| Custody Data (1997-Present) |
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| Q: |
What is the female proportion of juveniles in custody? |
| A: |
Nationally, females accounted for 15% of juvenile offenders in residential placment in 2006. |
Female proportion of juveniles in custody, 2006
| State of offense |
Overall |
Committed |
Detained |
| Public |
Private |
|
| U.S. total |
15 |
% |
12 |
% |
16 |
% |
18 |
% |
|
| Alabama |
22 |
|
14 |
|
28 |
|
20 |
|
| Alaska |
21 |
|
17 |
|
*28 |
|
20 |
|
| Arizona |
20 |
|
13 |
|
25 |
|
27 |
|
| Arkansas |
20 |
|
26 |
|
13 |
|
35 |
|
| California |
12 |
|
10 |
|
12 |
|
15 |
|
|
| Colorado |
13 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
23 |
|
| Connecticut |
23 |
|
0 |
|
25 |
|
33 |
|
| Delaware |
9 |
|
11 |
|
*18 |
|
7 |
|
| District of Columbia |
9 |
|
*0 |
|
*14 |
|
8 |
|
| Florida |
14 |
|
7 |
|
15 |
|
16 |
|
|
| Georgia |
15 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
16 |
|
| Hawaii |
34 |
|
*26 |
|
*40 |
|
*50 |
|
| Idaho |
21 |
|
16 |
|
*18 |
|
33 |
|
| Illinois |
13 |
|
10 |
|
21 |
|
15 |
|
| Indiana |
22 |
|
17 |
|
26 |
|
24 |
|
|
| Iowa |
33 |
|
99 |
|
18 |
|
17 |
|
| Kansas |
11 |
|
6 |
|
12 |
|
16 |
|
| Kentucky |
21 |
|
10 |
|
49 |
|
17 |
|
| Louisiana |
16 |
|
11 |
|
19 |
|
16 |
|
| Maine |
11 |
|
6 |
|
*20 |
|
*25 |
|
|
| Maryland |
8 |
|
5 |
|
8 |
|
10 |
|
| Massachusetts |
12 |
|
0 |
|
12 |
|
16 |
|
| Michigan |
19 |
|
22 |
|
16 |
|
23 |
|
| Minnesota |
16 |
|
8 |
|
19 |
|
26 |
|
| Mississippi |
20 |
|
19 |
|
*0 |
|
22 |
|
|
| Missouri |
14 |
|
16 |
|
*40 |
|
11 |
|
| Montana |
25 |
|
14 |
|
*43 |
|
*29 |
|
| Nebraska |
33 |
|
*97 |
|
50 |
|
21 |
|
| Nevada |
17 |
|
13 |
|
*58 |
|
18 |
|
| New Hampshire |
19 |
|
*23 |
|
*17 |
|
*13 |
|
|
| New Jersey |
10 |
|
5 |
|
*78 |
|
8 |
|
| New Mexico |
15 |
|
12 |
|
*0 |
|
26 |
|
| New York |
21 |
|
16 |
|
25 |
|
20 |
|
| North Carolina |
18 |
|
15 |
|
24 |
|
15 |
|
| North Dakota |
16 |
|
*24 |
|
11 |
|
*17 |
|
|
| Ohio |
13 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
19 |
|
| Oklahoma |
12 |
|
9 |
|
23 |
|
12 |
|
| Oregon |
12 |
|
9 |
|
16 |
|
21 |
|
| Pennsylvania |
11 |
|
1 |
|
11 |
|
18 |
|
| Rhode Island |
10 |
|
12 |
|
8 |
|
*20 |
|
|
| South Carolina |
13 |
|
16 |
|
3 |
|
20 |
|
| South Dakota |
27 |
|
25 |
|
28 |
|
31 |
|
| Tennessee |
11 |
|
10 |
|
9 |
|
17 |
|
| Texas |
13 |
|
11 |
|
8 |
|
22 |
|
| Utah |
19 |
|
15 |
|
19 |
|
24 |
|
|
| Vermont |
*6 |
|
*0 |
|
*0 |
|
*20 |
|
| Virginia |
13 |
|
11 |
|
*0 |
|
18 |
|
| Washington |
16 |
|
13 |
|
*19 |
|
20 |
|
| West Virginia |
15 |
|
14 |
|
16 |
|
17 |
|
| Wisconsin |
14 |
|
9 |
|
15 |
|
25 |
|
| Wyoming |
30 |
|
39 |
|
25 |
|
*22 |
|
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* Percent based on fewer than 100 observations.
Notes: U.S. total includes 1,467 youth in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and 132 youth in tribal facilities.
To preserve the privacy of the juvenile residents, cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Percentages are based on rounded totals. More information on this rounding rule is available on the CJRP Databook Web site.
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[ Map of female proportion ]
[ Excel file ]
- The female proportion of committed offenders was higher in private facilities (16%) than in public facilities (12%).
- The female proportion was higher for detained offenders (18%) than for committed offenders (14% for public and private facilities combined).
- In 4 states and the District of Columbia, females represented no more than 10% of offenders in custody; in 27 states, females represented at least 15% of offenders in custody.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08202.asp?qaDate=2006.
Released on September 12, 2008.
Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2006 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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