Custody Data (1997-Present)

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

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Q:	How do female custody rates vary by race/ethnicity and State?
A:	For every 100,000 non-Hispanic black female juveniles in the population, 200 were in residential placement on February 22, 2006– for Hispanic females the rate was 80, and for non-Hispanic white females it was 65.

Female custody rates by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 female juveniles), 2006

State of offense	Rate per 100,000 female juveniles
State of offense	Total	White	Minority	Black	Hispanic	American Indian¹	Asian¹

U.S. total	91	65	130	200	80	285	20

Alabama	153	110	223	233	*135	*214	0
Alaska	183	106	309	*286	*244	347	*130
Arizona	101	89	112	271	84	179	0
Arkansas	105	70	188	225	*62	0	0
California	88	60	102	317	84	149	19

Colorado	108	100	128	231	115	*128	0
Connecticut	80	33	194	277	144	*673	0
Delaware	60	*32	125	150	0	0	0
District of Columbia	119	*208	94	107	0	0	0
Florida	113	85	146	267	35	*101	0

Georgia	83	48	122	148	43	0	0
Hawaii	65	*19	80	0	*89	0	45
Idaho	127	126	128	*408	*55	*643	0
Illinois	53	39	73	109	40	*444	*13
Indiana	161	129	299	361	154	0	0

Iowa	218	171	587	964	282	*1,318	*122
Kansas	75	53	148	199	121	*178	0
Kentucky	120	105	215	222	*60	0	0
Louisiana	90	59	132	142	*48	0	*99
Maine	36	33	*92	0	0	0	0

Maryland	30	20	42	51	*30	0	0
Massachusetts	48	32	99	143	93	0	0
Michigan	106	71	199	236	84	*153	0
Minnesota	95	60	255	347	*45	1,107	*44
Mississippi	53	24	82	88	0	0	0

Missouri	66	47	136	149	*93	*195	0
Montana	119	84	366	*746	*175	368	0
Nebraska	250	179	548	821	251	1,423	0
Nevada	110	126	89	152	62	*349	*38
New Hampshire	58	36	307	*712	*329	0	0

New Jersey	37	26	54	92	26	*896	0
New Mexico	63	49	66	*226	72	*21	0
New York	115	64	178	296	95	*171	26
North Carolina	53	32	86	101	46	*123	0
North Dakota	119	63	479	0	0	624	0

Ohio	88	59	198	223	80	0	0
Oklahoma	57	46	80	116	*51	53	*94
Oregon	81	71	124	445	56	374	0
Pennsylvania	70	35	191	243	116	*258	0
Rhode Island	65	53	100	*223	*66	0	0

South Carolina	83	51	128	146	0	0	0
South Dakota	377	192	1,122	*1,339	*239	1,245	*831
Tennessee	51	43	72	75	*28	0	0
Texas	91	62	111	213	88	0	*8
Utah	105	77	238	708	195	*242	*68

Vermont	*9	*10	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia	75	45	132	160	100	0	*33
Washington	67	58	88	170	70	212	*25
West Virginia	99	98	*165	*82	*286	0	0
Wisconsin	72	51	157	221	*37	483	*75
Wyoming	341	244	990	*2,535	488	1,917	0

¹American Indian includes Alaskan Natives; Asian includes Pacific Islanders.
* Rate based on fewer than 10 observations.

Notes: The custody rate is the number of female juveniles in residential placement per 100,000 female juveniles age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile jurisdiction in each State. U.S. total includes youth for whom State of offense was not reported and youth in tribal facilities.

To preserve the privacy of the juvenile residents, cell counts have been rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Rates are based on rounded counts. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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Nationally, the ratio of the custody rate for minority females to that for white females was 2 to 1.
In 31 states, the custody rate for non-Hispanic black females exceeded the rate for all other race/ethnicity groups.
Nationally, the custody rates for females were substantially lower than the corresponding rates for males. For example the overall custody rate for females was 91 per 100,000 female juveniles in the population. In comparison, the rate for males was 489 per 100,000 male juveniles.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08209.asp?qaDate=2006. Released on September 12, 2008.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2003 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.