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Arrests, by Race and Ethnicity, 2015

In 2015, 69.7 percent of all individuals arrested were White, 26.6 percent were Black or African American, and 3.6 percent were of other races.

Of arrestees for whom ethnicity was reported, 18.4 percent were Hispanic.

Of all juveniles (persons under the age of 18) arrested in 2015, 62.9 percent were White, 33.9 percent were Black or African American, and 3.1 percent were of other races.

Of juvenile arrestees for whom ethnicity was reported, 22.8 percent were Hispanic.

Of all adults arrested in 2015, 70.4 percent were White, 26.0 percent were Black or African American, and 3.7 percent were of other races.

Of adult arrestees for whom ethnicity was reported, 18.0 were Hispanic.

White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race and accounted for 60.1 percent of those arrests.

Of adults arrested for murder, 50.4 percent were Black or African American, 46.5 percent were White, and 3.1 percent were of other races.

Black or African American juveniles comprised 50.8 percent of all juveniles arrested for violent crimes. White juveniles accounted for 59.1 percent of all juveniles arrested for property crimes.

Of juveniles arrested for drug abuse violations, 75.0 percent were White.

White juveniles comprised 55.7 percent of juveniles arrested for aggravated assault and 60.5 percent of juveniles arrested for larceny-theft.