US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Offenses against the family and children Offenses By State in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 1,579 juvenile arrests made in the US for offenses against the family and children offenses. This value is the total for all US states and DC.
Among all US states, the following were among the top 5 that had high number of juvenile arrests for offenses against the family and children offenses: North Dakota (231), South Dakota (189), Nebraska (176), Wisconsin (166), and Texas (165).
You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for Offenses against the family and children offenses. You can also see similar information for different types of offenses.
The interactive chart below shows the number of juvenile arrests made in the US for offenses against the family and children offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.
| State | Number of Arrests | Percent of US Total (%) |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 231 | 14.63 |
| South Dakota | 189 | 11.97 |
| Nebraska | 176 | 11.15 |
| Wisconsin | 166 | 10.51 |
| Texas | 165 | 10.45 |
| Arizona | 85 | 5.38 |
| Montana | 80 | 5.07 |
| Louisiana | 55 | 3.48 |
| Virginia | 41 | 2.60 |
| New Jersey | 35 | 2.22 |
| Missouri | 32 | 2.03 |
| Ohio | 31 | 1.96 |
| Colorado | 21 | 1.33 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 1.33 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | 1.27 |
| Nevada | 19 | 1.20 |
| New Mexico | 18 | 1.14 |
| Rhode Island | 17 | 1.08 |
| Tennessee | 17 | 1.08 |
| Georgia | 16 | 1.01 |
| Mississippi | 16 | 1.01 |
| Utah | 16 | 1.01 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | 0.95 |
| Idaho | 14 | 0.89 |
| Indiana | 11 | 0.70 |
| Kansas | 10 | 0.63 |
| New York | 8 | 0.51 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 0.51 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 0.44 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 0.44 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 0.32 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 0.32 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 0.32 |
| Iowa | 4 | 0.25 |
| California | 3 | 0.19 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.19 |
| Maine | 2 | 0.13 |
| Michigan | 2 | 0.13 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.13 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0.06 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0.00 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0.00 |
| Florida | 0 | 0.00 |
| Illinois | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0.00 |
| Maryland | 0 | 0.00 |
| Oregon | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0.00 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0.00 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0.00 |
