Search Merced County, CA Inmate Records

Merced County, CA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Merced County holds 8 jails with a total of 171,617 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Merced County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Merced County Quick Facts

696
Merced County Population Total
76,300 / 195 / 149
Female Population, Rate & Count
78,918 / 1,165 / 919
Male Population, Rate & Count
$42,591
Median Income
3,975.9
Arrest Rate
404.3
Local Jail Rate
696
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
696
Population Total Confined
405
Pretrial Rate
5,888
Admit Rate
10,135
Admit Count
171,617
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Merced County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 36.92% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,541 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.05% out of all the crimes in Merced County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

12.99 %
Violent Crime
0.05 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.43 %
Revised Rape
0.79 %
Robbery
11.72 %
Aggravated Assault
36.92 %
Property Crime
14.40 %
Burglary
21.23 %
Larceny Theft
1.29 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.19 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total471500451469490484459544545465432
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter7685141228171510
Revised Rape000000000020
Legacy Rape28362616262222151590
Robbery3940405554494145363230
Aggravated Assault397418377393396401394476477409372
Property Crime Total1,9571,9052,2402,3921,9232,0262,3192,0361,8331,5361,605
Burglary917896820775689778767741687490596
Larceny Theft1,0269921,4061,6031,2151,2271,5381,2671,1161,003955
Motor Vehicle Theft1417141419211428304354
Arson12121781376531210

Merced County Jail Demographics

The county has 267,101 people confined with a jail population density of 89 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 84,177 women and 87,440 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 242,554
2006 245,338
2007 248,540
2008 250,538
2009 252,302
2010 256,731
2011 259,698
2012 261,783
2013 263,481
2014 266,353
2015 267,101

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 78,918 76,300
2006 80,137 77,464
2007 81,372 78,848
2008 82,207 79,577
2009 83,041 80,167
2010 84,395 81,717
2011 85,687 82,753
2012 86,449 82,973
2013 86,913 83,241
2014 87,944 83,905
2015 87,440 84,177

A Timeline of Merced County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 1,165 195
2006 805 105
2007 772 112
2008 869 106
2009 839 122
2010 790 100
2011 841 131
2012 532 264
2013 674 83
2014 847 120
2015 748 88

Merced County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

19.13 %
White
2.35 %
Black
37.23 %
Latino
0.36 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,976 and a local jail rate of 404 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 405 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,888, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 8,533 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

5,888
Admit Rate
404
Local Jail Rate
405
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Merced is 696 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 674 imprisonments a day.

Merced County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 434
2006 478
2007 465
2008 487
2009 482
2010 462
2011 396
2012 529
2013 374
2014 460
2015 404

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 8,533 341
2006 8,470 329
2007 8,104 325
2008 8,476 352
2009 8,626 355
2010 7,816 337
2011 6,779 321
2012 6,469 257
2013 6,170 304
2014 6,554 294
2015 5,888 405

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 674
2006 753
2007 745
2008 788
2009 787
2010 767
2011 667
2012 897
2013 636
2014 790
2015 696