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Table 43 Overview

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Arrests, by Race, 2014

In 2014, 69.4 percent of all individuals arrested were white, 27.8 percent were black, and 2.8 percent were of other races.

Of all juveniles (persons under the age of 18) arrested in 2014, 63.0 percent were white, 34.5 percent were black, and 2.5 percent were of other races.

Of all adults arrested in 2014, 70.0 percent were white, 27.1 percent were black, and 2.8 percent were of other races.

White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race and accounted for 59.4 percent of those arrests.

Of adults arrested for murder, 50.9 percent were black, 46.7 percent were white, and 2.5 percent were of other races.

Black juveniles comprised 52.4 percent of all juveniles arrested for violent crimes. White juveniles accounted for 59.6 percent of all juveniles arrested for property crimes.

Of juveniles arrested for drug abuse violations, 74.4 percent were white.

White juveniles comprised 55.3 percent of juveniles arrested for aggravated assaults.