Age on Census Date by Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2006 Rate per 100,000 juveniles
Race/Ethnicity
Age
All groups
White
Black
Hispanic
American Indian
Asian
All ages
295
170
767
326
540
85
13
82
48
222
74
160
20
14
214
121
579
215
387
53
15
406
227
1,077
451
720
98
16
559
316
1,424
660
1,000
161
17
560
323
1,356
725
1,100
185
Note: Rates for “All ages” represent the number of juveniles assigned a bed on the reference date because of an offense per 100,000 juveniles in the general population ages 10 through the upper age of juvenile court jurisdiction in each State. Rates are not presented for ages younger than 13 or older than 17 because there were too few juveniles in these age groups to calculate a reliable rate.
Note: Rates for “All racial/ethnic groups” include juveniles identified in the CJRP as “Other” race, most of whom were individuals with multiple race identification. Rates are not presented separately for these “Other” race juveniles because there is no comparable reference population available.
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.
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.
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].