Table 68

Police Disposition
Juvenile Offenders Taken into Custody, 2009
[2009 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	2009 estimated population
TOTAL AGENCIES:	Number	543,200	121,162	365,961	2,758	5,731	47,588	5,139	116,830,401
TOTAL AGENCIES:	Percent²	100.0	22.3	67.4	0.5	1.1	8.8
TOTAL CITIES	Number	461,209	109,243	308,037	2,175	5,046	36,708	4,007	85,067,747
TOTAL CITIES	Percent²	100.0	23.7	66.8	0.5	1.1	8.0
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Number	118,873	37,099	78,213	11	608	2,942	34	22,902,229
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Percent²	100.0	31.2	65.8	*	0.5	2.5
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Number	67,487	14,463	49,091	716	965	2,252	85	12,505,038
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Percent²	100.0	21.4	72.7	1.1	1.4	3.3
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Number	90,908	21,312	61,923	400	1,379	5,894	236	15,961,680
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Percent²	100.0	23.4	68.1	0.4	1.5	6.5
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Number	60,978	10,857	42,859	332	657	6,273	348	11,999,775
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Percent²	100.0	17.8	70.3	0.5	1.1	10.3
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Number	67,593	14,093	43,038	385	655	9,422	795	12,656,463
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Percent²	100.0	20.8	63.7	0.6	1.0	13.9
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Number	55,370	11,419	32,913	331	782	9,925	2,509	9,042,562
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Percent²	100.0	20.6	59.4	0.6	1.4	17.9
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number	63,989	9,139	45,741	404	569	8,136	579	23,714,860
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent²	100.0	14.3	71.5	0.6	0.9	12.7
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number	18,002	2,780	12,183	179	116	2,744	553	8,047,794
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent²	100.0	15.4	67.7	1.0	0.6	15.2
SUBURBAN AREA³	Number	228,467	46,517	148,643	1,398	2,283	29,626	3,268	58,163,860
SUBURBAN AREA³	Percent²	100.0	20.4	65.1	0.6	1.0	13.0

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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