Custody Data (1997-Present)

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

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Q:	How do custody rates vary by State?
A:	There was a broad range of State custody rates in 2006 - from 81 to 672 per 100,000 juveniles.

Juvenile custody rates by State, 2006

State of offense	Number	Custody rate per 100,000
State of offense	Number	Total	Detained	Committed

U.S. total	92,854	295	84	205
Upper age 17
Alabama	1,752	342	96	244
Alaska	363	430	181	234
Arizona	1,737	246	90	153

Arkansas	813	261	46	212
California	15,240	351	141	206
Colorado	2,034	397	75	315
Delaware	303	327	146	178
District of Columbia	339	671	421	172

Florida	7,302	397	91	303
Hawaii	123	92	22	72
Idaho	522	297	79	219
Indiana	2,616	364	96	260
Iowa	1,062	323	60	250

Kansas	1,053	335	95	236
Kentucky	1,242	273	77	192
Maine	210	152	35	115
Maryland	1,104	174	90	83
Minnesota	1,623	280	67	211

Mississippi	444	128	50	63
Montana	243	235	49	183
Nebraska	735	368	176	126
Nevada	885	317	115	201
New Jersey	1,704	176	85	90

New Mexico	471	204	56	144
North Dakota	240	355	27	328
Ohio	4,149	322	96	225
Oklahoma	924	232	74	157
Oregon	1,254	319	58	260

Pennsylvania	4,323	321	61	246
Rhode Island	348	308	13	292
South Dakota	597	672	132	534
Tennessee	1,419	216	57	158
Utah	864	267	78	188

Vermont	54	81	23	59
Virginia	2,310	283	104	178
Washington	1,455	206	61	143
West Virginia	579	320	89	230
Wyoming	315	559	48	511

Upper age 16
Georgia	2,631	276	49	147
Illinois	2,631	206	58	146
Louisiana	1,200	279	86	187
Massachusetts	1,164	198	85	112

Michigan	2,760	268	61	205
Missouri	1,293	227	79	145
New Hampshire	189	148	19	129
South Carolina	1,320	317	121	196
Texas	8,247	335	74	260
Wisconsin	1,347	251	42	204

Upper age 15
Connecticut	498	170	58	107
New York	4,197	270	47	221
North Carolina	1,029	144	31	113

Notes: The custody rate is the number of juvenile offenders in residential placement per 100,000 juveniles ages 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each State. U.S. total includes 1,466 juvenile offenders in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and 133 juvenile offenders in tribal facilities.

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. Rates and percentages presented are also based on rounded totals. More information on this rounding rule is available on the CJRP Databook Web site.

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Nationwide in 2006, there were 295 juvenile offenders held in juvenile facilities per 100,000 juveniles in the population.
In 2006, the national commitment rate was 2.4 times the detention rate, but rates varied by state.
Maryland, Nebraska, and the District of Columbia had higher detention rates than commitment rates in 2006

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08601.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.