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EZAJCS Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics: 1985-2020

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Year of Disposition by Age at Referral

Count <12 12 13 14 15 16 17 >17 Total
2005 62,004 80,523 164,948 270,644 365,943 389,165 277,181 36,497 1,646,905
2006 55,475 72,621 151,361 254,661 352,192 388,336 275,980 35,402 1,586,028
2007 52,634 68,561 144,601 248,073 351,029 399,647 291,705 37,607 1,593,858
2008 50,224 64,268 136,907 237,503 344,578 401,901 298,999 39,586 1,573,965
2009 45,710 58,797 121,949 212,437 313,195 373,444 279,145 38,272 1,442,948
2010 44,856 56,082 114,447 194,326 283,234 341,110 254,480 35,454 1,323,990
2011 42,000 53,473 107,020 177,410 256,402 306,859 231,672 31,207 1,206,044
2012 40,001 49,577 100,086 166,369 235,120 279,211 208,421 28,983 1,107,768
2013 35,577 44,857 90,220 149,027 212,368 248,979 192,612 27,101 1,000,742
2014 32,737 40,651 83,295 138,178 194,973 229,875 185,901 26,343 931,953
2015 29,877 37,326 75,600 128,326 181,131 214,829 173,508 24,660 865,257
2016 27,308 35,467 71,664 118,392 170,132 201,571 165,573 24,370 814,475
2017 27,754 34,954 69,573 114,003 162,936 196,264 155,498 23,223 784,205
2018 27,430 35,061 67,956 109,414 151,876 180,463 144,449 21,986 738,636
2019 24,608 36,019 68,800 109,697 147,146 168,839 134,249 19,936 709,294
2020 15,083 23,425 48,263 75,968 104,315 124,253 101,241 15,867 508,415
Total 613,278 791,663 1,616,690 2,704,430 3,826,570 4,444,746 3,370,613 466,495 17,834,485

Note: The counts in the table above are estimates. While confidence intervals cannot be calculated, it is suggested that users round cell values to the nearest hundred as an acknowledgement of the limitations of these estimates. The unrounded values are provided only for the computation of percentages and rates. Detail may not add to total due to rounding.

It is important to note that 2020 was the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have impacted policies, procedures, and data collection activities regarding referrals to and processing of youth by juvenile courts. Additionally, stay-at-home orders and school closures likely impacted the volume and type of law-violating behavior by youth referred to juvenile court in 2020.

Suggested citation: Sickmund, M., Sladky, A., and Kang, W. (2022). "Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics: 1985-2020" Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezajcs/

Data source: National Center for Juvenile Justice. (2022). National Juvenile Court Data Archive: Juvenile court case records 1985-2020 [machine-readable data files]. Pittsburgh, PA: NCJJ [producer].

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