Male custody rates by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 male 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 male custody rates vary by race/ethnicity and State?
A:	For every 100,000 non-Hispanic black male juveniles in the population, 1,048 were in residential placement on February 24, 2010; for Hispanic males the rate was 399, and for non-Hispanic white males it was 208.

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

U.S. total	380	208	611	1,048	399	541	81

Alabama	357	218	587	671	175	0	0
Alaska	565	371	845	1,109	0	1,054	359
Arizona	244	178	298	523	270	426	*59
Arkansas	387	239	707	912	389	*206	*123
California	467	187	593	1,654	561	315	103

Colorado	479	339	709	2,063	499	915	*110
Connecticut	178	49	428	693	284	*686	0
Delaware	479	163	910	1,244	290	0	0
District of Columbia	794	*337	876	924	544	0	0
Florida	438	331	542	1,106	140	*100	81

Georgia	381	130	635	809	206	0	*36
Hawaii	128	*47	146	*164	232	0	54
Idaho	425	398	535	*496	516	1,070	*225
Illinois	307	183	468	835	203	*683	*23
Indiana	434	321	833	1,160	281	*281	*104

Iowa	369	268	948	1,347	577	2,137	*192
Kansas	456	297	890	1,720	586	*441	*73
Kentucky	305	214	804	975	305	0	0
Louisiana	419	166	726	834	*33	0	0
Maine	237	216	512	838	*222	*487	0

Maryland	260	84	442	591	144	0	*17
Massachusetts	191	84	472	678	471	0	79
Michigan	327	160	761	1,015	240	357	*46
Minnesota	269	142	733	1,199	245	1,774	154
Mississippi	171	61	290	314	0	0	0

Missouri	352	225	793	1,019	263	*174	0
Montana	301	213	767	*1,058	*376	993	0
Nebraska	481	274	1,153	2,342	573	945	*299
Nevada	404	233	535	1,242	404	739	107
New Hampshire	159	132	391	*738	*355	0	*210

New Jersey	223	46	445	994	200	0	*8
New Mexico	421	248	488	1,027	498	309	*205
New York	280	112	477	875	264	*88	23
North Carolina	189	94	326	434	111	*156	*31
North Dakota	377	263	1,046	*851	0	1,469	0

Ohio	395	214	1,033	1,285	191	0	*28
Oklahoma	267	152	459	1,049	211	264	*73
Oregon	553	469	763	2,017	644	935	161
Pennsylvania	565	193	1,651	2,377	730	*233	163
Rhode Island	443	240	894	1,730	525	0	*548

South Carolina	405	208	685	801	94	*312	0
South Dakota	826	513	2,055	3,543	1,735	1,877	*571
Tennessee	201	105	441	542	108	*301	*110
Texas	347	201	432	900	335	*60	31
Utah	323	261	539	1,063	542	623	206

Vermont	93	60	625	0	*1,445	0	0
Virginia	390	183	715	1,059	200	0	*24
Washington	313	235	472	1,041	356	734	100
West Virginia	541	435	1,870	2,033	*600	0	*483
Wisconsin	344	174	924	1,803	179	456	248
Wyoming	550	497	803	*735	824	*946	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 male juveniles in residential placement per 100,000 male 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 males to that for white males was 2.9 to 1.
In 43 states and the District of Columbia, the custody rate for non-Hispanic black males exceeded the rate for all other race/ethnicity groups.
Nationally, the custody rates for males were substantially higher than the corresponding rates for females. For example the overall custody rate for males was 380 per 100,000 male juveniles in the population. In comparison, the rate for females was 61 per 100,000 female juveniles.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08210.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.