Age of Prison Admissions
Ranges from 14 to 86 in FY 2003-04

• The youngest person admitted to state prison this fiscal year was twelve years old at the time the crime was committed (and 14 years old when he was admitted to prison), and the oldest was 86 years old when admitted to prison for aggravated battery.
  
  
• Their average age was 32.7 years and the largest age group that was admitted was ages 25-29 (16.9%).
  
  
• Women who were admitted this year were typically about two years older than the men who were admitted (34.6 versus 32.5).
  
  
• Of the inmates over the age of 50 at admission, most were from Broward County had the most (137, 8.6% of the total) and sentenced for a drug (442, 27.8%), property (258, 16.2%) or sexual (208, 13.1%) crime.
  
  
• Of the inmates who were 17 or under when they committed their crimes, 14.6% were from Hillsborough County and most were sentenced for robbery (28.8%) or burglary (24.6%).
  
  

Average Age at Admission

Age at Admission (Inmate Admissions for FY 2003-04)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
16 and Below	14	1	54	2	0	0	71	0.2%	0.2%
17	63	0	135	3	7	0	208	0.7%	0.9%
18	187	9	249	10	17	0	472	1.5%	2.4%
19	375	19	561	19	16	2	992	3.1%	5.5%
20	533	36	707	37	41	1	1,355	4.2%	9.7%
21	529	53	725	43	41	5	1,396	4.4%	14.1%
22	558	52	712	56	35	4	1,417	4.4%	18.5%
23	588	44	713	46	47	3	1,441	4.5%	23.0%
24	517	63	696	51	37	0	1,364	4.3%	27.3%
25 to 29	2,147	273	2,585	201	163	15	5,384	16.9%	44.2%
30 to 34	2,127	349	1,945	231	133	14	4,799	15.0%	59.3%
35 to 39	2,017	410	1,756	254	89	14	4,540	14.2%	73.5%
40 to 44	1,870	311	1,609	231	82	13	4,116	12.9%	86.4%
45 to 49	1,063	166	1,041	124	33	8	2,435	7.6%	94.0%
50 to 54	574	53	460	56	19	3	1,165	3.7%	97.7%
55 to 59	243	28	155	8	7	2	443	1.4%	99.1%
60 to 64	100	6	60	4	4	1	175	0.5%	99.6%
65 to 69	58	1	22	1	3	0	85	0.3%	99.9%
70 and Over	27	2	9	0	0	0	38	0.1%	100.0%
TOTAL	13,590	1,876	14,194	1,377	774	85	31,896	100.0%	100.0%
AVERAGE	33.5	34.9	31.5	34.1	30.9	34.4	32.7
MEDIAN	33	35	29	34	29	34	31