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- Persons Arrested By Sex, Age, & Race:1975-1987 Item Unit 1975 1980 1985 1987
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- Sex & Age
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- Agencies reporting Number 8,051 12,042 11,249 10,616
- Population represented Million 179 208 203 202
- Percent of total
- population Percent 84.1 92.4 85.0 83.1
- Persons arrested(1) 1,000 8,014 9,703 10,290 10,796
- Male 1,000 6,752 8,170 8,499 8,882
- Percent of total Percent 84.3 84.2 82.6 82.3
- Percent under 18 years Percent 25.5 19.7 16.1 15.5
- Female 1,000 1,262 1,533 1,791 1,914
- Percent of total Percent 15.7 15.8 17.4 17.7
- Percent under 18 years Percent 35.5 27.1 22.0 20.9
- Under 18 years 1,000 2,078 2,026 1,763 1,781
- Percent of total Percent 25.9 20.9 17.1 16.5
- 18-24 years 1,000 2,482 3,426 3,335 3,357
- 25-34 years 1,000 1,546 2,298 3,030 3,394
- 35-44 years 1,000 870 1,001 1,282 1,433
- 45-54 years 1,000 644 574 530 518
- 55 years and over 1,000 386 378 350 312
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- Race
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- Agencies reporting Number 7,993 12,013 11,231 10,545
- Population represented Million 169 208 202 202
- Percent of total
- population Percent 79.5 92.3 84.7 82.9
- Persons arrested(1) 1,000 7,671 9,684 10,239 10,750
- White 1,000 5,539 7,146 7,338 7,387
- Black 1,000 1,935 2,375 2,721 3,168
- Other 1,000 197 163 181 196
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- 1. Represents each person arrested rather than number of charges filed
- against each. Through 1981, includes persons for whom age was not
- known, not shown separately in breakdown by age.
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- Source:U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.