Are there more outstanding warrants in Ferguson than residents? The Guardian quotes Matt Pearce as saying: > Remember that in Ferguson, there are huge, huge, huge numbers of outstanding warrants. More warrants than residents. Is this true? How could that be possible?

An NPR report states

> In 2013, the municipal court in Ferguson — a city of 21,135 people — issued 32,975 arrest warrants for nonviolent offenses, mostly driving violations.

They cite this table from a document on the Missouri Courts website \- see the last line of the snippet.

!Snippet of table showing outstanding warrants