Search Pottawattamie County, IA Inmate Records

Pottawattamie County, IA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Pottawattamie County holds 2 jails with a total of 60,171 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Pottawattamie County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Pottawattamie County Quick Facts

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Pottawattamie County Population Total
29,917 / 84 / 25
Female Population, Rate & Count
29,710 / 569 / 169
Male Population, Rate & Count
$51,304
Median Income
5,782.9
Arrest Rate
270.6
Local Jail Rate
163
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
212
Population Total Confined
276
Pretrial Rate
6,961
Admit Rate
4,193
Admit Count
60,171
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Pottawattamie County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 40.09% of all the crimes committed in the county - 271 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Pottawattamie County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

9.62 %
Violent Crime
0.00 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.48 %
Revised Rape
0.30 %
Robbery
7.84 %
Aggravated Assault
40.09 %
Property Crime
13.31 %
Burglary
20.86 %
Larceny Theft
5.92 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.59 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2005200620072008201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total29273145395041698070
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0101000010
Revised Rape0000000795
Legacy Rape75810347000
Robbery4111211331
Aggravated Assault18202233344533596764
Property Crime Total554578580513437570509425458311
Burglary161207158127155215141135166121
Larceny Theft350324366319235287305260226159
Motor Vehicle Theft43475667476863306631
Arson2321239386

Pottawattamie County Jail Demographics

The county has 93,534 people confined with a jail population density of 63 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 30,078 women and 30,093 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 90,198
2006 90,867
2007 91,239
2008 91,781
2009 92,395
2010 93,384
2011 93,490
2012 92,918
2013 92,846
2014 93,128
2015 93,534

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 29,710 29,917
2006 30,037 30,003
2007 30,150 30,085
2008 30,245 30,192
2009 30,393 30,365
2010 30,644 30,651
2011 30,748 30,587
2012 30,276 30,293
2013 30,144 30,093
2014 30,056 30,085
2015 30,093 30,078

A Timeline of Pottawattamie County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 569 84
2006 568 87
2007 572 90
2008 576 93
2009 579 96
2010 580 98
2011 584 101
2012 599 106
2013 607 110
2014 607 110
2015 607 110

Pottawattamie County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

57.52 %
White
1.28 %
Black
4.62 %
Latino
0.31 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 5,783 and a local jail rate of 271 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 276 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,961, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,260 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

6,961
Admit Rate
271
Local Jail Rate
276
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Pottawattamie is 163 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 164 imprisonments a day.

Pottawattamie County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 275
2006 273
2007 272
2008 271
2009 269
2010 267
2011 266
2012 269
2013 271
2014 271
2015 271

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 9,260 182
2006 8,920 192
2007 8,615 204
2008 8,312 215
2009 7,994 226
2010 7,653 236
2011 7,378 247
2012 7,197 262
2013 6,961 276
2014 6,961 276
2015 6,961 276

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 164
2006 164
2007 164
2008 164
2009 164
2010 163
2011 163
2012 163
2013 163
2014 163
2015 163