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As of 2021, Black youth were 4.7 times as likely to be placed (i.e., detained or committed) in juvenile facilities as their white peers, according to nationwide data collected in October 2021 and recently released.
While Black youth represent about 17-18% of the 10–17-year-old population in Miami-Dade County, they account for 58% of all youth arrests since 2010 and 63% of arrests in 2022.
As of 2021, Black youth were 4.7 times as likely to be placed (i.e., detained or committed) in juvenile facilities as their white peers, according to nationwide data collected in October 2021 and recently released. This dis-parity has hardly changed over the past decade.1.
In 2021, the white placement rate in juvenile facilities was 49 per 100,000 youth under age 18. By comparison, the Black youth placement rate was 228 per 100,000, 4.7 times higher. Tribal youth were 3.7 times as likely (181 per 100,000) and Latino youth were 16% more likely (57 per 100,000).
Rates for Black young people rose 36.6% followed by 16.7% for AI/AN people, 13.9% for multiracial people, 10.6% for Asian people and 8.2% for Hispanic/Latino people. White people ages 10-24 saw a 3.9% decrease.
The report reveals that Black youth in Miami-Dade County are disproportionately affected, making up 58% of all youth arrests since 2010 despite constituting only 17-18% of the youth population. Moreover, Black male youths accounted for 52% of arrests in 2022, despite comprising just 9% of the 10-17-year-old population.
New federal data shows that the suicide rate among Black youth ages 10 to 19 surpassed that of their White peers for the first time in 2022, increasing 54% since 2018, compared to a 17% decrease for White youth.
Between the years 2018 and 2022, the suicide rate among Black youth rose by more than 50 percent, for the first time surpassing white youth, who saw a 17 percent decline.
Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2023 Percent of children younger than age 18 without health insurance coverage at the time of interview: 3.0% (2023)
Data from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicate that 15.2% of Black adolescent females reported a previous suicide attempt in the 12 months prior to the survey, compared with 11.9% of Latinx females and 9.4% of non-Hispanic White females.