Table 2: Offender Characteristics by County

*Because of missing data in each category, the percentages are based on different numbers of cases for each offender characteristic: Race (N=66,301), Gender (N=68,713), Type of Conviction (N=51,389), and Age (N=68,342). County is missing in 115 cases.

 COUNTY
Number of
Sentences
 RACE 
 GENDER 
TYPE OF CONVICTION (%)
 AGE 
White
Other
Male
Female
Neg Plea
Nonneg
Plea
Non-Jury
Jury
(Mean)
Adams 442 87 13 86 14 95 5 . 1 30.8
Allegheny 8769 51 49 81 19 74 22 3 2 33.1
Armstrong 377 94 6 76 24 60 36 . 4 32.2
Beaver 1191 65 35 82 18 95 3 0 1 31.2
Bedford 136 97 3 93 7 65 25 . 11 31.7
Berks 2487 49 51 82 18 75 24 . 1 30.2
Blair 1100 87 13 80 20 98 1 . 1 30.9
Bradford 433 100 . 90 10 96 3 1 0 30.3
Bucks 3510 79 21 85 15 17 82 1 0 32.3
Butler 809 92 8 81 19 94 1 1 5 33.1
Cambria 966 75 25 71 29 84 15 0 1 30.9
Cameron 37 100 . 100 . 93 7 . . 31.4
Carbon 268 94 6 90 10 96 . 0 4 31.3
Centre 548 86 14 86 14 89 8 . 3 29.4
Chester 1775 58 42 85 15 85 13 1 1 31.3
Clarion 204 98 2 84 16 97 . . 3 30.4
Clearfield 481 98 2 77 23 97 0 . 3 31.6
Clinton 192 97 3 86 14 61 35 . 4 31.1
Columbia 202 98 2 76 24 100 . . . 30.3
Crawford 573 92 8 82 18 76 14 1 10 31.8
Cumberland 1282 82 18 83 17 60 36 2 3 31.7
Dauphin 3080 46 54 81 19 24 73 0 3 31.2
Delaware 3678 55 45 84 16 90 7 1 1 31.5
Elk 221 99 1 77 23 88 11 . 1 28.9
Erie 1511 72 28 86 14 47 45 2 6 31.0
Fayette 753 82 18 82 18 90 3 0 7 31.8
Forest 35 100 . 86 14 96 4 . .  32.1
Franklin 577 78 22 85 15 82 14 1 3 30.1
Fulton 100 84 16 88 12 80 20 . .  27.4
Greene 313 97 3 87 13 95 0 0 5 33.7
Huntingdon 183 82 18 88 12 2 97 1 .  31.5
Indiana 476 92 8 82 18 83 14 2 1 28.9
Jefferson 218 99 1 88 12 61 36 . 3 29.4
Juniata 46 100 . 93 7 100 . . . 31.5
Lackawanna 1087 79 21 86 14 85 13 0 2 30.5
Lancaster 2680 57 43 82 18 84 15 0 0 29.9
Lawrence 591 74 26 84 16 97 0 . 2 33.0
Lebanon 893 79 21 80 20 92 4 0 4 31.3
Lehigh 2106 53 47 79 21 92 4 1 4 31.0
Luzerne 1168 90 10 84 16 72 17 2 10 31.7
Lycoming 1269 66 34 81 19 63 32 0 4 31.1
McKean 246 98 2 79 21 70 26 . 4 31.4
Mercer 737 71 29 79 21 58 38 0 3 32.3
Mifflin 113 94 6 81 19 21 76 1 3 30.0
Monroe 464 81 19 84 16 71 23 1 5 33.0
Montgomery 4033 53 47 84 16 88 10 1 1 32.1
Montour 116 93 7 72 28 82 17 . 1 30.3
Northampton 1472 66 34 86 14 78 14 1 7 30.2
Northumberland 491 95 5 87 13 95 1 0 4 30.5
Perry 282 96 4 79 21 62 35 2 2 29.5
Philadelphia 6124 16 84 90 10 44 26 27 3 29.1
Pike 151 89 11 85 15 74 16 . 9 33.0
Potter 93 98 2 91 9 80 5 . 14 32.8
Schuylkill 948 94 6 79 21 94 4 0 1 33.3
Snyder 238 93 7 84 16 89 10 . 0 31.0
Somerset 322 96 4 85 15 94 3 3 0 31.6
Sullivan 40 95 5 93 8 97 . . 3 32.8
Susquehanna 147 96 4 90 10 94 3 . 3 31.0
Tioga 100 93 7 92 8 90 6 . 5 33.2
Union 155 93 7 86 14 79 20 . 1 30.8
Venango 396 97 3 80 20 83 13 1 3 33.6
Warren 230 100 0 87 13 66 32 0 1 31.5
Washington 762 80 20 85 15 99 1 0 0 31.7
Wayne 212 94 6 82 18 97 1 2 1 31.5
Westmoreland 1567 88 12 88 12 94 4 1 1 32.3
Wyoming 201 97 3 83 17 92 7 1 1 31.3
York 3096 72 28 75 25 58 40 0 2 31.1
TOTAL 69503 64 36 83 17 71 23 4 2 31.4