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 | 2005 estimated population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOTAL AGENCIES: | Number | 660,974 | 133,664 | 467,288 | 2,461 | 8,808 | 48,753 | 5,138 | 120,999,116 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 20.2 | 70.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 7.4 | |||
TOTAL CITIES | Number | 553,741 | 116,983 | 389,513 | 1,903 | 6,330 | 39,012 | 3,926 | 85,869,567 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 21.1 | 70.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 7.0 | |||
GROUP I (250,000 and over) | Number | 133,474 | 42,044 | 90,205 | 143 | 453 | 629 | 30 | 22,983,307 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 31.5 | 67.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |||
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) | Number | 75,918 | 14,152 | 55,947 | 132 | 2,020 | 3,667 | 90 | 13,382,824 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 18.6 | 73.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | |||
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) | Number | 101,901 | 20,675 | 72,643 | 656 | 1,477 | 6,450 | 227 | 15,306,602 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 20.3 | 71.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 6.3 | |||
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | Number | 77,522 | 13,613 | 56,157 | 347 | 1,282 | 6,123 | 356 | 12,452,163 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 17.6 | 72.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 7.9 | |||
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | Number | 90,272 | 14,592 | 63,233 | 360 | 482 | 11,605 | 799 | 12,789,350 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 16.2 | 70.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 12.9 | |||
GROUP VI (under 10,000) | Number | 74,654 | 11,907 | 51,328 | 265 | 616 | 10,538 | 2,424 | 8,955,321 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 15.9 | 68.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 14.1 | |||
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Number | 83,412 | 12,923 | 61,531 | 369 | 2,187 | 6,402 | 566 | 26,400,332 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 15.5 | 73.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 7.7 | |||
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Number | 23,821 | 3,758 | 16,244 | 189 | 291 | 3,339 | 646 | 8,729,217 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 15.8 | 68.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 14.0 | |||
SUBURBAN AREA3 | Number | 286,787 | 50,915 | 200,494 | 1,499 | 3,737 | 30,142 | 3,136 | 59,655,663 |
Percent2 | 100.0 | 17.8 | 69.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
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