US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Drug abuse violations Offenses By State in 2024

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2024, there were 36,293 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 (8,957), Wisconsin (2,106), Tennessee (1,630), Pennsylvania (1,582), and Utah (1,298).

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 2024 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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State Number of Arrests Percent of US Total (%)
Texas 8957 24.68
Wisconsin 2106 5.80
Tennessee 1630 4.49
Pennsylvania 1582 4.36
Utah 1298 3.58
Colorado 1281 3.53
South Carolina 1210 3.33
Florida 1002 2.76
Iowa 994 2.74
Louisiana 905 2.49
Arkansas 884 2.44
Indiana 850 2.34
Oklahoma 809 2.23
Illinois 805 2.22
Arizona 779 2.15
Virginia 760 2.09
Kansas 759 2.09
Georgia 702 1.93
Idaho 669 1.84
Ohio 626 1.73
Nebraska 567 1.56
Missouri 541 1.49
Nevada 538 1.48
Washington 510 1.41
South Dakota 506 1.39
North Carolina 494 1.36
Oregon 429 1.18
Alabama 405 1.12
California 398 1.10
Kentucky 342 0.94
Maryland 283 0.78
Wyoming 282 0.78
North Dakota 269 0.74
New York 257 0.71
New Mexico 245 0.68
Michigan 223 0.61
Connecticut 174 0.48
Minnesota 173 0.48
Mississippi 136 0.38
New Jersey 120 0.33
Delaware 117 0.32
Alaska 106 0.29
Massachusetts 92 0.25
New Hampshire 86 0.24
Rhode Island 75 0.21
Maine 68 0.19
West Virginia 67 0.19
Montana 64 0.18
Hawaii 56 0.15
District of Columbia 46 0.13
Vermont 16 0.04