Type of Placement Facility by State

Placement Status by State, 2021

State of Offense	Total	Committed	Detained	Diverted
United States	24,894	13,229	10,986	336
Alabama	678	234	378	66
Alaska	156	45	111	0
Arizona	351	^†123	222	0
Arkansas	297	210	^†81	6
California	2,385	^†1,191	1,074	21
Colorado	462	^†249	^†210	0
Connecticut	63	27	36	0
Delaware	135	48	87	0
District of Columbia	78	^†24	^†51	0
Florida	1,221	^†639	501	18
Georgia	750	261	486	0
Hawaii	27	24	0	0
Idaho	264	186	72	0
Illinois	516	135	378	0
Indiana	837	504	^†306	^†9
Iowa	267	99	144	18
Kansas	351	144	198	0
Kentucky	297	^†96	192	6
Louisiana	717	417	288	0
Maine	27	18	9	0
Maryland	198	54	141	0
Massachusetts	204	66	135	0
Michigan	723	450	^†264	^†6
Minnesota	378	198	^†159	15
Mississippi	186	81	^†102	^†3
Missouri	612	411	198	3
Montana	99	51	45	0
Nebraska	207	^†15	156	36
Nevada	342	207	126	6
New Hampshire	12	9	3	0
New Jersey	378	168	207	3
New Mexico	198	102	93	0
New York	741	363	327	9
North Carolina	411	231	180	0
North Dakota	39	27	12	0
Ohio	1,476	741	732	^†3
Oklahoma	261	42	213	^†3
Oregon	597	495	93	^†9
Pennsylvania	1,002	708	^†270	^†9
Rhode Island	72	48	18	6
South Carolina	414	^†204	^†210	0
South Dakota	99	36	66	0
Tennessee	300	^†69	222	^†6
Texas	2,730	1,590	1,122	9
Utah	168	105	63	0
Vermont	0	0	0	0
Virginia	558	249	300	0
Washington	396	291	102	0
West Virginia	345	198	141	3
Wisconsin	417	231	^†171	^†6
Wyoming	171	96	72	0
Not Reported	1,278	1,011	210	50

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began March 2020, had significant effects on all stages of the juvenile justice system, including juvenile residential facilities, and may have impacted multiple aspects of the 2021 CJRP data, such as reporting and the number of youth in residential placement.

† 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.

Note: 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. 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.

Note: U.S. total excludes youth in tribal facilities.

Note: To preserve the privacy of youth in residential placement, state level cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three.

Note: Committed youth include those placed in the facility as part of a court ordered disposition. Detained youth include those held awaiting a court hearing, adjudication, disposition or placement elsewhere. Diverted youth include those voluntarily admitted to the facility in lieu of adjudication as part of a diversion agreement. Totals include youth for whom placement status was reported as unknown or "other."

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, T.J., and Kang, W. (2023) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement." Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/

Data source: Author's analysis of OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 [machine-readable data files].

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