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D. Ariz. · fiscal year 20201 Oct 2019 – 30 Sep 2020

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District of Arizona, fiscal year 2020

D. Ariz. · Ninth Circuit · FY2020 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2020 (1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020), 4,566 sentenced cases in the District of Arizona appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2019 had 76,538.

The median prison term was 6 months; 95% of cases carried a prison term. 36% of sentences were within the guideline range, 58% below it on a government motion, 4% below it for other reasons and 1% above it.

4,566cases sentencedFY2019: 5,610
6median prison monthsnational FY2020: 18
36%within guideline rangenational 50%
95%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2020

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Immigration3,52377.2%96%635%62%2%
Drug Trafficking3928.6%94%245%87%7%
Drug Possession1473.2%—688%0%0%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement1353.0%87%384%9%—
Assault902.0%83%3042%27%16%
Firearms741.6%80%1828%31%38%
Administration of Justice491.1%67%1155%22%—
Sex Abuse240.5%100%15267%——
Money Launder190.4%—12—61%—
Prison Offenses180.4%—865%——
Child Pornography170.4%100%97—59%—
National Defense130.3%100%36———
Robbery110.2%100%87———
Murder100.2%100%210——0%
11 other offence types, pooled441.0%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2020 compared

MeasureD. Ariz.9th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced4,56612,03964,565
Median prison months61218
Cases with a prison term95%92%92%
Within guideline range36%28%50%
Below range, government sponsored58%57%27%
Below range, other4%14%21%
Above range1%1%2%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Ariz.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY20184,64993%1239%52%6%3%
FY20195,61094%1035%58%5%1%
FY20204,56695%636%58%4%1%
FY20214,37194%828%65%6%1%
FY20224,45491%926%67%6%1%
FY20234,81290%926%67%6%1%
FY20243,90490%932%60%7%1%
FY20254,13491%837%55%7%1%

← FY2019FY2021 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2020 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: District of Arizona, FY2018–FY2025.