Search Mercer County, PA Inmate Records

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

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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

201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total200120
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000000
Revised Rape000000
Legacy Rape000000
Robbery000000
Aggravated Assault200120
Property Crime Total000000
Burglary000000
Larceny Theft000000
Motor Vehicle Theft000000
Arson000000

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.

Mercer County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 158
2006 182
2007 207
2008 233
2009 258
2010 283
2011 308
2012 335
2013 360
2014 366
2015 370

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 3,425 109
2006 3,258 127
2007 3,093 145
2008 2,935 163
2009 2,772 182
2010 2,602 200
2011 2,431 218
2012 2,273 237
2013 2,109 257
2014 1,947 246
2015 1,789 235

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 120
2006 139
2007 157
2008 176
2009 194
2010 213
2011 231
2012 250
2013 266
2014 269
2015 269