Search Mcdowell County, NC Inmate Records

Mcdowell County, NC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Mcdowell County holds 2 jails with a total of 29,011 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Mcdowell County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Mcdowell County Quick Facts

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Mcdowell County Population Total
14,282 / 73 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
14,820 / 530 / 78
Male Population, Rate & Count
$35,297
Median Income
4,445.6
Arrest Rate
323.7
Local Jail Rate
94
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
113
Population Total Confined
298
Pretrial Rate
5,574
Admit Rate
1,623
Admit Count
29,011
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Mcdowell County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 47.07% of all the crimes committed in the county - 706 Property Crime Total cases. Revised Rape is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Mcdowell County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

2.45 %
Violent Crime
0.07 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.60 %
Robbery
1.26 %
Aggravated Assault
46.82 %
Property Crime
16.38 %
Burglary
25.40 %
Larceny Theft
5.04 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
1.46 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total3252315434253045313437
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter22253210331
Revised Rape00000000000
Legacy Rape55624326522
Robbery8154123564271
Aggravated Assault1730193524152135212233
Property Crime Total685631636661531557736768821844783
Burglary296268279266278231308293366334289
Larceny Theft320316310345214293389428395440439
Motor Vehicle Theft6947475039333947607055
Arson888593457108

Mcdowell County Jail Demographics

The county has 44,963 people confined with a jail population density of 66 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 14,247 women and 14,764 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 43,655
2006 43,969
2007 44,345
2008 44,768
2009 44,865
2010 45,069
2011 44,952
2012 44,967
2013 44,959
2014 44,965
2015 44,963

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 14,820 14,282
2006 14,876 14,329
2007 14,903 14,421
2008 15,007 14,408
2009 15,041 14,408
2010 15,084 14,444
2011 15,030 14,406
2012 14,908 14,328
2013 14,865 14,246
2014 14,827 14,159
2015 14,764 14,247

A Timeline of Mcdowell County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 530 73
2006 542 82
2007 554 90
2008 564 100
2009 576 109
2010 590 118
2011 606 128
2012 624 138
2013 639 148
2014 639 148
2015 639 148

Mcdowell County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

57.03 %
White
2.81 %
Black
3.52 %
Latino
0.27 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 4,446 and a local jail rate of 324 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 298 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,574, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 7,296 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

5,574
Admit Rate
324
Local Jail Rate
298
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Mcdowell is 94 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 60 imprisonments a day.

Mcdowell County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 206
2006 220
2007 233
2008 247
2009 261
2010 276
2011 291
2012 308
2013 324
2014 324
2015 324

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 7,296 272
2006 7,065 275
2007 6,822 277
2008 6,586 279
2009 6,364 281
2010 6,154 285
2011 5,960 289
2012 5,779 294
2013 5,574 298
2014 5,574 298
2015 5,574 298

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 60
2006 64
2007 68
2008 73
2009 77
2010 81
2011 86
2012 90
2013 94
2014 94
2015 94