Number and Distribution of Drug Law Arrests by Age Group (1970 - 2003)

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Trends and Distribution of Drug Law Arrests (1970 to 2003)
Drug Law Arrests			Adult Arrests		Juvenile Arrests
Year	Number	% of All Arrests	Number	% of Drug Law	Number	% of Drug Law
1970	415,600	5	322,300	78	93,300	22
1971	492,000	6	383,900	78	108,100	22
1972	527,400	6	407,300	77	120,100	23
1973	628,900	7	463,600	74	165,300	26
1974	642,100	7	474,900	74	167,200	26
1975	601,400	6	456,000	76	145,400	24
1976	609,500	6	464,100	76	145,400	24
1977	642,700	6	493,300	77	149,400	23
1978	628,700	6	480,000	76	148,700	24
1979	558,600	5	435,600	78	123,000	22
1980	580,900	6	471,200	81	109,700	19
1981	559,900	5	468,100	84	91,800	16
1982	676,000	6	584,900	87	91,200	13
1983	661,400	6	583,500	88	77,900	12
1984	708,400	6	623,700	88	84,700	12
1985	811,400	7	718,600	89	92,800	11
1986	824,100	7	742,700	90	81,400	10
1987	937,400	7	849,500	91	87,900	9
1988	1,155,200	8	1,050,600	91	104,600	9
1989	1,361,700	9	1,247,800	92	113,900	8
1990	1,089,500	8	1,008,300	93	81,200	7
1991	1,010,000	7	931,900	92	78,100	8
1992	1,066,400	8	980,700	92	85,700	8
1993	1,126,300	8	1,017,800	90	108,500	10
1994	1,351,400	9	1,192,800	88	158,600	12
1995	1,476,100	10	1,285,700	87	190,400	13
1996	1,506,200	10	1,295,100	86	211,100	14
1997	1,583,600	10	1,370,400	87	213,200	13
1998	1,559,100	11	1,360,600	87	198,500	13
1999	1,557,100	11	1,365,100	88	192,000	12
2000	1,579,566	11	1,375,600	87	203,900	13
2001	1,586,902	12	1,383,778	87	203,124	13
2002	1,538,813	11	1,352,617	88	186,196	12
2003	1,678,192	12	1,478,487	88	199,705	12
Grand totals:	33,732,473	8	29,120,482	86	4,612,025	14