Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook

Age on Census Date by Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2006

                        Race/Ethnicity                        
Age Total White Black Hispanic American Indian Asian Other

Total 92,854 32,495 37,337 19,027 1,828 1,155 1,012
  12 & younger 1,207 511 477 163 28 9 19
  13 3,424 1,200 1,491 578 69 35 51
  14 9,127 3,128 3,927 1,668 177 94 133
  15 17,574 6,012 7,423 3,447 336 175 181
  16 24,646 8,606 9,987 4,988 478 293 294
  17 23,761 8,550 9,004 5,132 509 336 230
  18 & older 13,115 4,488 5,028 3,051 231 213 104



Note: U.S. total includes 1,466 juvenile offenders in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and 124 juvenile offenders in tribal facilities.

Note: The "Hispanic" category includes persons of Latin American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. These persons are not included in the other race/ethnicity categories.

Suggested citation: Sickmund, Melissa, Sladky, T.J., and Kang, Wei. (2008) "Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook." Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/cjrp/

Data source: Author's analysis of OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2006 [machine-readable data files].