Female proportion of minority juveniles in residential placement, 2010

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

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Custody Data (1997-Present)

Q:	What is the female proportion of minority juveniles in residential placement?
A:	Females accounted for 12% of minority juveniles in residential placement on February 24, 2010, but this proportion varied by State and the type of custody.

State of offense	Female proportion of minorities
			Committed
	Overall		Public		Private		Detained

U.S. total	12	%	10	%	13	%	14	%

Alabama	13		8		16		14
Alaska	14		*17		*15		*10
Arizona	17		15		15		20
Arkansas	14		*21		*9		*19
California	11		10		5		13

Colorado	14		11		14		15
Connecticut	15		*0		*15		23
Delaware	10		*7		*17		*11
District of Columbia	7		*0		*0		*10
Florida	12		9		11		17

Georgia	11		14		3		11
Hawaii	27		*25		*14		*33
Idaho	17		*18		*0		*15
Illinois	11		15		8		8
Indiana	17		9		23		20

Iowa	16		*7		*18		*18
Kansas	11		7		4		19
Kentucky	13		8		30		12
Louisiana	10		6		11		14
Maine	*11		*17		*0		*0

Maryland	7		3		14		6
Massachusetts	12		4		10		23
Michigan	18		21		14		17
Minnesota	13		9		14		13
Mississippi	15		12		0		21

Missouri	13		13		9		13
Montana	*22		*17		*14		*25
Nebraska	34		33		28		27
Nevada	12		10		19		15
New Hampshire	*13		*25		*0		*0

New Jersey	7		7		0		7
New Mexico	13		8		16		17
New York	19		14		18		24
North Carolina	11		10		13		12
North Dakota	*29		*38		*13		*67

Ohio	9		5		2		17
Oklahoma	12		7		25		13
Oregon	11		11		8		*13
Pennsylvania	7		6		5		16
Rhode Island	6		*15		*0		*0

South Carolina	10		13		1		17
South Dakota	33		*27		*29		*24
Tennessee	9		10		0		9
Texas	12		11		4		15
Utah	14		9		11		*25

Vermont	*20		*0		*0		*50
Virginia	9		6		0		13
Washington	13		14		5		15
West Virginia	13		*75		*4		*11
Wisconsin	14		11		11		18
Wyoming	*36		*30		*31		*50

* Percent based on fewer than 100 observations.

Notes: U.S. total includes youth for whom State of offense was not reported. U.S totals does not include youth in tribal facilities.

Minorities include blacks, Hispanics, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and juveniles identified as "other" race/ethnicity.

To preserve the privacy of the juvenile residents, cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. More information on this rounding rule is available on the EZACJRP Web site.

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Overall, females accounted for 12% of minority juveniles in residential placement. In comparison females were 13% of all juveniles in residential placement.
Nationally, the female proportion of minorities in residential placement was smaller for juveniles committed to public facilities (10%) than for those committed to private facilities (13%) or detained juveniles (14%). This was true for most States; however, the female proportion of minorities committed to public facilities varied widely across States (from 0% to 75%).

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08206.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.