US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. Offenses By State in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 7,664 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: Texas (1,079), Tennessee (466), Michigan (426), South Carolina (425), and Georgia (364).
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1079 | 14.08 |
| Tennessee | 466 | 6.08 |
| Michigan | 426 | 5.56 |
| South Carolina | 425 | 5.55 |
| Georgia | 364 | 4.75 |
| Ohio | 346 | 4.51 |
| Wisconsin | 322 | 4.20 |
| North Carolina | 299 | 3.90 |
| Colorado | 289 | 3.77 |
| Louisiana | 285 | 3.72 |
| Virginia | 248 | 3.24 |
| Indiana | 244 | 3.18 |
| Minnesota | 240 | 3.13 |
| California | 232 | 3.03 |
| Oklahoma | 161 | 2.10 |
| Connecticut | 158 | 2.06 |
| Missouri | 158 | 2.06 |
| Massachusetts | 141 | 1.84 |
| Nevada | 137 | 1.79 |
| Illinois | 133 | 1.74 |
| Washington | 123 | 1.61 |
| Arkansas | 118 | 1.54 |
| Mississippi | 104 | 1.36 |
| New Jersey | 101 | 1.32 |
| Arizona | 100 | 1.31 |
| Iowa | 96 | 1.25 |
| South Dakota | 88 | 1.15 |
| Kentucky | 83 | 1.08 |
| Rhode Island | 80 | 1.04 |
| Utah | 80 | 1.04 |
| Idaho | 75 | 0.98 |
| New York | 73 | 0.95 |
| Delaware | 68 | 0.89 |
| Maryland | 63 | 0.82 |
| Oregon | 58 | 0.76 |
| Alabama | 54 | 0.71 |
| Nebraska | 35 | 0.46 |
| Kansas | 19 | 0.25 |
| District of Columbia | 17 | 0.22 |
| North Dakota | 16 | 0.21 |
| New Mexico | 13 | 0.17 |
| Wyoming | 12 | 0.16 |
| Montana | 8 | 0.10 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 0.08 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 0.05 |
| Maine | 4 | 0.05 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 0.05 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 0.05 |
| Alaska | 3 | 0.04 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.03 |
| Florida | 0 | 0.00 |
