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Juveniles in Corrections
Demographics
Q: How do residential placement rates vary by race?
A: For every 100,000 non-Hispanic black juveniles living in the U.S., 520 were in a residential placement facility on October 26, 2011 - for Hispanics the rate was 202, and for non-Hispanic whites it was 112.

State residential placement rates by race/ethnicity, 2011

State of offense Total White Minority Black Hispanic American
Indian1		 Asian1
U.S. total 196 112 306 520 202 361 35
Alabama 199 122 324 366 87 *85 *45
Alaska 271 157 422 639 *49 568 *43
Arizona 130 98 156 286 141 204 *28
Arkansas 224 140 405 559 131 *211 *170
California 234 106 290 795 279 217 40
Colorado 233 157 353 †1,057 235 †536 82
Connecticut 75 23 168 286 121 *0 *0
Delaware 194 74 353 499 113 *0 *0
District of Columbia 629 *108 711 809 *200 *0 *0
Florida 203 †161 †242 †532 †38 †*104 †23
Georgia 184 71 295 377 93 *0 *9
Hawaii 75 †123 †64 †569 †*50 *0 35
Idaho 212 197 273 *359 248 658 *104
Illinois 171 †92 †270 †432 †164 †960 †33
Indiana 258 204 441 601 147 *432 *23
Iowa 225 163 555 954 294 849 *87
Kansas 255 190 423 1,005 171 315 *105
Kentucky 163 113 430 531 168 *339 *0
Louisiana 221 98 371 421 65 *81 *43
Maine 129 114 314 509 *227 *490 *140
Maryland 152 48 257 347 81 *0 *0
Massachusetts 95 40 234 326 242 *0 *28
Michigan 220 116 486 661 153 *111 *22
Minnesota 145 68 409 659 151 1,140 84
Mississippi 77 26 130 141 *31 *0 *0
Missouri 202 148 383 464 172 *271 *28
Montana 169 122 408 *525 252 515 *0
Nebraska 336 197 771 1,476 338 1,675 *68
Nevada 246 166 305 686 243 *287 66
New Hampshire 76 67 163 *365 *177 *0 *0
New Jersey 106 †33 195 413 101 †*299 *8
New Mexico 228 140 262 297 275 183 *0
New York 148 61 247 453 134 *140 11
North Carolina 74 29 138 190 43 107 *15
North Dakota 240 152 723 *571 *288 914 *0
Ohio 200 114 494 603 116 *185 *26
Oklahoma 141 86 230 528 98 146 *35
Oregon 281 231 401 890 358 755 106
Pennsylvania 239 99 634 903 333 *121 30
Rhode Island 179 93 362 866 206 *0 *87
South Carolina 173 90 290 337 81 †*0 *0
South Dakota 492 299 1,195 708 424 1,581 *245
Tennessee 116 60 253 313 53 *167 *26
Texas 175 91 222 445 179 *64 18
Utah 200 141 406 †734 392 534 204
Vermont 59 58 *70 *0 *0 *0 *0
Virginia 203 96 367 548 116 *0 24
Washington 150 109 232 426 202 455 34
West Virginia 277 232 837 711 *189 *938 *0
Wisconsin 174 70 514 981 149 483 *53
Wyoming 432 387 667 1,434 417 1,151 *0

1American Indian includes Alaskan 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 race/ethnicity was imputed. Visit the EZACJRP methods section for more information about imputation.

Notes: This information 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 (2,645 in 2011). 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 offenders (5) who committed their offense in a U.S. Territory, but excludes youth in tribal facilities.

The residential placement rate is the number of juvenile offenders in residential placement on October 26, 2011 per 100,000 juveniles age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each state.

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

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

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Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08203.asp?qaDate=2011. Released on June 01, 2017.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2011 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.

 

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