Arrests by Race, 2004

	Percent distribution¹
Offense charged	White	Black	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian or Pacific Islander
Total number	7,067,383	2,714,041	131,539	108,087
Total percent	70.5%	27.1%	1.3%	1.1%
Murder²	49.4	47.7	1.2	1.7
Forcible rape	65.3	32.2	1.3	1.1
Robbery	44.9	53.6	0.6	0.9
Aggravated assault	64.5	33.1	1.3	1.1
Burglary	70.9	27.2	1.0	1.0
Larceny-theft	69.1	28.2	1.3	1.4
Motor vehicle theft	63.4	34.2	1.0	1.4
Arson	77.0	20.7	1.0	1.3
Other assaults	65.9	31.6	1.3	1.1
Forgery and counterfeiting	70.1	28.1	0.6	1.2
Fraud	72.1	26.5	0.7	0.7
Embezzlement	69.2	28.5	0.6	1.8
Stolen property—buying, receiving, possessing	62.8	35.5	0.7	1.0
Vandalism	75.8	21.8	1.4	1.0
Weapons possession	62.4	35.9	0.8	1.0
Prostitution	57.2	40.3	0.6	1.9
Sex offenses, except forcible rape and prostitution	73.7%	24.2%	0.9%	1.2%
Drug abuse violation	65.8	32.9	0.6	0.7
Gambling	27.2	69.2	0.5	3.1
Offenses against family and children	68.3	29.6	1.6	0.6
Driving under the influence	88.4	9.1	1.4	1.0
Liquor laws	86.1	10.2	2.7	1.0
Drunkenness	84.3	13.0	2.2	0.5
Disorderly conduct	64.5	33.2	1.5	0.8
Vagrancy	62.4	35.2	1.8	0.6
All other offenses except traffic	67.2	30.2	1.4	1.2
Suspicion	67.6	31.1	1.3	—
Curfew and loitering law violations	65.8	32.3	0.6	1.3
Runaways	73.5	21.3	1.6	3.7