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Wisconsin Opiate/Cocaine Possession

Wisconsin Metropolitan Area Counties
1995 Opiate/Cocaine Sales Arrests by Race

(Data Source: Uniform Crime Reports. See below for notes.)


ALL

BLACK

WHITE

AM. INDIAN

ASIAN-PAC.

METROPOLITAN AREA

JURISDICTION

TL

POP

RATE

TL

POP (est)

RATE

TL

POP (est)

RATE

TL

POP (est)

RATE

TL

POP (est)

RATE

All listed below.

All listed below.

1,691 2,305,075 73.36 1,240 226,598 547.23 434 2,018,162 21.50 12 16,585 72.36 5 43,727 11.43

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wi.

Outagamie

11 85,021 12.94 0 162 0.00 11 82,071 13.40 0 1,292 0.00 0 1,496 0.00

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wi.

Winnebago

23 94,287 24.39 2 622 321.39 20 91,656 21.82 0 519 0.00 1 1,490 67.13

Duluth-Superior, Mn.-Wi.

Douglas

3 27,768 10.80 0 128 0.00 3 26,846 11.17 0 569 0.00 0 228 0.00

Eau Claire, Wi.

Eau Claire

19 82,960 22.90 3 274 1,095.82 15 79,584 18.85 0 489 0.00 1 2,613 38.27

Green Bay, Wi.

Brown

103 169,640 60.72 66 967 6,825.60 31 162,227 19.11 4 3,613 110.70 2 2,816 71.02

Janesville-Beloit, Wi.

Rock

12 124,348 9.65 7 6,939 100.88 5 115,930 4.31 0 348 0.00 0 1,132 0.00

Kenosha, Wi.

Kenosha

108 132,011 81.81 74 6,442 1,148.69 34 124,143 27.39 0 528 0.00 0 898 0.00

La Crosse, Wi.-Mn.

La Crosse

11 74,870 14.69 5 397 1,260.05 6 71,606 8.38 0 270 0.00 0 2,598 0.00

Madison, Wi.

Dane

153 288,367 53.06 121 9,776 1,237.77 31 269,075 11.52 0 1,067 0.00 1 8,449 11.84

Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wi.

Milwaukee

1,153 791,625 145.65 935 182,707 511.75 211 586,594 35.97 7 6,412 109.17 0 15,912 0.00

Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wi.

Washington

15 45,696 32.83 0 69 0.00 15 45,308 33.11 0 105 0.00 0 215 0.00

Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wi.

Waukesha

26 103,579 25.10 0 456 0.00 26 101,673 25.57 0 259 0.00 0 1,191 0.00

Racine, Wi.

Racine

28 147,430 18.99 19 17,087 111.19 9 128,706 6.99 0 531 0.00 0 1,120 0.00

Sheboygan, Wi.

Sheboygan

20 91,825 21.78 7 514 1,361.29 13 88,593 14.67 0 376 0.00 0 2,332 0.00

Wausau, Wi.

Marathon

6 45,648 13.14 1 59 1,685.14 4 44,151 9.06 1 205 486.82 0 1,237 0.00

 

Notes:

TL: Total arrests.

POP: Coverage population of reporting law enforcement agencies.

RATE: Arrest Rate per 100,000 population.

Original Source: Uniform Crime Reports, 1995.

Data are total for reporting agencies. Population estimates by race are based on application of U.S. Census percentages of total population to the coverage population in which the arrests occurred. The racial categories and labels are as defined and used in the Uniform Crime Reports. Unfortunately separate data on arrests of Hispanics are not available.

The Uniform Crime Reports provides data on all drug arrests as well as data of arrests for drug possession and sales. Four categories are used to provide more specific data on arrests for different types of controlled substances: 1) Opium and Cocaine and their derivatives (such as Crack, Morphine, Heroin); 2) Marijuana; 3) Synthetic Narcotics - Manufactured Narcotics which can cause true drug addiction (such as Demerol, Methadone); 4) Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (such as Barbiturates, Benzedrine, and Methamphetamine).

Primary Source: Chilton, Rowland, and Dee Weber. UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM [UNITED STATES]: ARRESTS BY AGE, SEX, AND RACE FOR POLICE AGENCIES IN METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, 1960-1995[Computer file]. ICPSR version. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts [producer], 1998.Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor],1999.

Citation: Gettman, Jon B. "US Marijuana Arrests. Part Two - Racial Differences in Drug Arrests". Washington, D.C.: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. (2000)