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Juveniles in Corrections
Demographics
Q: How do female residential placement rates vary by race/ethnicity and State?
A: For every 100,000 Black females in the population, 89 were in residential placement on October 23, 2019; for Hispanic females the rate was 28, and for white females it was 26.

Female residential placement rates by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 female youth), 2019

State of offense Total White Black Hispanic American
Indian1		 Asian1 More than
one race
U.S. total 35 26 89 28 134 6 24
Alabama 49 40 72 *33 *0 *0 *85
Alaska 136 98 *275 *0 435 *0 *0
Arizona 26 23 151 15 *49 *0 *22
Arkansas 52 39 98 †*31 *0 *0 *55
California †35 †26 170 †36 †*121 *4 *3
Colorado 39 23 226 47 *188 *30 *0
Connecticut †16 †*3 *0 †37 †*1,596 *0 *0
Delaware *20 *13 *51 *0 *0 *0 *0
District of Columbia *27 *0 *22 *81 *0 *0 *0
Florida 36 35 102 *3 *0 *0 *0
Georgia 29 16 58 *8 *0 *0 *0
Hawaii 29 *0 *0 *64 *0 *12 *48
Idaho 68 55 *333 80 *562 *0 *95
Illinois †14 †11 †38 †7 *0 *0 †*0
Indiana 64 66 108 *22 *0 †*33 87
Iowa 43 29 219 *36 *547 *0 *50
Kansas 10 *9 *32 *0 *0 *0 *0
Kentucky 32 31 57 *0 *0 *0 *68
Louisiana 37 17 67 *21 *0 *0 *46
Maine 21 *18 *188 *0 *0 *0 *0
Maryland 18 12 35 †*14 *0 *0 *0
Massachusetts 12 *5 45 27 *0 *0 *0
Michigan 71 41 224 *24 *122 *20 121
Minnesota †48 †23 †163 †46 828 †*17 †*0
Mississippi 23 15 36 *0 *0 *0 *0
Missouri 35 29 85 *0 *0 *48 *26
Montana 53 30 *0 *0 305 *0 *0
Nebraska 49 25 †201 67 †*548 *0 *0
Nevada 58 62 194 33 *0 *28 *32
New Hampshire *5 *6 *0 *0 *0 *0 *0
New Jersey 8 6 31 *5 *0 *0 *0
New Mexico 25 58 *0 *14 *26 *0 *0
New York 15 11 39 12 *0 *0 *24
North Carolina 14 9 23 *14 *0 *0 *37
North Dakota 32 *32 *220 *0 *100 *0 *0
Ohio 37 28 91 *25 *0 *0 *34
Oklahoma 19 16 112 *8 *14 *0 *0
Oregon 42 39 *200 48 *137 *31 *0
Pennsylvania 36 20 126 38 *0 *13 53
Rhode Island *6 *0 *84 *0 *0 *0 *0
South Carolina 32 20 72 *14 *0 *0 *0
South Dakota 71 36 *255 *109 294 *0 *0
Tennessee 12 5 33 *0 *0 *0 †*24
Texas 40 24 103 39 *0 *5 *0
Utah 9 8 *0 *16 *0 *0 *0
Vermont *11 *0 *0 *0 *0 *0 *0
Virginia 25 14 54 38 *0 †*10 *0
Washington 20 16 79 23 *180 *0 *11
West Virginia 108 96 *317 *146 *0 *0 *189
Wisconsin 30 19 142 *20 *223 *0 *0
Wyoming 111 90 *1,230 *70 *672 *0 *0

1American Indian includes Alaska Natives; Asian includes Pacific Islanders.
* Rate based on fewer than 10 observations.
† Interpret data with caution. In these states, 30% or more of the information for gender and/or race/ethnicity was imputed. Visit the EZACJRP methods section for more information about imputation.

Notes: The term ‘youth’ refers to persons under age 21 who were in a facility because they were charged with or adjudicated for an offense.

This information is based on the state where the offense was committed. However, the state of offense is not always reported. Female youth for whom state of offense was unknown are included in U.S. totals (356 in 2019). These instances are not evenly distributed across states. As such, users should exercise caution when examining state-level trends or comparing states. Visit the EZACJRP methods section for more information.

U.S. totals exclude youth in tribal facilities.

The residential placement rate is the number of female youth in residential placement per 100,000 female youth age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile jurisdiction in each state.

Race groups exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Hispanic persons can be of any race.

To preserve the privacy of the youth in residential placement, state cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08209.asp?qaDate=2019. Released on May 21, 2021.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2019 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.

 

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