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Mercer County, WV jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Mercer County holds 0 jails with a total of 38,708 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
133
Mercer County Population Total
20,389 / 10 / 2
Female Population, Rate & Count
19,675 / 10 / 2
Male Population, Rate & Count
$34,842
Median Income
3,361.8
Arrest Rate
324.0
Local Jail Rate
124
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
133
Population Total Confined
208
Pretrial Rate
4,215
Admit Rate
1,614
Admit Count
38,708
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Mercer County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 41.18% of all the crimes committed in the county - 376 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.11% out of all the crimes in Mercer County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
8.76
%
Violent Crime
0.44
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.55
%
Revised Rape
1.42
%
Robbery
6.35
%
Aggravated Assault
41.18
%
Property Crime
13.03
%
Burglary
25.30
%
Larceny Theft
2.85
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.11
%
Arson
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
Violent Crime Total
100
102
91
127
90
69
60
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2
3
2
5
2
2
1
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
5
5
3
3
2
1
2
Robbery
12
10
9
8
16
11
9
Aggravated Assault
81
84
77
111
70
55
48
Property Crime Total
622
569
532
535
532
605
488
Burglary
226
218
203
240
229
229
241
Larceny Theft
354
297
282
243
268
322
204
Motor Vehicle Theft
42
54
47
52
35
54
43
Arson
9
10
1
8
4
4
3
Mercer County Jail Demographics
The county has 61,043 people confined with a jail population density of 91 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 19,761 women and 18,947 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
61,303
2006
61,297
2007
61,615
2008
61,848
2009
62,177
2010
62,313
2011
62,437
2012
62,358
2013
61,910
2014
61,785
2015
61,043
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
19,675
20,389
2006
19,596
20,477
2007
19,600
20,590
2008
19,557
20,650
2009
19,606
20,750
2010
19,685
20,829
2011
19,646
20,852
2012
19,456
20,627
2013
19,163
20,339
2014
18,955
20,149
2015
18,947
19,761
A Timeline of Mercer County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
10
10
2006
10
10
2007
516
76
2008
427
84
2009
450
91
2010
516
87
2011
522
84
2012
499
87
2013
536
97
2014
574
109
2015
496
112
Mercer County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
57.37
%
White
4.15
%
Black
0.65
%
Latino
0.14
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,362 and a local jail rate of 324 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 208 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 4,215, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 5,336 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
4,215
Admit Rate
324
Local Jail Rate
208
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Mercer is 124 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 5 imprisonments a day.
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