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Table 1.4. Characteristics of suspects arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents, by type of drug, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
Arrestee characteristic |
Total
arrested |
Percent arrested |
Drug type |
|
Cocaine powder |
Crack cocaine |
Marijuana |
Metham-phetamine |
Opiates |
Other or nondrug |
|
|
All arrestees |
29,886 |
|
100 |
% |
8,349 |
|
4,235 |
|
5,911 |
|
6,461 |
|
2,359 |
|
2,571 |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
25,180 |
|
84.3 |
% |
7,356 |
|
3,650 |
|
5,178 |
|
5,172 |
|
1,920 |
|
1,904 |
|
|
Female |
4,706 |
|
15.7 |
|
993 |
|
585 |
|
733 |
|
1,289 |
|
439 |
|
667 |
|
Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
White |
19,937 |
|
67.5 |
% |
5,243 |
|
825 |
|
4,616 |
|
5,951 |
|
1,533 |
|
1,769 |
|
|
Black/
African American |
8,699 |
|
29.5 |
|
2,899 |
|
3,337 |
|
1,000 |
|
169 |
|
781 |
|
513 |
|
|
American Indian
/Alaska Native |
209 |
|
0.7 |
|
31 |
|
14 |
|
65 |
|
79 |
|
2 |
|
18 |
|
|
Asian/Native Hawaiian
/Other Pacific Islander |
670 |
|
2.3 |
|
63 |
|
31 |
|
140 |
|
184 |
|
8 |
|
244 |
|
Hispanic origin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hispanic/Latino |
12,800 |
|
43.8 |
|
4,589 |
|
492 |
|
3,106 |
|
2,809 |
|
1,347 |
|
457 |
|
|
Not Hispanic/Latino |
16,430 |
|
56.2 |
|
3,561 |
|
3,619 |
|
2,709 |
|
3,550 |
|
971 |
|
2,020 |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under 18 years |
57 |
|
0.2 |
% |
15 |
|
8 |
|
17 |
|
10 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
|
18-20 |
2,086 |
|
7 |
|
422 |
|
398 |
|
565 |
|
411 |
|
122 |
|
168 |
|
|
21-24 |
4,745 |
|
15.9 |
|
1,155 |
|
857 |
|
1,003 |
|
1,006 |
|
322 |
|
402 |
|
|
25-34 |
12,354 |
|
41.3 |
|
3,712 |
|
1,859 |
|
2,313 |
|
2,571 |
|
902 |
|
997 |
|
|
35-44 |
6,780 |
|
22.7 |
|
2,013 |
|
721 |
|
1,226 |
|
1,642 |
|
610 |
|
568 |
|
|
45-54 |
2,929 |
|
9.8 |
|
767 |
|
295 |
|
566 |
|
693 |
|
304 |
|
304 |
|
|
55 and older |
935 |
|
3.1 |
|
265 |
|
97 |
|
221 |
|
128 |
|
96 |
|
128 |
|
Citizenship |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. citizen |
21,081 |
|
73.5 |
% |
5,353 |
|
3,928 |
|
3,615 |
|
4,535 |
|
1,529 |
|
2,121 |
|
|
Non U.S. citizen |
7,603 |
|
26.5 |
|
2,631 |
|
154 |
|
2,074 |
|
1,683 |
|
712 |
|
349 |
|
|
Note: Summing arrestees on a characteristic may not yield the total number
of arrestees because some arrestees lack information on that characteristic. |
|
Source: Drug Enforcement Administration Defendant Statistical System, fiscal year.
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