US and State Prostitution Arrests, 2001-2010 - Legal Prostitution

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US and State Prostitution Arrests, 2001-2010

top 10 states for prostitution arrests by percentage of population and number of arrests 2010

II. Prostitution and Commercialized Vice Arrests by State, 2001-2010

State (Click state for laws)	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Alabama	90	187	135	173	124	191	182	260	296	74
Alaska	61	58	55	102	123	192	343	159	217	161
Arizona	1,878	1,948	2,160	2,115	1,611	1,518	1,600	1,602	1,503	956
Arkansas	368	327	360	330	301	251	154	316	298	269
California	12,032	12,257	13,776	14,134	13,911	12,908	12,558	13,385	12,904	11,334
Colorado	1,328	1,361	1,010	864	869	497	668	316	651	417
Connecticut	565	527	244	455	493	481	479	523	346	445
Delaware	138	125	157	118	140	105	188	132	67	27
Florida	8,698	7,742	7,529	6,583	5,715	5,443	6,131	6,059	5,296	5,048
Georgia	2,378	1,551	1,628	1,651	1,681	1,540	1,171	1,848	1,702	1,414
Hawaii	480	430	350	255	341	428	N/A	421	315	296
Idaho	2	2	3	4	3	7	10	21	5	13
Illinois	6,097	5,584	69	6,060	4,931	4,736	4,050	3,616	3,473	2,525
Indiana	833	1,127	11	1,504	1,809	198	1,861	1,256	1,185	203
Iowa	253	378	246	170	215	95	149	129	141	123
Kansas	N/A	28	19	143	8	212	241	227	239	185
Kentucky	374	332	85	334	509	656	766	539	379	275
Louisiana	428	403	546	538	447	519	548	412	288	257
Maine	70	40	12	30	18	28	42	26	27	10
Maryland	1,101	226	2,371	2,637	1,861	1,694	1,377	1,337	1,322	1,465
Massachusetts	1,619	936	630	809	672	823	1,098	1,229	836	905
Michigan	859	1,820	1,336	1,791	1,776	834	603	761	732	446
Minnesota	61	59	84	40	2,133	1,200	1,119	1,338	1,087	966
State (Click state for laws)	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Mississippi	56	87	102	91	63	171	110	119	225	149
Missouri	1,320	1,275	1,394	1,060	1,271	1,085	320	635	569	338
Montana	2	2	2	N/A	2	N/A	30	11	1	1
Nebraska	364	406	490	312	148	233	182	212	180	148
Nevada	4,054	3,698	4,349	5,301	4,633	4,609	5,430	4,659	4,561	3,738
New Hampshire	9	23	14	40	74	98	27	56	46	24
New Jersey	1,934	2,712	2,106	2,408	2,342	2,022	1,706	1,453	1,372	1,489
New Mexico	412	424	250	412	300	333	348	219	287	347
New York	1,133	1,101	1,605	1,795	1,743	1,765	1,318	824	871	783
North Carolina	1,566	1,190	1,243	693	1,370	1,414	1,492	1,408	1,080	1,145
North Dakota	4	0	0	16	1	2	6	3	4	5
Ohio	2,154	2,055	1,331	1,392	1,282	951	1,472	1,266	1,891	1,724
Oklahoma	400	316	346	555	456	450	434	412	411	247
Oregon	359	269	116	863	635	677	516	752	660	296
Pennsylvania	3,074	2,749	2,685	2,952	2,552	2,380	2,301	2,498	1,871	1,958
Rhode Island	303	384	275	215	110	215	128	216	97	103
South Carolina	165	448	13	34	742	520	654	388	642	624
South Dakota	0	3	0	1	3	4	4	10	14	22
Tennessee	1,360	1,876	1,739	1,562	2,025	2,142	2,219	2,111	2,531	2,387
Texas	6,641	6,879	4,794	6,575	5,999	8,403	8,552	8,784	8,604	7,554
Utah	372	276	241	353	344	512	349	463	550	414
Vermont	5	2	4	3	1	1	2	6	7	5
Virginia	388	417	392	723	737	586	647	558	848	689
Washington	664	1,268	571	574	1,567	1,313	874	694	795	836
West Virginia	1	87	10	58	163	29	233	150	125	114
Wisconsin	881	1,103	120	142	121	690	825	687	371	358
Wyoming	2	2	2	35	3	6	4	34	14	7
State (Click for state laws)	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010

Sources:

Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Arrest Data Analysis Tool," www.bjs.usdoj.gov (accessed Aug. 23, 2012)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Crime in the United States - 2001," fbi.gov (accessed May 4, 2015)

III. National Arrests for Prostitution and Commercialized Vice, 2001-2010

National Arrests	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010 (estimated)
Prostitution / commercialized vice	80,854	79,733	75,190	87,872	84,891	79,673	77,607	75,004	71,355	62,668

Source: FBI, "Crime in the United States Arrest Data Tables," www.fbi.gov (accessed Aug. 23, 2012)

The Bureau of Justice Statistics' definition for "prostitution/commercialized vice," available at www.bjs.gov, states: "The unlawful promotion of or participation in sexual activities for profit, including attempts. To solicit customers or transport persons for prostitution purposes; to own, manage, or operate a dwelling or other establishment for the purpose of providing a place where prostitution is performed; or to otherwise assist or promote prostitution."

As of Aug. 28, 2012, the most current national arrest data available for prostitution/commercialized vice were estimates from 2010.

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