Juvenile Court Statistics Databook

Characteristics of delinquency cases handled by juvenile courts
		Percent of cases handled by juvenile courts
Year	Number of Cases	Female	Under 16	White	Black	American Indian	Asian/NHPI
1985	1,161,500	19%	60%	73%	25%	1%	1%	
1986	1,215,600	19%	58%	72%	25%	1%	1%	
1987	1,212,100	20%	57%	71%	26%	2%	1%	
1988	1,227,400	19%	58%	69%	29%	1%	1%	
1989	1,257,600	19%	60%	69%	29%	2%	1%	
1990	1,345,800	19%	60%	67%	30%	2%	1%	
1991	1,463,000	19%	61%	67%	30%	2%	1%	
1992	1,543,900	20%	61%	67%	30%	2%	1%	
1993	1,555,500	21%	61%	67%	31%	2%	1%	
1994	1,699,900	22%	61%	67%	30%	2%	1%	
1995	1,804,800	22%	60%	67%	30%	2%	1%	
1996	1,841,400	23%	59%	68%	30%	2%	1%	
1997	1,869,700	24%	58%	68%	29%	2%	1%	
1998	1,798,100	24%	58%	68%	29%	2%	1%	
1999	1,719,100	25%	58%	68%	29%	2%	1%	
2000	1,701,800	25%	58%	68%	29%	2%	1%	
2001	1,687,200	26%	58%	68%	29%	1%	1%	
2002	1,675,500	27%	57%	68%	30%	2%	1%	
2003	1,673,700	27%	57%	66%	31%	2%	1%	
2004	1,688,300	27%	57%	66%	31%	2%	1%	
2005	1,697,900	27%	57%	64%	33%	1%	1%	
Note: The estimates in this table are rounded to the nearest 100.
Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C. and Kang, W. (2008). "Juvenile Court Statistics Databook."Online. Available: 
 http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/jcsdb/