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Rick Scott, Governor
Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary
Inmate Population
General Characteristics of
June 30, 2007 Prison Population
| Category | June 30, 2007 | |
|---|---|---|
| Inmates in Prison 6/30/07 | 92,844 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 86,294 | 92.9% |
| Female | 6,550 | 7.1% |
| Race | ||
| White | 42,927 | 46.2% |
| Black | 46,613 | 50.2% |
| Other | 3,304 | 3.6% |
| Current Age | ||
| 17 & Under | 257 | 0.3% |
| 18-24 | 13,141 | 14.2% |
| 25-34 | 28,879 | 31.1% |
| 35-49 | 37,903 | 40.8% |
| 50-59 | 9,825 | 10.6% |
| 60+ | 2,833 | 3.1% |
| Data Unavailable | 6 | |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 49,347 | 53.2% |
| 1 | 18,987 | 20.5% |
| 2 | 10,262 | 11.1% |
| 3 | 6,087 | 6.6% |
| 4+ | 8,145 | 8.8% |
| Data Unavailable | 16 | |
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
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Primary Offense of Prison Population  |
| * One of the following conditions must occur for a crime to be defined as violent under this definition: actual physical harm or threat of physical harm, or a reasonable probability existed that individual criminal acts could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical harm. |
| Prison Population on June 30 Over Five Years  |
| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length In Years* | Average Age at Offense |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Manslaughter | 11,832 | 12.8% | 35.7 | 27.9 |
| Sexual offenses | 9,992 | 10.8% | 22.1 | 32.3 |
| Robbery | 10,920 | 11.8% | 19.9 | 26.5 |
| Violent Personal offenses | 11,393 | 12.3% | 10.8 | 30.4 |
| Burglary | 13,113 | 14.1% | 12.4 | 29.5 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 7,733 | 8.3% | 4.7 | 33.5 |
| Drug offenses | 19,174 | 20.7% | 5.8 | 32.4 |
| Weapons | 2,610 | 2.8% | 7.9 | 30.5 |
| Other | 6,058 | 6.5% | 4.7 | 34.3 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. | ||||
