Department of Adult &
Juvenile Detention
Administration
King County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue,
Room E245
Seattle, WA 98104
Office hours:
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
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Administration Services Division
Jail Statistics
The number of people admitted to jail (Admissions/Bookings), the number of people released from jail (Releases), Average Daily Population (ADP), and Average Length of Stay (ALOS) are all ways of looking at how busy the jail is.
The following tables and charts show the key statistics that the Department tracks:
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Bookings, Releases, ADP, and ALOS |
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1996-2007 |
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Year |
Bookings |
Releases |
ADP |
ALOS |
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1996 |
57,083 |
57,034 |
2,332.3 |
15 |
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1997 |
57,102 |
56,705 |
2,476.1 |
15.7 |
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1998 |
61,296 |
61,317 |
2,752.5 |
16.2 |
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1999 |
59,886 |
59,743 |
2,831.9 |
17.3 |
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2000 |
60,983 |
60,976 |
2,951.4 |
18 |
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2001 |
56,399 |
56,230 |
2,905.8 |
18.6 |
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2002 |
54,005 |
54,742 |
2,648.3 |
18.5 |
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2003 |
53,359 |
53,188 |
2,392.5 |
16.1 |
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2004 |
49,613 |
49,619 |
2,453.6 |
17.7 |
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2005 |
50,625 |
50,428 |
2,599.6 |
18.4 |
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2006 |
53,432 |
53,248 |
2,665.0 |
18.1 |
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2007 |
53,697 |
53,845 |
2,725.5 |
18.5 |
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Additional Tables
We receive many requests regarding the number of bookings and the Average Daily Population by sex and race of inmates in our jail facilities. The following tables provide this information for the last decade. There is also a chart that displays the Average Daily Population by offense category for 2007.
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Number of Bookings/Admissions by Race, Sex and Year |
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1996-2007 |
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White |
Black |
Asian |
Native American |
Other/Unknown |
TOTAL |
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Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
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YEAR |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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1996 |
6,131 |
29,220 |
3,780 |
14,156 |
276 |
1,711 |
462 |
1,193 |
29 |
125 |
57,083 |
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1997 |
6,541 |
29,440 |
3,506 |
13,726 |
291 |
1,875 |
460 |
1,126 |
21 |
116 |
57,102 |
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1998 |
7,341 |
31,853 |
3,629 |
14,062 |
379 |
2,167 |
510 |
1,214 |
20 |
121 |
61,296 |
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1999 |
7,364 |
31,603 |
3,421 |
13,228 |
371 |
2,121 |
504 |
1,136 |
12 |
126 |
59,886 |
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2000 |
7,636 |
32,678 |
3,247 |
13,083 |
402 |
2,131 |
533 |
1,140 |
13 |
120 |
60,983 |
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2001 |
7,580 |
29,634 |
3,008 |
12,195 |
341 |
1,993 |
492 |
1,018 |
18 |
120 |
56,399 |
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2002 |
7,246 |
27,719 |
2,881 |
12,350 |
361 |
1,917 |
460 |
950 |
20 |
101 |
54,005 |
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2003 |
6,820 |
26,717 |
2,997 |
12,705 |
390 |
2,105 |
461 |
1,008 |
12 |
144 |
53,359 |
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2004 |
6,349 |
23,982 |
2,960 |
12,383 |
348 |
2,068 |
472 |
917 |
19 |
115 |
49,613 |
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2005 |
6,293 |
24,160 |
2,946 |
12,908 |
384 |
2,319 |
506 |
988 |
17 |
104 |
50,625 |
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2006 |
6,794 |
25,124 |
3,348 |
13,865 |
458 |
2,223 |
566 |
964 |
13 |
77 |
53,432 |
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2007 |
6,760 |
25,544 |
3,185 |
13,959 |
439 |
2,252 |
528 |
934 |
11 |
85 |
53,697 |
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Average Daily Population by Race, Sex and Year |
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1996-2007 |
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White |
Black |
Asian |
Native American |
Other/Unknown |
TOTAL |
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Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
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YEAR |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
ADP |
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1996 |
140.7 |
1,166.2 |
107.4 |
765.3 |
3.3 |
64.6 |
14.7 |
64.4 |
0.4 |
5.3 |
2,332.3 |
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1997 |
153.7 |
1,253.6 |
116.3 |
784.5 |
5.4 |
81.2 |
13.2 |
62.3 |
0.9 |
5.1 |
2,476.1 |
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1998 |
176.6 |
1,394.5 |
124.6 |
855.0 |
6.1 |
110.2 |
15.2 |
64.8 |
1.1 |
4.5 |
2,752.5 |
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1999 |
185.3 |
1,460.8 |
127.4 |
853.5 |
5.7 |
103.8 |
18.0 |
70.4 |
1.1 |
5.9 |
2,831.9 |
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2000 |
201.1 |
1,548.8 |
124.3 |
858.5 |
6.5 |
114.2 |
20.8 |
71.7 |
0.2 |
5.4 |
2,951.4 |
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2001 |
213.8 |
1,517.5 |
120.2 |
857.2 |
6.1 |
98.6 |
20.0 |
66.3 |
0.7 |
5.3 |
2,905.8 |
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2002 |
188.4 |
1,378.6 |
106.3 |
795.6 |
6.6 |
94.2 |
15.8 |
57.4 |
0.6 |
4.9 |
2,648.3 |
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2003 |
170.2 |
1,195.8 |
96.6 |
754.2 |
6.5 |
95.1 |
14.3 |
55.0 |
0.1 |
4.7 |
2,392.5 |
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2004 |
167.7 |
1,191.9 |
101.2 |
798.5 |
7.3 |
112.1 |
16.2 |
53.0 |
0.4 |
5.3 |
2,453.6 |
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2005 |
189.9 |
1,238.0 |
109.7 |
837.2 |
9.6 |
132.5 |
21.6 |
55.5 |
0.4 |
5.2 |
2,599.6 |
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2006 |
197.7 |
1,257.6 |
126.9 |
865.7 |
13.2 |
131.6 |
20.3 |
47.1 |
0.3 |
4.7 |
2,665.0 |
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2007 |
200.3 |
1,296.3 |
128.0 |
875.5 |
14.9 |
135.4 |
18.0 |
52.2 |
0.7 |
4.1 |
2,725.5 |
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Definitions
Bookings/Admissions: The process of identifying, fingerprinting, and gathering information about an arrested person who is being admitted to jail. Bookings are event based versus person based. In other words, some people are booked more than one time during the year. Number of Bookings is the total number of Bookings in the year.
Releases: Number of Releases is the total number of Releases in the year.
Average Daily Population (ADP): Average number of inmates who are confined in the King County Correctional Facility or Regional Justice Center, or partially confined in Work Education Release or Electronic Home Detention per day during the year.
Average Length of Stay (ALOS): Average number of days a person spends in a program or jail.
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