Alabama Juvenile Justice Profile
| Alabama | United States |
Juvenile Population Characteristics | | |
Juvenile population, ages 0 to 17, 2020 |
1,087,283 |
72,822,113 |
Black, non-Hispanic proportion of juvenile population, 2020 |
30.4% |
15.3% |
Hispanic proportion of juvenile population, 2020 |
8.2% |
25.6% |
Births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 17, 2020 |
10.2 |
6.3 |
Proportion of children under 18 living in poverty, 2021 |
22.1% |
15.3% |
Juveniles as Victims | | |
Maltreatment victimization rate (per 1,000 children under age 18), 2020 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
Suicide rate (per 1 million juveniles ages 7-17), 1999-2020 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
Ratio of juvenile (ages 7-17) suicide to homicide victimization rates, 1999-2020 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
Juvenile Arrest Rates (per 100,000 juveniles ages 10 to 17) | | |
Reporting Coverage, 2020 |
1% |
76% |
Aggravated assault arrest rate, 2020 |
75 |
58 |
Robbery arrest rate, 2020 |
15 |
38 |
Larceny arrest rate, 2020 |
75 |
148 |
Drug abuse arrest rate, 2020 |
30 |
122 |
Weapons arrest rate, 2020 |
0 |
34 |
Juveniles in Corrections | | |
Commitment rate (per 100,000 juveniles, 10 to upper age), 2021 |
45 |
39 |
Detention rate (per 100,000 juveniles, 10 to upper age), 2021 |
72 |
33 |
Proportion of juveniles placed for non-person offenses, 2021 |
66% |
52% |
Ratio of minority to white rate of youth in residential placement, 2021 |
2.4 |
4.7 |
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. "Alabama Juvenile Justice Profile." Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/stateprofile.asp.
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