• Average Daily Population
• Incarceration Rates
• Average Percent Pretrial in 1996

• Table 1 - County Jail Populations Over Seven Years
• Figure 1 - Average County Jail Populations
• Table 1A - 1996 Average Jail Populations by Month
• Table 2 - Average Daily Populations and Incarceration Rates Per 1,000 County Population
• Table 3 - Average Monthly Populations by Facility
• Table 4 - Felony Pretrial Populations by Facility
• Table 5 - Misdemeanor Pretrial Populations by Facility
• Figure 2 - Average Jail Populations for Adult Males
• Figure 3 - Average Jail Populations for Adult Females
• Figure 4 - Average Jail Populations for Juvenile Males
• Figure 5 - Average Jail Populations for Juvenile Females
• Figure 6 - Average Yearly Incarceration Rates in County Jails

Average Daily Population

On the average, there were 42,461 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities during 1996. This figure represents an 3.9% increase in the inmate population from that reported for 1995. The statewide average daily population (ADP) totals for 1996 include 36,682 adult males (86.4%), 4,650 adult females (11.0%), 1,081 juvenile males (2.5%) and 48 juvenile females (.1%). The overall distribution of male and female inmates has remained constant in county detention facilities over the past several years. The following provides an analysis of the inmate population for 1996:

1996 Jail Population Recap

• 73.7% of the total inmate population were incarcerated for felony offenses, while 20.6% were detained for misdemeanor crimes. All others confined amounted to 5.7% of the total population.
• Juveniles accounted for only 1,129 or 2.7% of the overall inmate population, with the majority (1,081) being male. Most juveniles (95.9%) were charged with felonies.
• The majority (88.9% or 36,763) of those incarcerated in county detention facilities in 1996 were male.
• On average, 56.0% of offenders in county detention facilities in 1996 were pretrial.

Incarceration Rates

In 1996, the statewide county detention incarceration rate was 3.0 per 1,000 county residents based on the population estimates for Summer 1995. Average Incarceration rates ranged from a low of 0.7 in Union County, to a high of 7.4 in Franklin County. Wakulla County's high incarceration rate (6.7) is the direct result of holding a large portion of their inmate population for the U. S. Marshal's Service. Other counties may also be experiencing high incarceration rates due to the contracting of bed space for state and federal inmates.