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D. Colo. · fiscal year 20191 Oct 2018 – 30 Sep 2019

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District of Colorado, fiscal year 2019

D. Colo. · Tenth Circuit · FY2019 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 2019 (1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019), 529 sentenced cases in the District of Colorado appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2018 had 69,425.

The median prison term was 33 months (2 yr 9 mo); 92% of cases carried a prison term. 36% of sentences were within the guideline range, 41% below it on a government motion, 21% below it for other reasons and 2% above it.

529cases sentencedFY2018: 525
33median prison monthsnational FY2019: 21
36%within guideline rangenational 51%
92%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2019

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking15629.5%93%6026%51%23%
Immigration11121.0%—1226%69%—
Firearms8415.9%100%3849%14%32%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement7113.4%73%1939%36%22%
Robbery152.8%100%64———
Money Launder132.5%100%41———
Administration of Justice122.3%—12———
Sex Abuse122.3%—132———
Tax122.3%—————
14 other offence types, pooled438.1%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2019 compared

MeasureD. Colo.10th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced5296,52676,538
Median prison months33521
Cases with a prison term92%94%92%
Within guideline range36%58%51%
Below range, government sponsored41%29%26%
Below range, other21%12%20%
Above range2%2%2%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Colo.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201852591%3042%38%19%—
FY201952992%3336%41%21%2%
FY202040091%3641%35%24%—
FY202137090%3634%36%27%—
FY202238988%5533%36%29%—
FY202334088%4830%42%25%4%
FY202438290%5131%37%29%3%
FY202537793%4528%44%25%3%

← FY2018FY2020 →

§ 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 2019 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 Colorado, FY2018–FY2025.