Map showing the Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

Illinois HIDTA County: Rock Island

Iowa HIDTA Counties include: Black Hawk, Linn, Marshall, Muscatine, Polk, Pottawattamie, Scott, and Woodbury.

Kansas HIDTA Counties include: Barton, Cherokee, Crawford, Finney, Franklin, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Miami, Saline, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, and Wyandotte.

Missouri HIDTA Counties include: Boone, Buchanan, Cape Girardeau, Christian, Clay, Cole, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Marion, Platte, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Scott, and Texas.

Nebraska HIDTA Counties include: Dakota, Dawson, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Hall, Jefferson, Lancaster, Madison, Platte, Sarpy, and Scotts Bluff.

North Dakota HIDTA Counties include: Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Morton, Ramsey, Richland, Walsh, and Ward.

South Dakota HIDTA Counties include: Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Clay, Codington, Custer, Lawrence, Lincoln, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington, Union, and Yankton.

Pie chart showing the greatest drug threat in the Midwest HIDTA Region as reported by state and local Law Enforcement Agencies, by number of respondents:

Ice methamphetamine = 70 respondents
Powder methamphetamine = 31 respondents
Crack cocaine = 28 respondents
Marijuana = 18 respondents
Heroin = 17 respondents
Controlled prescription drugs = 8 respondents
Powder cocaine = 5 respondents

Illinois HIDTA County
     No seizures reported in: from: Rock Island

Iowa HIDTA Counties
     Increases were seen in: Black Hawk, Linn, Muscatine, Polk, and Pottawattamie
     Decreases were seen in: Marshall
     No change seen in: Woodbury
     No seizures reported in: Scott

Kansas HIDTA Counties
     Increases were seen in: Crawford, Finney, and Franklin
     Decreases were seen in: Cherokee, Miami, and Shawnee
     No change seen in: Barton, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Saline, and Sedgwick
     No seizures reported in: Seward and Wyandotte

Missouri HIDTA Counties
     Increases were seen in: Boone, Cape Girardeau, Clay, Cole, Franklin, Jackson, Jasper, Marion, St. Charles, St. Louis City, and Scott
     Decreases were seen in: Buchanan, Christian, Jefferson, and St. Louis
     No changes seen in: Greene, Platte, and Texas

Nebraska HIDTA Counties
     Increases were seen in: Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy
     Decreases were seen in: Platte
     No change seen in: Dodge, Gage, and Hall
     No seizures reported in: Dakota, Dawson, Jefferson, Madison, and Scotts Bluff

North Dakota HIDTA Counties
     Increases were seen in: Burleigh, Cass, and Ward
     Decreases were seen in: Grand Forks
     No changes seen in: Morton, Ramsey and Walsh
     No seizures reported in: Richland

South Dakota HIDTA Counties
     Increases were seen in: Minnehaha
     Decreases were seen in: Brown, Meade, and Pennington
     No seizures reported in: Beadle, Brookings, Clay, Codington, Custer, Lawrence, Lincoln, Union, and Yankton

There are 18 U.S.-Canada border crossings in North Dakota, located from west to east at Fortuna, Ambrose, Noonan, Portal, Northgate, Sherwood, Antler, Westhope, Carbury, Dunseith, St. John, Hansboro, Sarles, Hannah, Maida, Walhalla, Neche, and Pembina. Major interstates that traverse the region include Interstates 29, 35, 39, 44, 55, 64, 70, 72, 74, 76, 80, 88, 90, 94, 135, 335, and 380. US 54 is a U.S. highway that crosses Kansas and Missouri.

There are 4 cities with populations over 250,000 in the HIDTA--Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri; and Wichita, Kansas. Although they are not located within the Midwest HIDTA, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota are located near the HIDTA, and can be reached via Interstates 35 and 94. Interstate 90 connects with Interstate 35, and provides access from Minneapolis and St. Paul to South Dakota.

Cities in the HIDTA with populations between 100,000 and 249,999 are Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Lincoln, Nebraska; Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas City, Overland Park, and Topeka, Kansas; and Independence and Springfield, Missouri. Cities of this size that are near the HIDTA are Madison, Wisconsin and Rockford, Peoria, and Springfield, Illinois.

Other cities of interest within the HIDTA are Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Fargo, North Dakota; Rapid City, South Dakota; Council Bluffs and Sioux City, Iowa; South Sioux City and Grand Island, Nebraska.

Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.

150+ methamphetamine laboratories were seized in one county. 50-149 methamphetamine laboratories were seized in five counties. 15-49 methamphetamine laboratories were seized in twenty-five counties. 1-14 methamphetamine laboratories were seized in 59 counties. No data was available for twenty-four counties.

Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; and Omaha, Nebraska are cities with populations over 250,000. Independence and Springfield, Missouri; Kansas City, Overland Park, and Topeka, Kansas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Peoria and Springfield, Illinois, are cities with populations between 100,000 and 249,999.

Interstate highways in the area are I-29, I-35, I-39, I-44, I-55, I-64, I-70, I-72, I-74, I-80, and I-155.

Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.
Includes chemical or equipment use only, dumpsites, and lab seizure sites in Missouri