Amber Alert
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Code Amber Alert Statistics
The following statistics reflect Amber Alerts carried on the Code Amber Ticker since August, 2002. There have been several additional Amber Alerts that were resolved before the Code Amber system was activated. The alerts that are resolved quickly are the best case scenario. We would like all future Amber Alerts to end quickly with the child found safely and never have to activate the ticker again. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen anytime soon so we will be here for a while. Details of each of the Amber Alerts we have published are available on our Previous Amber Alerts page.
As of June 13, 2004:
Amber Alerts published by Code Amber: 149
Number of children involved: 173
Number of States issuing Alerts: 35
Number of Alerts resolved in a different state: 35
Percentage of Alerts resolved out of state: 24%
Number of Canadian Provinces: 1
Number of children still missing: 7
Number of children never coming home: 9
Number of female children: 103
Number of male children: 70
Number of African American children: 32
Number of Asian children: 2
Number of Caucasian children: 88
Number of Hispanic children: 50
Number of Native American children: 1
The above statistics do not include currently active Amber Alerts.
This is the Department of Justice Web Site for Amber Alerts. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/amberalert/home.html
