Search Cook County, IL Inmate Records

Cook County, IL jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Cook County holds 12 jails with a total of 3,561,496 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Cook County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Cook County Quick Facts

8,515
Cook County Population Total
1,791,218 / 55 / 994
Female Population, Rate & Count
1,729,680 / 513 / 8,878
Male Population, Rate & Count
$54,548
Median Income
2,252.1
Arrest Rate
239.6
Local Jail Rate
8,515
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
8,515
Population Total Confined
145
Pretrial Rate
2,611
Admit Rate
92,795
Admit Count
3,561,496
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Cook County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 39.87% of all the crimes committed in the county - 689 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.41% out of all the crimes in Cook County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

9.66 %
Violent Crime
0.41 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.68 %
Revised Rape
1.27 %
Robbery
6.31 %
Aggravated Assault
39.87 %
Property Crime
9.38 %
Burglary
25.87 %
Larceny Theft
4.63 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.93 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total313267187203188
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter21000
Revised Rape0003125
Legacy Rape36272300
Robbery3340394442
Aggravated Assault242199125128121
Property Crime Total1,2791,1667641,074941
Burglary395384229289272
Larceny Theft776684480693638
Motor Vehicle Theft10898559231
Arson161618149

Cook County Jail Demographics

The county has 5,224,823 people confined with a jail population density of 3,759 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 1,805,817 women and 1,755,679 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 5,207,615
2006 5,165,495
2007 5,154,235
2008 5,161,831
2009 5,181,728
2010 5,198,716
2011 5,214,988
2012 5,232,340
2013 5,246,635
2014 5,246,456
2015 5,224,823

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 1,729,680 1,791,218
2006 1,725,619 1,788,295
2007 1,726,356 1,790,713
2008 1,733,549 1,796,816
2009 1,741,017 1,808,588
2010 1,748,074 1,815,314
2011 1,754,721 1,821,547
2012 1,756,708 1,823,064
2013 1,759,915 1,824,178
2014 1,757,183 1,820,396
2015 1,755,679 1,805,817

A Timeline of Cook County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 513 55
2006 495 54
2007 490 53
2008 523 51
2009 520 38
2010 520 38
2011 506 43
2012 515 44
2013 476 78
2014 450 55
2015 425 31

Cook County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

29.64 %
White
16.07 %
Black
16.91 %
Latino
0.13 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,252 and a local jail rate of 240 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 145 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,611, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,340 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

2,611
Admit Rate
240
Local Jail Rate
145
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Cook is 8,515 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 10,278 imprisonments a day.

Cook County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 292
2006 266
2007 270
2008 280
2009 264
2010 269
2011 268
2012 274
2013 295
2014 281
2015 240

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 3,340 255
2006 2,699 246
2007 3,069 243
2008 2,947 257
2009 2,237 229
2010 2,330 208
2011 2,269 187
2012 2,197 167
2013 2,302 146
2014 3,151 145
2015 2,611 145

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 10,278
2006 9,345
2007 9,496
2008 9,900
2009 9,383
2010 9,586
2011 9,576
2012 9,823
2013 10,565
2014 10,055
2015 8,515