US Number of Juvenile Arrests for All Offenses By State in 2020
Updated on January 26, 2026.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 328,545 juvenile arrests made in the US for all 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 all offenses: Texas (32,451), Florida (31,471), California (23,588), Wisconsin (21,163), and Arizona (13,454).
You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for All 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 all offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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| State | Number of Arrests | Percent of US Total (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 32451 | 9.88 |
| Florida | 31471 | 9.58 |
| California | 23588 | 7.18 |
| Wisconsin | 21163 | 6.44 |
| Arizona | 13454 | 4.10 |
| Ohio | 13308 | 4.05 |
| Tennessee | 12090 | 3.68 |
| Minnesota | 10504 | 3.20 |
| Virginia | 9118 | 2.78 |
| Colorado | 9095 | 2.77 |
| Missouri | 8644 | 2.63 |
| Louisiana | 8590 | 2.62 |
| New Jersey | 8448 | 2.57 |
| Utah | 7869 | 2.40 |
| Michigan | 7354 | 2.24 |
| Iowa | 7019 | 2.14 |
| North Carolina | 6962 | 2.12 |
| Washington | 6741 | 2.05 |
| Georgia | 6383 | 1.94 |
| Nevada | 6339 | 1.93 |
| New York | 6317 | 1.92 |
| South Carolina | 5416 | 1.65 |
| Arkansas | 5173 | 1.58 |
| Oklahoma | 5110 | 1.56 |
| Oregon | 4687 | 1.43 |
| Nebraska | 4634 | 1.41 |
| Indiana | 4298 | 1.31 |
| Idaho | 3912 | 1.19 |
| South Dakota | 3842 | 1.17 |
| Connecticut | 3791 | 1.15 |
| North Dakota | 3595 | 1.09 |
| Montana | 3258 | 0.99 |
| Kansas | 3248 | 0.99 |
| Massachusetts | 3159 | 0.96 |
| Wyoming | 2544 | 0.77 |
| New Hampshire | 2313 | 0.70 |
| Kentucky | 1920 | 0.58 |
| Delaware | 1862 | 0.57 |
| Maine | 1689 | 0.51 |
| Mississippi | 1367 | 0.42 |
| Rhode Island | 1300 | 0.40 |
| Alaska | 1052 | 0.32 |
| Maryland | 709 | 0.22 |
| New Mexico | 601 | 0.18 |
| Vermont | 498 | 0.15 |
| Illinois | 456 | 0.14 |
| West Virginia | 384 | 0.12 |
| Hawaii | 340 | 0.10 |
| District of Columbia | 263 | 0.08 |
| Pennsylvania | 176 | 0.05 |
| Alabama | 40 | 0.01 |