Data source note

Analysis of arrest data from unpublished FBI reports for 1980 through 1997 and from Crime in the United States reports for 1998 through 2003 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively); population data for 1980–1989 from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 to 1999 [machine-readable data files available online, released 4/11/2000]; population data for 1990–1999 from the National Center for Health Statistics (prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau with support from the National Cancer Institute), Bridged-race Intercensal Estimates of the July 1, 1990–July 1, 1999 United States Resident Population by County, Single-year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin [machine-readable data files available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/popbridge.htm, released 7/26/2004]; and population data for 2000–2003 from the National Center for Health Statistics (prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau), Estimates of the July 1, 2000–July 1, 2003, United States Resident Population From the Vintage 2003 Postcensal Series by Year, County, Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin [machine-readable data files available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/popbridge.htm, released 9/14/2004].


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Juvenile Arrests 2003 OJJDP Bulletin August 2005