Q: |
How do residential placement rates vary by State? |
A: |
There was a broad range of State residential placement rates in 2019 - from 20 to 330 per 100,000 juveniles. |
Juvenile residential placement rates by State, 2019
State of offense |
Number |
Total |
Detained |
Committed |
U.S. total |
36,479 |
114 |
45 |
66 |
Alabama |
798 |
161 |
†62 |
90 |
Alaska |
255 |
330 |
85 |
241 |
Arizona |
606 |
80 |
42 |
36 |
Arkansas |
465 |
146 |
45 |
†101 |
California |
4,131 |
102 |
†50 |
†51 |
Colorado |
753 |
130 |
44 |
85 |
Connecticut |
96 |
27 |
17 |
9 |
Delaware |
129 |
139 |
71 |
68 |
District of Columbia |
117 |
262 |
195 |
67 |
Florida |
2,001 |
104 |
28 |
66 |
Georgia |
1,119 |
110 |
60 |
50 |
Hawaii |
63 |
49 |
23 |
23 |
Idaho |
342 |
164 |
37 |
109 |
Illinois |
834 |
64 |
39 |
†24 |
Indiana |
1,155 |
161 |
†46 |
109 |
Iowa |
441 |
133 |
48 |
75 |
Kansas |
360 |
113 |
58 |
55 |
Kentucky |
588 |
130 |
52 |
73 |
Louisiana |
693 |
143 |
54 |
88 |
Maine |
60 |
51 |
*0 |
28 |
Maryland |
495 |
82 |
48 |
33 |
Massachusetts |
288 |
46 |
20 |
22 |
Michigan |
1,353 |
157 |
43 |
110 |
Minnesota |
948 |
161 |
†82 |
67 |
Mississippi |
198 |
61 |
26 |
30 |
Missouri |
588 |
108 |
27 |
81 |
Montana |
138 |
133 |
43 |
58 |
Nebraska |
309 |
145 |
58 |
†85 |
Nevada |
546 |
174 |
56 |
108 |
New Hampshire |
24 |
20 |
*5 |
10 |
New Jersey |
513 |
58 |
24 |
†33 |
New Mexico |
270 |
122 |
68 |
53 |
New York |
837 |
54 |
20 |
33 |
North Carolina |
744 |
93 |
17 |
74 |
North Dakota |
78 |
104 |
16 |
84 |
Ohio |
1,746 |
148 |
63 |
83 |
Oklahoma |
345 |
80 |
59 |
20 |
Oregon |
651 |
164 |
†14 |
147 |
Pennsylvania |
1,566 |
129 |
29 |
99 |
Rhode Island |
108 |
114 |
22 |
76 |
South Carolina |
633 |
141 |
67 |
71 |
South Dakota |
171 |
180 |
101 |
76 |
Tennessee |
345 |
50 |
†38 |
12 |
Texas |
3,699 |
126 |
59 |
67 |
Utah |
246 |
58 |
17 |
39 |
Vermont |
18 |
33 |
*6 |
*11 |
Virginia |
918 |
109 |
56 |
52 |
Washington |
693 |
94 |
28 |
63 |
West Virginia |
483 |
291 |
115 |
170 |
Wisconsin |
477 |
93 |
25 |
61 |
Wyoming |
147 |
239 |
34 |
205 |
* Rate based on fewer than 10 observations.
† Interpret data with caution. In these states, 30% or more of the information for placement status 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 (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 offenders (4) 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 per 100,000 juveniles age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each state.
To preserve the privacy of the juvenile residents, state cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Rates are based on rounded state counts. More information on this rounding rule is available on the EZACJRP Web site.
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- Nationwide in 2019, there were 114 juvenile offenders held in juvenile facilities per 100,000 juveniles in the population.
- Nationally the commitment rate (66) exceeded the detention rate (45). This pattern was replicated among states. Commitment rates were higher than detention rates in 33 states in 2019.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08601.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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