Search Jim Wells County, TX Inmate Records

Jim Wells County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Jim Wells County holds 1 jails with a total of 25,796 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Jim Wells County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Jim Wells County Quick Facts

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Jim Wells County Population Total
12,987 / 46 / 6
Female Population, Rate & Count
12,673 / 418 / 53
Male Population, Rate & Count
$40,585
Median Income
5,631.9
Arrest Rate
223.1
Local Jail Rate
58
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
61
Population Total Confined
212
Pretrial Rate
10,780
Admit Rate
2,803
Admit Count
25,796
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total21320211394817955108656875
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter22100103323
Revised Rape00000000075
Legacy Rape9117649109700
Robbery63435200000
Aggravated Assault1961861018572674596555967
Property Crime Total411383456455555326392368417351287
Burglary171183222213309147177158209184145
Larceny Theft216172199211217152194175174143119
Motor Vehicle Theft2428353129272135342423
Arson25642230502

Jim Wells County Jail Demographics

The county has 41,456 people confined with a jail population density of 30 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 13,028 women and 12,768 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 40,449
2006 40,393
2007 40,654
2008 40,554
2009 40,633
2010 40,880
2011 41,195
2012 41,644
2013 41,669
2014 41,353
2015 41,456

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 12,673 12,987
2006 12,748 12,947
2007 12,804 13,060
2008 12,665 13,019
2009 12,730 12,917
2010 12,687 13,059
2011 12,857 13,048
2012 12,971 13,133
2013 12,862 13,140
2014 12,762 13,028
2015 12,768 13,028

A Timeline of Jim Wells County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 418 46
2006 416 48
2007 414 50
2008 418 52
2009 416 54
2010 418 56
2011 412 57
2012 409 59
2013 412 61
2014 412 61
2015 412 61

Jim Wells County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

11.33 %
White
0.35 %
Black
49.78 %
Latino
0.16 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 5,632 and a local jail rate of 223 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 212 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 10,780, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 5,080 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

10,780
Admit Rate
223
Local Jail Rate
212
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Jim Wells is 58 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 48 imprisonments a day.

Jim Wells County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 187
2006 192
2007 195
2008 201
2009 207
2010 211
2011 214
2012 217
2013 223
2014 223
2015 223

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 5,080 171
2006 5,803 177
2007 6,489 181
2008 7,265 187
2009 8,006 193
2010 8,703 198
2011 9,373 202
2012 10,020 205
2013 10,780 212
2014 10,780 212
2015 10,780 212

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 48
2006 49
2007 51
2008 52
2009 53
2010 54
2011 56
2012 57
2013 58
2014 58
2015 58