Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Age of Prison Admissions Ranges
from 13 to 88 in FY 2001-02

• The youngest person admitted to state prison this fiscal year was twelve years old at the time the crime was committed (and 13 years old when he was admitted to prison), and the oldest was 88 years old when admitted to prison.
  
  
• Their average age was 32.2 years and the largest age group that was admitted was ages 25-29 (15.9%), though the 35-39 age group was close behind at 15.6%.
  
  
• Women who were admitted this year were typically about one and a half years older than the men who were admitted.
  
  
• Of the inmates over the age of 50 at admission, most were from Miami-Dade County (11.2%) and sentenced for a drug (28.2%) or violent (14.7%) personal offenses.
  
  
• Of the inmates who were 17 or under when they committed their crimes, 14.5% were from Broward County and most were sentenced for robbery (24.4%) or burglary (22.2%).

Average Age at Admission

Age at Admission (Inmate Admissions for FY 2001-02)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
16 & Below	25	1	84	5	2	0	117	0.4%	0.4%
17	81	2	183	10	3	1	280	1.1%	1.5%
18	198	7	314	16	10	3	548	2.1%	3.6%
19	363	23	552	17	14	3	972	3.7%	7.4%
20	490	27	598	27	18	7	1,167	4.5%	11.8%
21	491	41	621	42	18	3	1,216	4.7%	16.5%
22	465	31	632	36	21	5	1,190	4.6%	21.1%
23	422	35	584	31	23	2	1,097	4.2%	25.3%
24	373	31	500	39	14	3	960	3.7%	29.0%
25 to 29	1,603	189	2,070	188	68	15	4,133	15.9%	44.8%
30 to 34	1,780	242	1,663	199	58	16	3,958	15.2%	60.0%
35 to 39	1,810	289	1,621	259	65	23	4,067	15.6%	75.6%
40 to 44	1,466	171	1,398	162	46	15	3,258	12.5%	88.2%
45 to 49	785	93	752	82	31	9	1,752	6.7%	94.9%
50 to 54	401	37	325	21	13	5	802	3.1%	98.0%
55 to 59	189	10	110	4	4	0	317	1.2%	99.2%
60 to 64	71	4	36	1	1	0	113	0.4%	99.6%
65 to 69	39	0	19	4	1	0	63	0.2%	99.9%
70 and Over	33	0	6	0	0	0	39	0.1%	100.0%
TOTAL	11,085	1,233	12,068	1,143	410	110	26,049	100.0%	100.0%
AVERAGE	33.1	34.0	31.0	33.1	31.8	32.8	32.2
MEDIAN	32.0	34.0	29.0	33.0	31.0	32.0	31.0