	160	2,143	1,243	518	196
Delaware	203	1,143	304	0	0
Dist. of Columbia	173	855	369	0	0
Florida	306	964	200	202	87
Georgia	273	878	163	861	72
Hawaii	39	87	90	0	121
Idaho	203	871	344	278	173
Illinois	152	1,005	271	590	37
Indiana	280	1,260	370	168	46
Iowa	240	1,726	545	1,231	465
Kansas	239	1,691	642	612	295
Kentucky	192	1,030	133	0	182
Louisiana	223	1,127	290	249	139
Maine	166	390	272	332	0
Maryland	136	575	131	0	12
Massachusetts	93	648	806	0	232
Michigan	243	1,058	1,112	428	215
Minnesota	183	1,504	630	1,783	459
Mississippi	118	300	3,454	0	113
Missouri	146	554	161	265	145
Montana	148	1,463	614	652	704
Nebraska	220	1,552	744	1,648	290
Nevada	305	1,019	312	511	249
New Hampshire	150	1,278	578	0	0
New Jersey	70	1,108	327	0	6
New Mexico	211	1,011	520	257	111
New York	169	1,119	143	466	34
North Carolina	123	466	152	238	123
North Dakota	204	1,136	544	1,187	847
Ohio	221	1,038	430	112	75
Oklahoma	194	821	297	343	56
Oregon	353	1,689	478	1,074	270
Pennsylvania	123	1,230	902	154	249
Rhode Island	155	1,363	680	0	474
South Carolina	244	772	50	293	421
South Dakota	436	2,908	1,091	1,653	1,235
Tennessee	170	576	132	0	91
Texas	204	965	391	140	96
Utah	267	1,043	692	946	366
Vermont	93	698	0	0	0
Virginia	225	1,024	323	166	104
Washington	232	1,507	323	827	249
West Virginia	166	1,060	251	0	292
Wisconsin	164	1,965	725	845	398
Wyoming	396	2,752	847	939	482
In half of the states, the ratio of the minority custody rate to the nonminority white custody rate exceeded 3.3 to 1. In four states (Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin), the ratio of minority to nonminority rates exceeded 8 to 1. In Florida, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, and Vermont, the ratio of minority to nonminority rates was less than 2 to 1. Note: The custody rate is the number of juvenile offenders in residential placement on October 27, 1999, per 100,000 juveniles age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each state. U.S. total includes 2,645 juvenile offenders in private facilities for whom state of offense was not reported and 174 juvenile offenders in tribal facilities. Minorities include blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and those identified as “other race.” Source: Author’s analysis of OJJDP’s Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1999 [machine-readable data files]. Ratio of minority custody reate to nonminority white custody rate

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Juveniles in Corrections	OJJDP National Report Series Bulletin June 2004