Federal Sentencing by District
The U.S. Sentencing Commission's FY2024 Sourcebook records more than 61,000 federal sentencing cases under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The Commission's annual Sourcebook and datafiles cover all 94 federal judicial districts; see our methodology for the data refresh cadence and calculation scope.
Compare federal criminal sentencing patterns across all 93 U.S. district courts. Data from the United States Sentencing Commission FY2015–FY2025.
93
Districts
12
Circuits
10
Years of Data
USSC
Data Source
Circuit-Level Sentencing Averages vs. National Mean
1st Circuit
2nd Circuit
3rd Circuit
4th Circuit
Eastern North Carolina
Avg 87.0 mo
· 811 cases
Eastern Virginia
Avg 78.8 mo
· 884 cases
Maryland
Avg 73.9 mo
· 443 cases
Middle North Carolina
Avg 92.8 mo
· 312 cases
Northern West Virginia
Avg 76.8 mo
· 326 cases
South Carolina
Avg 71.0 mo
· 591 cases
Southern West Virginia
Avg 75.5 mo
· 216 cases
Western North Carolina
Avg 83.9 mo
· 352 cases
Western Virginia
Avg 71.0 mo
· 248 cases
5th Circuit
Eastern Louisiana
Avg 84.5 mo
· 324 cases
Eastern Texas
Avg 96.6 mo
· 1,015 cases
Middle Louisiana
Avg 48.2 mo
· 95 cases
Northern Mississippi
Avg 61.0 mo
· 180 cases
Northern Texas
Avg 96.9 mo
· 1,386 cases
Southern Mississippi
Avg 77.1 mo
· 378 cases
Southern Texas
Avg 21.4 mo
· 7,545 cases
Western Louisiana
Avg 90.6 mo
· 378 cases
Western Texas
Avg 21.2 mo
· 10,416 cases
6th Circuit
Eastern Kentucky
Avg 102.8 mo
· 390 cases
Eastern Michigan
Avg 53.1 mo
· 851 cases
Eastern Tennessee
Avg 102.1 mo
· 532 cases
Middle Tennessee
Avg 80.7 mo
· 346 cases
Northern Ohio
Avg 76.6 mo
· 662 cases
Southern Ohio
Avg 71.3 mo
· 560 cases
Western Kentucky
Avg 82.2 mo
· 388 cases
Western Michigan
Avg 101.0 mo
· 242 cases
Western Tennessee
Avg 88.8 mo
· 339 cases
7th Circuit
8th Circuit
Eastern Arkansas
Avg 83.3 mo
· 475 cases
Eastern Missouri
Avg 72.7 mo
· 988 cases
Minnesota
Avg 74.2 mo
· 396 cases
Nebraska
Avg 88.8 mo
· 433 cases
North Dakota
Avg 60.4 mo
· 325 cases
Northern Iowa
Avg 101.4 mo
· 313 cases
South Dakota
Avg 82.6 mo
· 506 cases
Southern Iowa
Avg 129.3 mo
· 343 cases
Western Arkansas
Avg 100.8 mo
· 164 cases
Western Missouri
Avg 106.3 mo
· 668 cases
9th Circuit
Alaska
Avg 81.9 mo
· 138 cases
Arizona
Avg 17.4 mo
· 4,134 cases
Central California
Avg 60.0 mo
· 932 cases
Eastern California
Avg 86.2 mo
· 472 cases
Eastern Washington
Avg 77.8 mo
· 335 cases
Guam
Avg 64.5 mo
· 35 cases
Hawaii
Avg 88.2 mo
· 142 cases
Idaho
Avg 68.2 mo
· 309 cases
Montana
Avg 57.9 mo
· 403 cases
Nevada
Avg 54.1 mo
· 202 cases
Northern California
Avg 38.7 mo
· 364 cases
Northern Mariana Islands
Avg 37.9 mo
· 17 cases
Oregon
Avg 55.5 mo
· 501 cases
Southern California
Avg 19.0 mo
· 2,661 cases
Western Washington
Avg 59.7 mo
· 346 cases
10th Circuit
11th Circuit
Middle Alabama
Avg 73.5 mo
· 263 cases
Middle Florida
Avg 78.1 mo
· 1,528 cases
Middle Georgia
Avg 84.4 mo
· 405 cases
Northern Alabama
Avg 71.5 mo
· 516 cases
Northern Florida
Avg 69.0 mo
· 301 cases
Northern Georgia
Avg 58.5 mo
· 502 cases
Southern Alabama
Avg 67.3 mo
· 299 cases
Southern Florida
Avg 56.8 mo
· 1,457 cases
Southern Georgia
Avg 83.4 mo
· 272 cases
DC Circuit
Data disclaimer: This information is derived from USSC datafiles and is provided for educational and research purposes only.
Not legal advice. Individual cases vary based on offense-specific factors, criminal history, and judicial discretion.
Download the federal sentencing-by-district CSV cited on this page: plainsentencing-districts.csv (CC0).