Table 68

Police Disposition
Juvenile Offenders Taken into Custody, 2008
[2008 estimated population]

Population group		Total¹	Handled within department and released	Referred to juvenile court jurisdiction	Referred to welfare agency	Referred to other police agency	Referred to criminal or adult court	Number of agencies	2008 estimated population
TOTAL AGENCIES:	Number	602,210	131,631	399,059	3,081	6,797	61,642	5,251	118,759,497
TOTAL AGENCIES:	Percent²	100.0	21.9	66.3	0.5	1.1	10.2
TOTAL CITIES	Number	510,252	119,696	332,881	2,636	6,101	48,938	4,060	88,591,101
TOTAL CITIES	Percent²	100.0	23.5	65.2	0.5	1.2	9.6
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Number	141,432	43,632	93,552	17	789	3,442	39	26,875,238
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Percent²	100.0	30.9	66.1	*	0.6	2.4
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Number	71,987	17,768	48,745	478	1,523	3,473	86	12,710,757
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Percent²	100.0	24.7	67.7	0.7	2.1	4.8
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Number	96,973	20,111	66,612	681	1,256	8,313	230	15,525,328
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Percent²	100.0	20.7	68.7	0.7	1.3	8.6
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Number	63,330	11,939	41,189	583	1,259	8,360	341	11,778,506
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Percent²	100.0	18.9	65.0	0.9	2.0	13.2
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Number	71,991	13,299	45,174	507	559	12,452	776	12,367,656
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Percent²	100.0	18.5	62.7	0.7	0.8	17.3
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Number	64,539	12,947	37,609	370	715	12,898	2,588	9,333,616
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Percent²	100.0	20.1	58.3	0.6	1.1	20.0
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number	71,773	9,165	52,602	257	575	9,174	545	22,370,406
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent²	100.0	12.8	73.3	0.4	0.8	12.8
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number	20,185	2,770	13,576	188	121	3,530	646	7,797,990
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent²	100.0	13.7	67.3	0.9	0.6	17.5
SUBURBAN AREA³	Number	250,877	48,450	160,812	1,497	2,311	37,807	3,266	56,299,487
SUBURBAN AREA³	Percent²	100.0	19.3	64.1	0.6	0.9	15.1

¹ Includes all offenses except traffic and neglect cases.
² Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
³ Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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