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Local Jail Deaths, 2000-2006

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Table 7. Number of local jail inmate deaths, by 50 largest jail jurisdictions, 2000-2006

    Number of local jail inmate deaths
Jurisdiction   2000-2006  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006
  Total 2,464 328 330 354 330 347 365 410
Los Angeles County, CA   237 35 37 33 28 23 43 38
New York City, NY   217 38 37 24 30 25 30 33
Maricopa County, AZ   77 10 7 14 8 9 17 12
Cook County, IL   117 22 14 12 8 24 14 23
Harris County, TX   111 13 17 22 17 11 9 22
Philadelphia City, PA   118 14 14 13 13 22 21 21
Dallas County, TX   75 7 6 16 13 12 8 13
Dade County, FL   106 14 16 16 16 13 14 17
Orange County, CA   30 3 1 2 6 3 5 10
Broward County, FL   57 11 12 5 7 5 8 9
San Bernardino County, CA   49 3 4 7 6 4 10 15
San Diego County, CA   71 7 10 6 9 14 15 10
Shelby County, TN   56 7 8 7 6 9 11 8
Santa Clara County, CA   34 4 3 7 5 3 8 4
Hillsborough County, FLa   30 8 3 5 2 6 2 4
Baltimore City, MD   79 11 10 18 9 9 9 13
Sacramento County, CA   48 2 7 11 7 6 13 2
Bexar County, TX   66 6 10 9 14 13 9 5
Alameda County, CA   60 10 6 13 12 7 4 8
Orange County, FL   26 6 4 5 1 2 3 5
District of Columbia   61 4 0 10 11 13 11 12
Fresno County, CA   30 5 3 6 4 8 1 3
Pinellas County, FL   36 5 5 4 7 4 3 8
Tarrant County, TX   28 6 3 1 3 10 2 3
Jacksonville City, FL   48 7 12 10 6 3 7 3
Clark County, NV   37 8 9 4 3 1 6 6
Allegheny County, PA   43 3 6 7 6 5 8 8
Riverside County, CA   29 2 2 4 2 4 6 9
Davidson County, TN   58 7 8 9 6 10 10 8
De Kalb County, GA   24 2 4 1 4 7 4 2
Marion County, IN   31 7 6 3 6 2 2 5
Fulton County, GA   14 4 0 5 5 0 0 0
Milwaukee County, WI   20 0 4 2 2 6 3 3
Wayne County, MI   30 6 7 4 4 0 5 4
Oklahoma County, OK   30 0 5 2 5 5 5 8
Gwinnett County, GA   11 0 0 0 1 4 3 3
Palm Beach County, FL   29 5 6 2 5 4 3 4
Polk County, FL   13 0 0 2 4 1 2 4
Travis County, TX   24 4 4 3 2 3 3 5
Franklin County, OH   19 3 2 5 3 2 2 2
King County, WA   13 / 0 2 5 3 1 2
Cobb County, GA   20 1 0 4 0 7 1 7
Denver County, CO   16 0 5 1 2 2 2 4
Suffolk County, MAb   8 0 2 0 1 2 1 2
Hamilton County, OH   28 3 4 4 4 3 4 6
Mecklenburg County, NC   7 0 0 3 2 0 0 2
Bernalillo County, NM   29 4 1 3 3 4 5 9
Kern County, CA   22 3 3 2 2 6 3 3
El Paso County, TX   25 5 1 4 2 7 5 1
Hampden County, MA   17 3 2 2 3 1 4 2
Note: Fifty largest jurisdictions as of June 30, 2006, displayed from largest to smallest.
/Not Reported.
aHillsborough County data for 2003 cover the first calendar quarter; quarters 2 through 4 were not reported.
bSuffolk County data for 2000 exclude the Suffolk County House of Corrections.
Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
     See also Methodology

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