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Mercer County, NJ jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Mercer County holds 5 jails with a total of 253,799 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Mercer County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Mercer County Quick Facts
806
Mercer County Population Total
124,959 / 69 / 86
Female Population, Rate & Count
122,733 / 572 / 702
Male Population, Rate & Count
$73,480
Median Income
4,070.0
Arrest Rate
318.4
Local Jail Rate
806
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
806
Population Total Confined
282
Pretrial Rate
1,806
Admit Rate
4,572
Admit Count
253,799
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Mercer County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 40.00% of all the crimes committed in the county - 8 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 Mercer County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
10.00
%
Violent Crime
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5.00
%
Robbery
5.00
%
Aggravated Assault
40.00
%
Property Crime
10.00
%
Burglary
30.00
%
Larceny Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0
0
0
0
0
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
Robbery
0
0
0
0
0
0
Aggravated Assault
0
0
0
0
0
0
Property Crime Total
0
0
0
0
0
1
Burglary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Larceny Theft
0
0
0
0
0
1
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
0
0
0
0
Arson
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mercer County Jail Demographics
The county has 371,199 people confined with a jail population density of 1,127 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 127,290 women and 126,509 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
362,015
2006
362,840
2007
363,088
2008
364,119
2009
365,388
2010
368,043
2011
367,941
2012
369,057
2013
371,052
2014
371,537
2015
371,199
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
122,733
124,959
2006
123,636
125,546
2007
123,737
125,786
2008
124,064
126,061
2009
124,536
126,642
2010
126,049
127,342
2011
125,947
127,313
2012
125,885
127,352
2013
126,411
127,456
2014
126,122
127,247
2015
126,509
127,290
A Timeline of Mercer County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
572
69
2006
640
89
2007
598
78
2008
733
96
2009
768
61
2010
714
75
2011
642
57
2012
632
49
2013
524
42
2014
526
52
2015
542
62
Mercer County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
34.81
%
White
13.97
%
Black
11.51
%
Latino
0.13
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 4,070 and a local jail rate of 318 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 282 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,806, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,674 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
1,806
Admit Rate
318
Local Jail Rate
282
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Mercer is 806 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 754 imprisonments a day.
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