Custody Data (1997-Present)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Serving Children, Families, and Communities

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Q:	What is the female proportion of minority juveniles in residential placement?
A:	Females accounted for 14% of minority juveniles in residential placement on February 22, 2006, but this proportion varied by State and the type of custody.

Female proportion of minority juveniles in residential placement, 2006

State of offense	Female proportion of minorities
			Committed
	Overall		Public		Private		Detained

U.S. total	13	%	11	%	14	%	16	%

Alabama	20		14		28		16
Alaska	21		*23		*28		*17
Arizona	18		11		26		24
Arkansas	19		*27		*12		*41
California	11		9		11		13

Colorado	10		9		5		19
Connecticut	22		0		24		33
Delaware	9		9		11		5
District of Columbia	6		*0		*0		8
Florida	14		8		14		15

Georgia	13		11		6		15
Hawaii	33		*27		*50		*44
Idaho	18		*17		*0		*33
Illinois	11		9		14		13
Indiana	20		16		28		19

Iowa	32		*100		*15		*9
Kansas	9		7		14		13
Kentucky	14		6		41		10
Louisiana	14		10		17		13
Maine	*17		*0		*0		*50

Maryland	7		5		8		8
Massachusetts	9		0		11		11
Michigan	18		23		14		22
Minnesota	14		7		16		24
Mississippi	21		20		0		23

Missouri	12		13		33		9
Montana	*35		*31		*43		*17
Nebraska	29		*100		*53		17
Nevada	11		9		60		13
New Hampshire	*29		*33		*25		*0

New Jersey	7		4		59		7
New Mexico	13		10		0		22
New York	19		16		23		18
North Carolina	16		16		18		15
North Dakota	*21		*29		*11		*0

Ohio	12		9		10		16
Oklahoma	10		9		12		11
Oregon	14		10		12		*24
Pennsylvania	10		1		9		18
Rhode Island	7		9		5		*0

South Carolina	12		12		3		19
South Dakota	29		*23		*31		*33
Tennessee	8		10		4		13
Texas	13		11		7		20
Utah	20		15		16		28

Vermont	*0		*0		*0		*0
Virginia	11		9		0		16
Washington	13		12		17		16
West Virginia	8		*8		*0		*10
Wisconsin	11		6		12		21
Wyoming	34		*40		*31		*0

* Percent based on fewer than 100 observations.

Notes: U.S. total includes youth for whom State of offense was not reported and youth in tribal facilities.

Minorities include blacks, Hispanics, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and juveniles identified as "other" race/ethnicity.

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. More information on this rounding rule is available on the CJRP Databook Web site.

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Overall, females accounted for 14% of minority juveniles in residential placement. In comparison females were 15% of all juveniles in residential placement.
Nationally, the female proportion of minorities in residential placement was smaller for juveniles committed to public facilities (10%) than for those committed to private facilities (15%) or detained juveniles (17%). This was true for most States; however, the female proportion of minorities committed to public facilities varied widely across States (from 0% to 50%).

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08206.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.