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Q: What factors influence State residential placement rates?
A: State residential placement rates are impacted by offense type and facility operation.

State residential placement rates by offense and facility operation, 2019

State of offense Upper age of
Juvenile Court
Jurisdiction		 Number
of
youth		 Placement
rate		 Delinquency
rate
Public
facility		 Delinquency
rate
Private
facility		 Status
rate
Public
facility		 Status
rate
Private
facility
U.S. total 36,479 114 83 26 1 3
Alabama 17 798 161 97 56 *1 7
Alaska 17 255 330 248 †70 *0 *8
Arizona 17 606 80 77 †3 *0 *0
Arkansas 17 465 145 †120 23 *1 *1
California 17 4,131 103 †91 †12 *0 †0
Colorado 17 753 130 119 10 *1 *0
Connecticut 17 96 27 24 3 *0 *0
Delaware 17 129 139 113 23 *0 *3
District of Columbia 17 117 262 195 †67 *0 *0
Florida 17 2,001 104 46 58 *0 *0
Georgia 16 1,119 110 99 7 *0 3
Hawaii 17 63 50 46 †*2 *0 *0
Idaho 17 342 163 140 †22 *1 *0
Illinois 17 834 64 †62 1 *0 †1
Indiana 17 1,155 161 102 49 3 6
Iowa 17 441 133 64 69 *0 *1
Kansas 17 360 113 106 4 4 *0
Kentucky 17 588 129 90 7 †9 24
Louisiana 17 693 143 95 40 6 2
Maine 17 60 51 51 *0 *0 *0
Maryland 17 495 82 66 †14 *0 *0
Massachusetts 17 288 46 28 17 *0 *0
Michigan 16 1,353 157 82 63 5 7
Minnesota 17 948 161 †134 20 2 5
Mississippi 17 198 61 59 *0 *2 *0
Missouri 16 588 107 97 4 7 *0
Montana 17 138 133 78 †46 *0 †*9
Nebraska 17 309 145 †110 27 *1 7
Nevada 17 546 173 155 17 *1 *0
New Hampshire 17 24 19 10 *7 *0 *0
New Jersey 17 513 57 55 †2 *0 *0
New Mexico 17 270 121 113 5 *1 †*3
New York 16 837 54 28 19 *0 6
North Carolina 15 744 93 79 †11 *1 †2
North Dakota 17 78 104 80 16 *4 *0
Ohio 17 1,746 148 133 11 2 2
Oklahoma 17 345 80 64 17 *0 *0
Oregon 17 651 164 141 22 *1 *0
Pennsylvania 17 1,566 129 56 62 *0 11
Rhode Island 17 108 114 48 57 *3 *6
South Carolina 16 633 141 94 42 3 *2
South Dakota 17 171 179 119 57 *3 *3
Tennessee 17 345 50 38 10 *1 †*1
Texas 16 3,699 126 110 14 †1 *0
Utah 17 246 58 43 13 *1 †*1
Vermont 17 18 33 *6 22 *0 *6
Virginia 17 918 109 105 1 3 *0
Washington 17 693 94 90 †3 *0 *0
West Virginia 17 483 290 133 94 *5 56
Wisconsin 16 477 92 77 12 †*2 *1
Wyoming 17 147 239 185 29 *15 *5

* Rate based on fewer than 10 observations.
† Interpret data with caution. In these states, 30% or more of the information for offense 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.

The information in this table is based on the state where the offense was committed. However, the state of offense is not always reported. Youth for whom state of offense was unknown are included in U.S. totals (1,895 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. total includes a small number of youth (4) who committed their offense in a U.S. Territory but excludes youth in tribal facilities.

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

To protect the confidentiality of the youth in residential placement rates presented from CJRP are based on rounded counts. More information on this rounding rule is available on the EZACJRP Web site.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08602.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.