US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. Offenses By State in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 8,526 juvenile arrests made in the US for weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. offenses: California (1,734), Texas (821), Florida (717), New Jersey (407), and Louisiana (322).
You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1734 | 20.34 |
| Texas | 821 | 9.63 |
| Florida | 717 | 8.41 |
| New Jersey | 407 | 4.77 |
| Louisiana | 322 | 3.78 |
| Michigan | 303 | 3.55 |
| Tennessee | 294 | 3.45 |
| Wisconsin | 289 | 3.39 |
| Arizona | 281 | 3.30 |
| South Carolina | 268 | 3.14 |
| Ohio | 267 | 3.13 |
| Minnesota | 224 | 2.63 |
| North Carolina | 203 | 2.38 |
| Virginia | 199 | 2.33 |
| Colorado | 176 | 2.06 |
| New York | 171 | 2.01 |
| Georgia | 170 | 1.99 |
| Nevada | 149 | 1.75 |
| Oklahoma | 149 | 1.75 |
| Indiana | 139 | 1.63 |
| Missouri | 131 | 1.54 |
| Washington | 128 | 1.50 |
| Arkansas | 96 | 1.13 |
| Utah | 91 | 1.07 |
| Iowa | 89 | 1.04 |
| Nebraska | 78 | 0.92 |
| Connecticut | 73 | 0.86 |
| Massachusetts | 62 | 0.73 |
| Mississippi | 62 | 0.73 |
| Oregon | 60 | 0.70 |
| Delaware | 56 | 0.66 |
| Rhode Island | 51 | 0.60 |
| South Dakota | 42 | 0.49 |
| Idaho | 37 | 0.43 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 0.43 |
| Maryland | 30 | 0.35 |
| Illinois | 22 | 0.26 |
| New Mexico | 21 | 0.25 |
| Kansas | 18 | 0.21 |
| North Dakota | 13 | 0.15 |
| Alaska | 11 | 0.13 |
| Wyoming | 11 | 0.13 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 0.07 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 0.07 |
| Montana | 5 | 0.06 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 0.05 |
| Maine | 1 | 0.01 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0.01 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.01 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0.00 |
