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U.S. juvenile arrest rate for drug abuse 2016, by state

Juvenile arrest rate for drug abuse in the United States in 2016, sorted by state

The data displays the juvenile arrest rate for drug abuse in the U.S. in 2016, sorted by state. Arrest rate is defined as the number of arrests of persons under age 18 for every 100.000 persons aged 10 - 17. In 2016, the drug abuse arrest rate for persons under age 18 in Colorado stood at 473.

South Dakota	1015
Wyoming	956
Nebraska	695
North Dakota	624
Wisconsin	544
New Hampshire	527
Oregon	525
Utah	480
Colorado	473
Idaho	466
Arizona	454
Illinois	444
South Carolina	435
Maryland	414
Missouri	412
New Jersey	398
Tennessee	379
Delaware	367
Montana	360
Hawaii	351
Kansas	351
Texas	337
Louisiana	335
New York	330
Oklahoma	328
New Mexico	319
Iowa	319
Maine	318
Florida	298
United States	293
Pennsylvania	279
Minnesota	279
Nevada	277
Georgia	264
Arkansas	260
Alaska	259
Virginia	250
Indiana	236
Michigan	221
Washington	214
Ohio	195
North Carolina	189
Mississippi	179
Connecticut	161
California	156
Kentucky	110
West Virginia	94
Rhode Island	82
Vermont	74
Alabama	49
Massachusetts	37

U.S. juvenile arrest rate for drug abuse 2016, by state

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