Table 1
Juveniles in Residential Placement,1 Selected Years, 1997-2003
	Number in placement					Percent of those in Placement					Rate per 100,000
	1997	1999	2001	2003		1997	1999	2001	2003		1997	1999	2001	2003
Total	105,055	107,667	104,413	96,655		100	100	100	100		356	356	336	307
Total Age
12 & younger	2,178	3,933	1,852	1,671		2	4	2	2		-	-	-	-
13 years	4,648	6,474	4,448	4,088		4	6	4	4		121	162	109	95
14 years	11,578	13,050	10,499	9,890		11	12	10	10		294	325	258	235
15 years	21,237	20,959	19,565	18,363		20	19	19	19		533	532	482	446
16 years	28,201	26,169	26,992	24,809		27	24	26	26		722	651	666	606
17 years	24,564	23,653	24,988	23,993		23	22	24	25		623	587	621	586
18 & older	12,649	13,407	16,069	13,841		12	12	15	14		-	-	-	-
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	39,445	40,943	41,342	37,347		38	38	40	39		201	208	209	190
Non-Hispanic black	41,896	42,350	40,751	36,740		40	39	39	38		968	938	863	754
Hispanic	19,322	19,596	18,012	18,422		18	18	17	19		468	435	366	348
Asian	2,215	2,131	1,510	1,462		2	2	1	2		195	178	120	113
American Indian	1,615	1,996	2,177	1,771		2	2	2	2		490	576	608	496
Males	90,771	93,114	89,271	82,065		86	86	85	85		599	600	560	508
Total Age
12 & younger	1,797	3,323	1,563	1,406		2	4	2	2		-	-	-	-
13 years	3,668	5,239	3,492	3,221		4	6	4	4		187	255	167	146
14 years	9,158	10,618	8,205	7,850		10	11	9	10		453	516	394	363
15 years	17,558	17,419	15,825	14,874		19	19	18	18		857	860	760	705
16 years	24,376	22,638	23,061	20,872		27	24	26	25		1,210	1,092	1,108	995
17 years	22,177	21,203	22,131	21,005		24	23	25	26		1,088	1,017	1,069	1,000
18 & older	12,037	12,654	14,994	12,837		13	14	17	16		-	-	-	-
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	32,425	34,098	34,260	30,795		36	37	38	38		322	337	336	305
Non-Hispanic black	37,135	37,287	35,442	31,615		41	40	40	39		1,688	1,623	1,477	1,279
Hispanic	17,503	17,728	16,008	16,268		19	19	18	20		823	764	633	600
Asian	2,007	1,899	1,317	1,264		2	2	1	2		346	309	205	190
American Indian	1,273	1,578	1,776	1,403		1	2	2	2		759	894	975	775
Females	14,284	14,553	15,142	14,590		14	14	15	15		99	99	100	95
Total Age
12 & younger	381	610	288	265		3	4	2	2		-	-	-	-
13 years	980	1,235	957	867		7	8	6	6		52	63	48	41
14 years	2,420	2,432	2,295	2,040		17	17	15	14		126	124	116	99
15 years	3,679	3,540	3,741	3,489		26	24	25	24		190	185	189	174
16 years	3,825	3,531	3,930	3,937		27	24	26	27		202	181	199	197
17 years	2,387	2,450	2,856	2,988		17	17	19	20		125	126	146	150
18 & older	612	753	1,074	1,004		4	5	7	7		-	-	-	-
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	7,020	6,845	7,083	6,552		49	47	47	45		74	72	74	68
Non-Hispanic black	4,761	5,063	5,310	5,125		33	35	35	35		224	228	228	214
Hispanic	1,819	1,868	2,004	2,154		13	13	13	15		91	86	84	83
Asian	208	232	192	198		1	2	1	1		38	40	31	32
American Indian	342	418	399	368		2	3	3	3		211	245	227	209
1The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement collects data from all juvenile residential custody facilities in the U.S., asking for information on each youth assigned a bed in the facility on the last Wednesday in October.
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 juveniles ages 10 through the upper age of each state's juvenile court jurisdiction.
Source: Sickmund, Melissa, Sladky, T.J., and Kang, Wei. (2005). Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/cjrp/