ON JUNE 30, 1978, THERE WERE 598 JUVENILE RESIDENTS IN WISCONSIN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; THESE TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE THE 106 JUVENILES WHO WERE ON FURLOUGH ON THAT DATE. THE POPULATION OF JUVENILE MALES DECLINED BY 24.8 PERCENT AND OF JUVENILE FEMALES BY 3.7 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE PROPORTION OF WHITE JUVENILES, EXCLUDING THOSE OF MEXICAN ORIGIN, ROSE TO 68.4 PERCENT AND THE PROPORTION OF JUVENILE MALES WHO HAD SPENT LESS THAN 3 MONTHS IN INSTITUTIONS ROSE TO A 5-YEAR HIGH OF 43 PERCENT. THE PROPORTION OF NEWLY COMMITTED GIRLS ROSE BY MORE THAN 18 PERCENTAGE POINTS WHILE THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE RETURNED FOR REPLACEMENT OR MEDICAL CARE DROPPED FROM 25 PERCENT TO LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. MILWAUKEE WAS THE COUNTY OF COMMITMENT FOR 39.9 PERCENT OF THE BOYS AND 25.9 PERCENT OF THE GIRLS ON JUNE 30, 1978. TABLES CONTAIN DATA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENTS IN JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS BY INSTITUTION AND SEX (I.E., TYPE OF ADMISSION, RACE, AGE, TIME IN INSTITUTION, AND COUNTY OF COMMITMENT). (WJR)