Juvenile Court Statistics Databook

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Demographics	Age	Sex	Race
Case Characteristics	Offenses	Detention	Manner of handling	Adjudication	Disposition
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Demographic characteristics of cases handled by juvenile courts

Year	Total	12 & under	13 to 15	16	17 & over	Male	Female	White	Minority	Black	American Indian	Asian/NHPI
1985	1,149,700	132,900	560,200	257,300	199,400	927,600	222,100	841,700	308,000	282,900	16,000	9,100
1986	1,216,700	128,400	581,000	286,600	220,800	981,100	235,600	881,100	335,700	307,300	18,000	10,400
1987	1,212,800	135,100	558,900	289,700	229,100	975,700	237,100	865,000	347,800	317,300	18,800	11,700
1988	1,216,700	139,700	561,600	275,100	240,400	982,300	234,400	843,200	373,500	343,000	18,100	12,400
1989	1,246,800	150,500	592,400	275,800	228,100	1,007,100	239,600	858,700	388,100	354,900	19,600	13,600
1990	1,335,500	157,600	644,500	294,000	239,400	1,077,900	257,600	905,900	429,700	394,000	20,600	15,100
1991	1,442,500	172,500	703,100	313,500	253,500	1,165,000	277,600	968,200	474,300	431,300	24,300	18,700
1992	1,518,300	178,600	746,000	324,300	269,300	1,220,900	297,400	1,022,900	495,300	450,200	27,800	17,200
1993	1,536,700	168,200	766,600	336,200	265,800	1,218,400	318,400	1,030,000	506,800	462,400	27,000	17,400
1994	1,684,300	179,700	842,900	372,400	289,400	1,322,600	361,800	1,127,400	556,900	506,000	30,300	20,600
1995	1,784,300	188,000	888,100	398,800	309,400	1,385,700	398,600	1,203,800	580,500	530,100	27,000	23,300
1996	1,825,400	182,800	893,700	423,800	325,100	1,407,600	417,700	1,239,200	586,200	533,400	28,700	24,100
1997	1,847,100	186,300	889,800	432,600	338,400	1,411,300	435,700	1,261,200	585,900	533,600	28,600	23,700
1998	1,773,200	178,900	842,900	411,200	340,300	1,343,300	429,900	1,222,800	550,500	498,200	29,600	22,700
1999	1,689,900	174,200	801,400	394,100	320,200	1,276,700	413,100	1,163,500	526,300	477,700	26,700	21,900
2000	1,664,800	174,800	786,800	382,000	321,200	1,245,400	419,400	1,149,100	515,700	467,500	25,400	22,800
2001	1,649,500	174,200	779,100	383,300	312,900	1,223,500	426,000	1,133,100	516,400	469,100	24,700	22,700
2002	1,645,000	166,200	775,600	382,100	321,200	1,210,400	434,600	1,119,100	525,900	476,300	26,400	23,200
2003	1,643,100	158,800	779,500	377,600	327,200	1,207,100	436,000	1,099,000	544,100	494,400	25,600	24,000
2004	1,660,700	151,500	797,400	383,500	328,200	1,208,200	452,500	1,096,500	564,200	513,800	26,100	24,200

Note: The estimates in this table are rounded to the nearest 100.

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C. and Kang, W. (2007). "Juvenile Court Statistics Databook." Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/jcsdb/