Female custody rates by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 female juveniles), 2010

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Working for Youth Justice and Safety

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Custody Data (1997-Present)

Q:	How do female custody rates vary by race/ethnicity and State?
A:	For every 100,000 non-Hispanic black female juveniles in the population, 146 were in residential placement on February 24, 2010; for Hispanic females the rate was 50, and for non-Hispanic white females it was 42.

State of offense	Rate per 100,000 female juveniles
State of offense	Total	White	Minority	Black	Hispanic	American Indian¹	Asian¹

U.S. total	61	42	87	146	50	189	12

Alabama	59	38	93	107	*28	0	0
Alaska	105	76	146	0	0	217	0
Arizona	55	46	63	132	57	77	*30
Arkansas	66	40	122	152	*66	0	*124
California	64	39	75	281	60	99	10

Colorado	85	64	121	302	85	*259	*34
Connecticut	36	13	80	140	59	0	0
Delaware	52	*11	108	141	*60	0	0
District of Columbia	57	0	65	76	0	0	0
Florida	73	66	80	178	9	0	*12

Georgia	53	19	85	103	37	0	0
Hawaii	51	*25	57	0	*69	0	*14
Idaho	80	71	115	0	83	*450	0
Illinois	42	27	62	106	25	*692	*12
Indiana	108	87	181	253	53	0	0

Iowa	76	56	190	339	*25	*858	0
Kansas	60	40	116	311	*26	0	0
Kentucky	62	51	124	145	*39	0	0
Louisiana	52	23	87	98	0	0	0
Maine	42	41	*65	*191	0	0	0

Maryland	21	*6	36	45	*11	0	0
Massachusetts	35	22	68	113	54	0	0
Michigan	82	47	170	222	50	*144	0
Minnesota	44	25	114	122	*49	538	*19
Mississippi	34	14	55	60	0	0	0

Missouri	68	53	126	135	*69	0	*57
Montana	74	44	233	0	*133	263	0
Nebraska	270	158	638	1,047	260	1,427	*299
Nevada	75	72	77	162	44	*365	*55
New Hampshire	31	28	*58	*273	0	0	0

New Jersey	18	6	33	69	19	0	0
New Mexico	72	65	74	*247	70	*72	0
New York	75	40	116	193	71	*93	*6
North Carolina	32	24	43	56	*14	*53	0
North Dakota	132	77	456	*483	0	668	0

Ohio	51	37	100	115	*23	0	*27
Oklahoma	41	27	64	87	63	57	0
Oregon	75	68	94	353	59	*178	0
Pennsylvania	53	24	135	198	40	0	*16
Rhode Island	*17	0	*56	*142	*31	0	*173

South Carolina	56	40	77	82	*51	0	0
South Dakota	303	107	1,021	*923	*371	1,305	0
Tennessee	27	22	44	42	*34	0	0
Texas	53	40	61	140	43	*65	0
Utah	52	42	94	*218	54	*265	*54

Vermont	*10	0	*140	0	*450	0	0
Virginia	50	37	70	94	47	0	0
Washington	47	32	76	184	41	*131	*21
West Virginia	80	64	289	*224	*213	0	0
Wisconsin	67	42	152	285	*27	*196	*36
Wyoming	321	287	482	*1,471	353	*658	0

¹American Indian includes Alaskan Natives; Asian includes Pacific Islanders.
* Rate based on fewer than 10 observations.

Notes: The custody rate is the number of female juveniles in residential placement per 100,000 female juveniles age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile jurisdiction in each State. U.S. total includes youth for whom State of offense was not reported. U.S. total does not include youth in tribal facilities.

To preserve the privacy of the juvenile residents, cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Rates are based on rounded counts. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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Nationally, the ratio of the custody rate for minority females to that for white females was 2.1 to 1.
In 36 states and the District of Columbia, the custody rate for non-Hispanic black females exceeded the rate for all other race/ethnicity groups.
Nationally, the custody rates for females were substantially lower than the corresponding rates for males. For example the overall custody rate for females was 61 per 100,000 female juveniles in the population. In comparison, the rate for males was 380 per 100,000 male juveniles.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08209.asp?qaDate=2010. Released on December 09, 2011.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2010 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.