Other offenses · FBI arrest data · 2024
Vagrancy Arrests
22,003 arrests for vagrancy were reported across the U.S. in 2024 — 0.3% of all reported arrests.
Who was arrested for vagrancy
By sex & age
Shares of all vagrancy arrests.
By race & ethnicity
Agencies report race and ethnicity separately from the age/sex counts, so shares below are of the 21,621 race entries reported (18,911 ethnicity entries) — a different universe than the total above, which it can undershoot or occasionally exceed.
| White | 13,844 | 64.0% |
| Black or African American | 5,189 | 24.0% |
| American Indian / Alaska Native | 1,872 | 8.7% |
| Asian / Pacific Islander | 716 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4,132 | 21.8% |
States with the most vagrancy arrests
Reported arrests, 2024 — reporting coverage varies by state.
| State | Arrests | Share of state's arrests |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4,269 | 0.7% |
| Texas | 2,692 | 0.5% |
| Arizona | 1,932 | 0.9% |
| Georgia | 1,725 | 0.9% |
| Florida | 1,676 | 0.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,417 | 0.6% |
| Nevada | 1,051 | 1.0% |
| Nebraska | 999 | 1.8% |
| Wisconsin | 848 | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | 564 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | 552 | 1.8% |
| Washington | 547 | 0.4% |
| South Dakota | 484 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | 297 | 0.2% |
| Utah | 288 | 0.3% |
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About this data
- Counts are arrests, not people. One person arrested twice counts twice; an arrest with several charges counts once, under the most serious charge.
- Reported agencies only. Figures cover the ~14,500 agencies in the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Reporting arrest (ASR) file — about 94–95% of the FBI's official national total, which additionally counts agencies that report only through NIBRS. Nothing here is estimated for non-reporting agencies, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the arresting agency's headquarters, not where the arrest happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies (state police, sheriffs, transit police) concentrate in one county — county figures are approximate, and about 3% of arrests come from agencies that can't be placed in any county.
- Race and ethnicity are reported separately from the age/sex counts, and not for every arrest — race is reported for ≈95% of arrests, ethnicity for ≈81%. Shares here use those reported subtotals as denominators.
- No per-capita rates. Because reporting coverage varies by area, population-adjusted rates would mislead; we show counts only. Arrests measure enforcement activity, not crime rates.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 Arrest (ASR) master file. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Vagrancy arrests — FAQ
How many vagrancy arrests were there in the U.S. in 2024?+
22,003 arrests for vagrancy were reported to the FBI in 2024 — 0.3% of all reported arrests. The true number is somewhat higher because not every agency reports.
Which state had the most vagrancy arrests?+
California reported the most (4,269), followed by Texas (2,692) and Arizona (1,932). Reporting coverage varies by state.
Who gets arrested for vagrancy?+
In 2024, 24.7% of vagrancy arrests were of women and 0.1% were of juveniles under 18 (of 22,003 total).