US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Drug abuse violations Offenses By State in 2021

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 25,690 juvenile arrests made in the US for drug abuse violations 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 drug abuse violations offenses: Texas (4,743), Tennessee (1,792), Wisconsin (1,613), Utah (1,358), and South Carolina (987).

You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for Drug abuse violations 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 drug abuse violations offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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State Number of Arrests Percent of US Total (%)
Texas 4743 18.46
Tennessee 1792 6.98
Wisconsin 1613 6.28
Utah 1358 5.29
South Carolina 987 3.84
Colorado 974 3.79
Georgia 907 3.53
Missouri 857 3.34
Iowa 726 2.83
Arkansas 719 2.80
Louisiana 675 2.63
Idaho 663 2.58
Oklahoma 655 2.55
Minnesota 652 2.54
Indiana 640 2.49
Kansas 623 2.42
Nebraska 610 2.37
Ohio 590 2.30
North Carolina 570 2.22
Arizona 538 2.09
South Dakota 449 1.75
North Dakota 447 1.74
Nevada 428 1.67
Oregon 345 1.34
Illinois 319 1.24
Virginia 308 1.20
Kentucky 266 1.03
Wyoming 247 0.96
Michigan 237 0.92
California 229 0.89
Mississippi 188 0.73
New Hampshire 145 0.56
Alabama 137 0.53
Connecticut 125 0.49
Maryland 120 0.47
Delaware 113 0.44
Maine 106 0.41
Washington 94 0.37
Rhode Island 78 0.30
Hawaii 69 0.27
Montana 63 0.25
Massachusetts 59 0.23
West Virginia 57 0.22
New Mexico 38 0.15
New Jersey 33 0.13
New York 29 0.11
Alaska 26 0.10
Pennsylvania 26 0.10
Vermont 15 0.06
District of Columbia 2 0.01
Florida 0 0.00