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 minority proportion of females in residential placement?
A:	Nationally, minority juveniles made up 57% of females in residential placement on February 22, 2006.

Minority proportion of female juveniles in residential placement, 2006

State of offense	Minority proportion of females
			Committed
	Overall		Public		Private		Detained

U.S. total	57	%	59	%	50	%	60	%

Alabama	54		*62		52		*55
Alaska	*64		*86		*71		*50
Arizona	57		54		*55		57
Arkansas	53		*55		*46		*65
California	76		75		79		76

Colorado	40		*59		*21		*47
Connecticut	74		*0		*69		*74
Delaware	*78		*60		*50		*67
District of Columbia	*70		*0		*0		*100
Florida	59		*59		61		57

Georgia	70		81		*38		*68
Hawaii	*93		*100		*100		*80
Idaho	17		*24		*0		*13
Illinois	57		57		*31		68
Indiana	35		39		33		32

Iowa	30		36		24		*18
Kansas	45		*60		*45		*44
Kentucky	24		*21		23		*25
Louisiana	65		*71		*64		*60
Maine	*13		*0		*0		*25

Maryland	*65		*67		*78		*58
Massachusetts	50		*0		*60		*41
Michigan	52		43		53		59
Minnesota	48		*47		43		56
Mississippi	*77		*79		*0		*69

Missouri	44		36		*50		*59
Montana	*45		*67		*33		*20
Nebraska	42		*40		*38		*46
Nevada	40		*43		*43		*42
New Hampshire	*33		*50		*20		*0

New Jersey	59		*75		*40		*73
New Mexico	*71		*75		*0		*73
New York	69		88		57		77
North Carolina	62		*77		*39		*73
North Dakota	*54		*57		*40		*0

Ohio	46		44		*50		49
Oklahoma	46		*60		*20		*50
Oregon	35		*32		*18		*50
Pennsylvania	61		*50		60		63
Rhode Island	*42		*44		*33		*0

South Carolina	64		*55		*75		*67
South Dakota	59		*44		*69		*58
Tennessee	39		*50		*23		*38
Texas	72		71		*71		74
Utah	42		*40		*26		*60

Vermont	*0		*0		*0		*0
Virginia	63		62		*0		62
Washington	35		40		*33		*31
West Virginia	*10		*10		*0		*11
Wisconsin	43		*40		*36		*47
Wyoming	*42		*29		*53		*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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Minorities were 39% of the juvenile population in 2006 and 61% of juveniles in residential placement on February 22, 2006.
In 20 states, the minority proportion of females in residential placement exceeded the national average of 57%.
Although the minority proportion of females varied across States, the minority proportion of females tended to be greater for detained females and females committed to public facilities than for females committed to private facilities.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08207.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.