Appendix E: U.S. Counties Reporting Youth Gang Problems at Any Time Between 1970 and 19981

Alabama
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Bullock
Butler
Calhoun
Chambers
Coffee
Conecuh
Dale
Dallas
Elmore
Etowah
Houston
Jackson
Jefferson
Lauderdale
Lee
Limestone
Macon
Madison
Mobile
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Pike
St. Clair
Shelby
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa

Alaska
Anchorage
    Borough2
Dillingham Census
    Area
Fairbanks
    North Star
    Borough
Juneau Borough
Kenai Peninsula
    Borough
Ketchikan Gateway
    Borough
Kodiak Island
    Borough
Matanuska-Susitna
   Borough
Northwest Arctic
    Borough



Arizona
Apache
Cochise
Coconino
Gila
Graham
Maricopa
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Yuma


Arkansas
Arkansas
Ashley
Benton
Craighead
Crittenden
Cross
Faulkner
Garland
Greene
Hempstead
Jackson
Jefferson
Lincoln
Miller
Monroe
Phillips
Pope
Pulaski
St. Francis
Saline
Sebastian
Washington
White


California
Alameda
Amador
Butte
Contra Costa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Glenn
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Kern
Kings
Lake
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Mariposa
Mendocino
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Riverside
Sacramento
San Benito
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba


Colorado
Adams
Alamosa
Arapahoe
Boulder
Denver
Douglas
El Paso
Huerfano
Jefferson
La Plata
Larimer
Mesa
Moffat
Montezuma
Morgan
Otero
Prowers
Pueblo
Summit
Teller
Weld
Yuma


Connecticut
Fairfield
Hartford
Litchfield
Middlesex
New Haven
New London
Tolland
Windham

Delaware
Kent
New Castle
Sussex

District of Columbia

Florida
Alachua
Bay
Bradford
Brevard
Broward
Charlotte
Clay
Collier
Columbia
Dade
Duval
Escambia
Flagler
Gadsden
Gilchrist
Hillsborough
Indian River
Lake
Lee
Leon
Madison
Manatee
Marion
Monroe
Nassau
Okaloosa
Okeechobee
Orange
Osceola
Palm Beach
Pasco
Pinellas
Polk
Putnam
St. Lucie
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
Sumter
Volusia

Georgia
Baldwin
Barrow
Bibb
Brooks
Bulloch
Camden
Carroll
Chatham
Clarke
Clayton
Cobb
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Decatur
De Kalb
Dougherty
Douglas
Effingham
Evans
Fayette
Floyd
Franklin
Fulton
Grady
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Harris
Hart
Houston
Jeff Davis
Lamar
Liberty
Lowndes
Macon
Meriwether
Mitchell
Muscogee
Newton
Peach
Polk
Richmond
Rockdale
Screven
Spalding
Stephens
Sumter
Talbot
Thomas
Tift
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Walker
Webster
Wheeler
Whitfield
Wilkinson


Hawaii
Hawaii
Honolulu

Idaho
Ada
Bannock
Bingham
Bonner
Bonneville
Canyon
Cassia
Clearwater
Elmore
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Jerome
Kootenai
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Owyhee
Power
Twin Falls
Valley

Illinois
Adams
Bureau
Champaign
Christian
Coles
Cook
De Kalb
De Witt
Du Page
Edgar
Effingham
Ford
Fulton
Grundy
Iroquois
Jackson
Jefferson
Jo Daviess
Kane
Kankakee
Kendall
Knox
Lake
La Salle
Macon
McDonough
McHenry
McLean
Madison
Peoria
Randolph
Rock Island
St. Clair
Saline
Sangamon
Stephenson
Tazewell
Vermilion
Whiteside
Will
Williamson
Winnebago


Indiana
Allen
Bartholomew
Boone
Clark
De Kalb
Delaware
Elkhart
Floyd
Grant
Hamilton
Hendricks
Henry
Howard
Johnson
Kosciusko
Lake
La Porte
Madison
Marion
Monroe
Pike
Porter
Putnam
St. Joseph
Shelby
Tippecanoe
Vanderburgh
Vigo
Wayne
Wells


Iowa
Black Hawk
Boone
Bremer
Buchanan
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Dallas
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fayette
Humboldt
Jasper
Johnson
Lee
Linn
Mahaska
Marshall
Muscatine
Page
Plymouth
Polk
Pottawattamie
Poweshiek
Scott
Story
Warren
Washington
Webster
Woodbury


Kansas
Allen
Atchison
Barton
Bourbon
Butler
Cowley
Douglas
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Franklin
Harvey
Johnson
Labette
Leavenworth
Logan
Lyon
Montgomery
Osage
Pottawatomie
Riley
Saline
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Sherman
Sumner
Wallace
Wyandotte

Kentucky
Anderson
Barren
Bullitt
Calloway
Campbell
Christian
Clark
Daviess
Fayette
Franklin
Hardin
Henderson
Hopkins
Jefferson
Jessamine
Johnson
Kenton
Laurel
McCracken
Mason
Meade
Montgomery
Pulaski
Simpson
Warren
Woodford


Louisiana
Bossier Parish
Caddo Parish
Calcasieu Parish
Claiborne Parish
Concordia Parish
East Baton Rouge
    Parish
East Feliciana
     Parish
Iberia Parish
Iberville Parish
Jefferson Parish
Lafayette Parish
Lincoln Parish
Livingston Parish
Morehouse Parish
Natchitoches Parish
Orleans Parish
Ouachita Parish
Rapides Parish
St. Tammany
     Parish
Tangipahoa Parish
Terrebonne Parish
Washington Parish
Webster Parish
West Baton Rouge
    Parish


Maine
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Kennebec
Penobscot
York


Maryland
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Prince George's
Wicomico
Worcester

Massachusetts
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk
Worcester

Michigan
Allegan
Bay
Berrien
Calhoun
Eaton
Genesee
Ingham
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lenawee
Macomb
Menominee
Midland
Muskegon
Oakland
Ottawa
Saginaw
St. Clair
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne


Minnesota
Anoka
Benton
Carlton
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Freeborn
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Olmsted
Pennington
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Wabasha
Washington
Winona


Mississippi
Adams
Bolivar
Clay
Coahoma
Forrest
Hancock
Harrison
Hinds
Holmes
Jackson
Jones
Lafayette
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lee
Leflore
Lowndes
Madison
Monroe
Panola
Pearl River
Pike
Prentiss
Rankin
Sunflower
Union
Warren
Washington

Missouri
Andrew
Audrain
Boone
Buchanan
Butler
Callaway
Camden
Cape Girardeau
Cass
Christian
Clay
Cole
Franklin
Greene
Henry
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Lafayette
Lincoln
Montgomery
New Madrid
Pettis
Phelps
Platte
Ralls
Randolph
Ray
St. Charles
St. Louis
Scott
Vernon
Warren


Montana
Broadwater
Cascade
Dawson
Fergus
Gallatin
Hill
Lake
Lewis and Clark
Ravalli
Roosevelt
Silver Bow
Yellowstone

Nebraska
Adams
Box Butte
Buffalo
Butler
Cass
Cherry
Cheyenne
Colfax
Dakota
Dawson
Douglas
Lancaster
Platte
Red Willow
Saline
Sarpy
Scotts Bluff
Seward
Sheridan


Nevada
Carson City
Churchill
Clark
Elko
Humboldt
Nye
Washoe


New Hampshire
Belknap
Cheshire
Coos
Grafton
Hillsborough
Merrimack
Rockingham
Strafford
Sullivan


New Jersey
Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Mercer
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Somerset
Union

New Mexico
Bernalillo
Chaves
Cibola
Colfax
Curry
Dona Ana
Eddy
Grant
Lea
Lincoln
Los Alamos
Luna
McKinley
Otero
Quay
Rio Arriba
Roosevelt
Sandoval
San Juan
San Miguel
Santa Fe
Sierra
Socorro
Valencia

New York
Albany
Bronx
Brooklyn
Cayuga
Chautauqua
Chemung
Chenango
Clinton
Dutchess
Erie
Franklin
Jefferson
Kings
Monroe
Nassau
New York
Niagara
Onandaga
Orange
Queens
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Schuyler
Suffolk
Tompkins
Westchester
Wyoming


North Carolina
Alamance
Beaufort
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Carteret
Catawba
Cherokee
Craven
Cumberland
Davidson
Durham
Forsyth
Gaston
Guilford
Henderson
Lenoir
Lincoln
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Nash
New Hanover
Onslow
Orange
Pender
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Rockingham
Rowan
Wake
Wayne
Wilson


North Dakota
Burleigh
Cass
Grand Forks
Mercer
Ramsey
Richland
Stark
Ward

Ohio
Allen
Ashtabula
Athens
Belmont
Butler
Champaign
Clark
Crawford
Cuyahoga
Defiance
Delaware
Erie
Fayette
Franklin
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Jefferson
Lake
Licking
Lorain
Lucas
Madison
Mahoning
Marion
Medina
Montgomery
Morrow
Portage
Richland
Ross
Sandusky
Seneca
Stark
Summit
Trumbull
Van Wert
Warren
Wood

Oklahoma
Beckham
Blaine
Bryan
Canadian
Carter
Choctaw
Cleveland
Comanche
Cotton
Craig
Creek
Custer
Delaware
Garfield
Garvin
Jackson
Kay
Kiowa
Le Flore
Logan
McClain
McCurtain
Mayes
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Osage
Payne
Pottawatomie
Rogers
Stephens
Tillman
Tulsa
Wagoner


Oregon
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Deschutes
Douglas
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Tillamook
Umatilla
Wasco
Washington
Yamhill


Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Beaver
Berks
Blair
Bucks
Cambria
Carbon
Chester
Dauphin
Delaware
Erie
Huntingdon
Jefferson
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
Montgomery
Northampton
Philadelphia
Washington
Weatherly
Westmoreland
York


Rhode Island
Bristol
Kent
Newport
Providence
Washington


South Carolina
Aiken
Anderson
Barnwell
Berkeley
Charleston
Chesterfield
Darlington
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Horry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
Spartanburg
Sumter
York


South Dakota
Brown
Hughes
Lawrence
Lincoln
Minnehaha
Pennington
Roberts
Tripp
Union
Yankton


Tennessee
Anderson
Blount
Bradley
Carter
Cheatham
Cumberland
Davidson
Dyer
Hamilton
Knox
McMinn
Madison
Maury
Montgomery
Obion
Putnam
Robertson
Rutherford
Sevier
Shelby
Sullivan
Sumner
Washington
Wayne
Weakley
Williamson


Texas
Anderson
Angelina
Aransas
Bee
Bell
Bexar
Bowie
Brazoria
Brazos
Caldwell
Cameron
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Collin
Coryell
Dallas
Deaf Smith
Denton
Ector
Ellis
El Paso
Fannin
Fort Bend
Galveston
Gillespie
Goliad
Gonzales
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Guadalupe
Hale
Harris
Harrison
Hidalgo
Houston
Howard
Hunt
Jefferson
Jim Wells
Jones
Kaufman
Kleberg
Lamar
Liberty
Lubbock
McLennan
Madison
Medina
Midland
Montgomery
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Nueces
Orange
Parker
Parmer
Potter
Randall
Rockwall
Runnels
Smith
Starr
Tarrant
Taylor
Terry
Tom Green
Travis
Val Verde
Victoria
Walker
Waller
Webb
Wharton
Wichita
Wilbarger
Williamson
Wilson
Yoakum

Utah
Box Elder
Cache
Davis
Emery
Iron
Salt Lake
San Juan
Sevier
Uintah
Utah
Wasatch
Washington
Weber


Vermont
Caledonia
Chittenden
Franklin
Orleans
Rutland
Washington
Windham
Windsor

Virginia
Arlington
Bristol City
Buckingham
Charlottesville City
Chesapeake City
Clarke
Danville City
Fairfax
Fairfax City
Falls Church City
Franklin
Hampton City
Harrisonburg City
Loudoun
Manassas City
Martinsville City
Mecklenburg
Newport News City
Norfolk City
Petersburg City
Portsmouth City
Prince William
Richmond
South Boston City
Stafford
Suffolk City
Virginia Beach City
Winchester City

Washington
Adams
Benton
Chelan
Clallam
Clark
Cowlitz
Douglas
Franklin
Grant
Grays Harbor
Island
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Klickitat
Lewis
Mason
Okanogan
Pierce
Skagit
Snohomish
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Walla Walla
Whatcom
Yakima


West Virginia
Barbour
Berkeley
Brooke
Cabell
Hancock
Jefferson
Kanawha
Marion
Marshall
Monongalia
Ohio
Raleigh
Wayne
Wood


Wisconsin
Brown
Calumet
Chippewa
Crawford
Dane
Dodge
Douglas
Eau Claire
Fond du Lac
Grant
Green
Kenosha
Kewaunee
La Crosse
Manitowoc
Marathon
Marinette
Milwaukee
Outagamie
Pierce
Portage
Racine
Rock
St. Croix
Sauk
Sheboygan
Taylor
Vernon
Washington
Waukesha
Winnebago
Wood

Wyoming
Albany
Big Horn
Converse
Fremont
Laramie
Natrona
Sweetwater
Uinta


1 The total number of youth gang localities listed in appendix E is somewhat larger than the numbers included in the Report's tables because a number of new localities were reported subsequent to the completion of the final analyses.

2 Boroughs are considered as counties in Alaska, New York, and Pennsylvania. Parishes are considered as counties in Louisiana. Virginia localities listed in appendix E that include the word "City" are listed as counties by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in Census Bureau Data Disk 90 PLPTS2.DAT: POP 2046 (May 1995).

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