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Mercer County, PA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Mercer County holds 2 jails with a total of 73,115 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
269
Mercer County Population Total
37,719 / 32 / 12
Female Population, Rate & Count
38,393 / 294 / 113
Male Population, Rate & Count
$44,301
Median Income
3,390.2
Arrest Rate
370.3
Local Jail Rate
269
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
269
Population Total Confined
235
Pretrial Rate
1,789
Admit Rate
1,300
Admit Count
73,115
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Mercer County is well known for its Violent Crime Totals, it has a share of 50.00% of all the crimes committed in the county - 5 Violent 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
50.00
%
Violent Crime
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
50.00
%
Aggravated Assault
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
2
0
0
1
2
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
2
0
0
1
2
0
Property Crime Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
Burglary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Larceny Theft
0
0
0
0
0
0
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
0
0
0
0
Arson
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mercer County Jail Demographics
The county has 113,992 people confined with a jail population density of 108 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 35,755 women and 37,360 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
118,594
2006
118,123
2007
117,794
2008
117,189
2009
116,816
2010
116,571
2011
116,182
2012
115,747
2013
115,313
2014
114,884
2015
113,992
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
38,393
37,719
2006
38,462
37,551
2007
38,378
37,454
2008
38,207
37,237
2009
38,054
37,115
2010
37,989
37,067
2011
37,922
37,011
2012
37,652
36,738
2013
37,489
36,463
2014
37,303
36,128
2015
37,360
35,755
A Timeline of Mercer County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
294
32
2006
332
38
2007
370
43
2008
410
49
2009
449
55
2010
488
61
2011
527
67
2012
570
73
2013
611
80
2014
578
94
2015
541
109
Mercer County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
58.05
%
White
4.12
%
Black
0.90
%
Latino
0.10
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,390 and a local jail rate of 370 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 235 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,789, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,425 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
1,789
Admit Rate
370
Local Jail Rate
235
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Mercer is 269 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 120 imprisonments a day.
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