Table 68

Police Disposition
of Juvenile Offenders Taken into Custody, 2007
[2007 estimated population]

Population group		Total¹	Handled within department and released	Referred to juvenile court jurisdiction	Referred to welfare agency	Referred to other police agency	Referred to criminal or adult court	Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
TOTAL AGENCIES:	Number	663,991	129,404	461,909	2,430	8,141	62,107	5,242	120,286,534
TOTAL AGENCIES:	Percent²	100.0	19.5	69.6	0.4	1.2	9.4
TOTAL CITIES	Number	560,393	117,588	387,512	1,775	7,098	46,420	3,937	87,798,925
TOTAL CITIES	Percent²	100.0	21.0	69.2	0.3	1.3	8.3
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Number	138,954	41,670	94,226	20	604	2,434	37	25,796,709
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Percent²	100.0	30.0	67.8	*	0.4	1.8
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Number	82,959	18,009	58,590	378	2,274	3,708	80	12,018,629
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Percent²	100.0	21.7	70.6	0.5	2.7	4.5
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Number	105,992	19,497	76,429	414	1,295	8,357	234	15,972,903
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Percent²	100.0	18.4	72.1	0.4	1.2	7.9
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Number	75,606	12,211	53,794	254	1,671	7,676	360	12,405,704
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Percent²	100.0	16.2	71.2	0.3	2.2	10.2
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Number	85,504	13,001	59,213	461	688	12,141	793	12,642,471
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Percent²	100.0	15.2	69.3	0.5	0.8	14.2
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Number	71,378	13,200	45,260	248	566	12,104	2,433	8,962,509
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Percent²	100.0	18.5	63.4	0.3	0.8	17.0
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number	81,552	8,543	59,834	493	879	11,803	636	24,275,366
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent²	100.0	10.5	73.4	0.6	1.1	14.5
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number	22,046	3,273	14,563	162	164	3,884	669	8,212,243
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent²	100.0	14.8	66.1	0.7	0.7	17.6
SUBURBAN AREA³	Number	288,762	47,148	198,657	1,429	2,557	38,971	3,278	58,405,783
SUBURBAN AREA³	Percent²	100.0	16.3	68.8	0.5	0.9	13.5

¹ Includes all offenses except traffic and neglect cases.
² Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
³ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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