Age of Prison Admissions

• The average age of inmates was 33.5 years, and the largest age group that was admitted was ages 20-25 (24.4%).
  
  
• The average age of women who were admitted this year was about one and one-half years older than men (34.8 versus 33.3).
  
  
• Of the inmates over the age of 50 at admission, Miami-Dade County sentenced the most, 284 or 8.3%.
  
  

Average Age at Admission Compared Over Five Years

Age at Admission
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
16 and Below	46	1	104	3	4	1	159	0.4%	0.4%
17	100	5	235	5	11	0	356	0.9%	1.3%
18	275	21	452	17	22	0	787	2.0%	3.3%
19	561	53	788	30	51	2	1,485	3.8%	7.1%
20-25	3,735	499	4,615	318	418	21	9,606	24.4%	31.5%
26 to 29	2,374	419	2,510	238	224	15	5,780	14.7%	46.2%
30 to 34	2,276	438	2,224	240	207	20	5,405	13.7%	59.9%
35 to 39	2,105	443	1,657	217	170	17	4,609	11.7%	71.6%
40 to 44	2,036	414	1,442	201	126	11	4,230	10.7%	82.3%
45 to 49	1,647	296	1,337	147	96	2	3,525	9.0%	91.3%
50 to 54	950	136	850	67	35	5	2,043	5.2%	96.5%
55 to 59	427	48	338	25	17	5	860	2.2%	98.7%
60 to 64	186	22	111	4	7	0	330	0.8%	99.5%
65 to 69	73	5	29	1	6	0	114	0.3%	99.8%
70 and Over	42	1	19	0	3	0	65	0.2%	100.0%
Total	16,833	2,801	16,711	1,513	1,397	99	39,354	100.0%	100.0%
Average	34.6	35.3	32.2	34.1	31.7	34.0	33.5
Median	33	35	29	33	29	33	31