Kathryn Saltmarsh Executive Director 217-557-4749 Kathy.Saltmarsh@.gov

Arrests for Cannabis Possession under 30g Convictions for Cannabis Possession under 30g 2010 through 2012 2010 through 2012 Arrests by Convictions White Black Other Year White Black by Year Cook Cook 2010 26% 74% 1% 30,661 2010 25% 75% 4,396 2011 26% 73% 1% 27,968 2011 25% 75% 3,256 2012 27% 72% 1% 24,746 2012 22% 78% 600 Percent of statewide arrests: 67% Percent of statewide convictions: 40% Collar Collar 2010 70% 27% 2% 5,157 2010 68% 32% 1,702 2011 70% 28% 3% 4,475 2011 68% 32% 1,502 2012 69% 27% 3% 4,313 2012 67% 33% 1,186 Percent of statewide arrests: 11% Percent of statewide convictions: 21% Urban Urban 2010 56% 42% 2% 4,888 2010 53% 47% 1,183 2011 55% 42% 2% 4,669 2011 53% 47% 1,095 2012 56% 42% 2% 4,881 2012 52% 48% 1,058 Percent of statewide arrests: 12% Percent of statewide convictions: 16% Rural Rural 2010 81% 17% 1% 4,303 2010 83% 17% 1,651 2011 82% 17% 1% 3,943 2011 82% 18% 1,465 2012 80% 18% 2% 3,908 2012 82% 18% 1,432 Percent of statewide arrests: 10% Percent of statewide convictions: 22% * Statewide criminal history information do not report ethnicity * Other race categories removed due to too few observations. (i.e., Hispanic). * Statewide criminal history information do not report ethnicity (i.e., Hispanic).

April 10, 2014 SPAC Page 1 of 2 The Illinois counties are divided into four groups based on population and proximity to the metropolitan area of : Cook, Collar, Urban, and Rural. These divisions are based on U.S. Census Bureau classifications and are used by the Illinois Department of Public Health as well as other state agencies.

Cook County includes the City of Chicago and the suburban Cook County areas.

Collar counties are any county that border Cook County, including Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, and Will counties.

Urban counties are any county outside the immediate Chicago metropolitan area with their own large city, including Champaign, DeKalb, Kankakee, Kendall, McLean, Macon, Madison, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Tazewell, and Winnebago counties.

Rural counties consistent of the remainder of the state, including Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, JoDaviess, Johnson, Knox, LaSalle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, McDonough, Macoupin, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Saline, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Union, Vermillion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Williamson, and Woodford counties.

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