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Mississippi Marijuana Sales

Mississippi Metropolitan Area Counties
1995 Marijuana 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.	117	273,930	42.71	17	64,097	26.52	100	204,604	48.87	0	595	0.00	0	4,628	0.00
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, Ms.	Harrison	70	113,836	61.49	4	23,325	17.15	66	86,424	76.37	0	387	0.00	0	3,688	0.00
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, Ms.	Jackson	16	29,476	54.28	3	6,355	47.21	13	22,699	57.27	0	71	0.00	0	351	0.00
Hattiesburg, M.S.	Forrest	3	8,355	35.91	1	2,694	37.11	2	5,582	35.83	0	12	0.00	0	68	0.00
Hattiesburg, M.S.	Lamar	1	3,349	29.86	0	426	0.00	1	2,903	34.45	0	4	0.00	0	15	0.00
Jackson, Ms.	Madison	8	39,405	20.30	3	18,036	16.63	5	21,164	23.62	0	32	0.00	0	177	0.00
Jackson, Ms.	Rankin	17	59,892	28.38	6	10,589	56.66	11	48,980	22.46	0	54	0.00	0	270	0.00
Memphis, Tn.-Ar.-Ms.	De Soto	2	19,617	10.20	0	2,672	0.00	2	16,851	11.87	0	35	0.00	0	59	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)