Age of Prison Admissions
Ranges from 13 to 83 in FY 2002-03

• 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 83 years old when admitted to prison for aggravated battery.
  
  
• Their average age was 32.3 years and the largest age group that was admitted was ages 25-29 (16.5%).
  
  
• Women who were admitted this year were typically about two years older than the men who were admitted (33.9 versus 32.1).
  
  
• Of the inmates over the age of 50 at admission, most were from Miami-Dade County (12.0%) and sentenced for a drug (26.6%) or sexual (16.3%) or property (16.2%) crime.
  
  
• Of the inmates who were 17 or under when they committed their crimes, 15.2% were from Broward County and most were sentenced for robbery (27.0%) or burglary (21.9%).
  
  

Average Age at Admission

Age at Admission (Inmate Admissions for FY 2002-03)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
16 and Below	37	3	83	3	4	0	130	0.5%	0.5%
17	76	3	166	10	4	0	259	0.9%	1.3%
18	215	6	338	8	6	1	574	2.0%	3.3%
19	372	17	504	29	20	3	945	3.3%	6.6%
20	502	31	685	37	24	7	1,286	4.5%	11.1%
21	530	32	671	40	30	6	1,309	4.5%	15.6%
22	568	41	692	37	22	2	1,362	4.7%	20.3%
23	473	56	631	39	20	3	1,222	4.2%	24.5%
24	487	42	647	49	22	5	1,252	4.3%	28.9%
25 to 29	1,954	222	2,265	180	111	20	4,752	16.5%	45.3%
30 to 34	1,993	311	1,781	219	105	14	4,423	15.3%	60.6%
35 to 39	1,803	306	1,700	231	86	19	4,145	14.4%	75.0%
40 to 44	1,630	261	1,405	179	62	11	3,548	12.3%	87.3%
45 to 49	904	110	926	111	41	6	2,098	7.3%	94.5%
50 to 54	456	35	394	32	17	6	940	3.3%	97.8%
55 to 59	199	21	126	5	7	2	360	1.2%	99.0%
60 to 64	112	4	51	2	5	0	174	0.6%	99.6%
65 to 69	53	1	12	0	0	0	66	0.2%	99.9%
70 and Over	30	0	6	0	1	0	37	0.1%	100.0%
TOTAL	12,394	1,502	13,083	1,211	587	105	28,882	100.0%	100.0%
AVERAGE	33.1	34.4	31.1	33.4	32.2	32.6	32.3
MEDIAN	32	34	29	33	31	32	31