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

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District of Kansas, fiscal year 2020

D. Kan. · Tenth 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), 311 sentenced cases in the District of Kansas appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2019 had 76,538.

The median prison term was 40 months (3 yr 4 mo); 89% of cases carried a prison term. 41% of sentences were within the guideline range, 42% below it on a government motion, 14% below it for other reasons and — above it.

311cases sentencedFY2019: 465
40median prison monthsnational FY2020: 18
41%within guideline rangenational 50%
89%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2020

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking10634.1%—7822%65%11%
Firearms6520.9%—3757%28%—
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement3812.2%63%1732%32%30%
Immigration227.1%100%959%——
Robbery144.5%100%72———
Child Pornography123.9%100%104———
Prison Offenses103.2%100%14———
13 other offence types, pooled4414.1%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2020 compared

MeasureD. Kan.10th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced3115,56664,565
Median prison months40618
Cases with a prison term89%93%92%
Within guideline range41%55%50%
Below range, government sponsored42%31%27%
Below range, other14%12%21%
Above range—1%2%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Kan.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201848687%3440%48%9%3%
FY201946583%4143%41%11%5%
FY202031189%4041%42%14%—
FY202142082%5443%35%17%6%
FY202237185%4642%39%15%4%
FY202334187%5145%32%18%5%
FY202434086%4748%33%15%4%
FY202541085%5242%34%18%5%

← 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 Kansas, FY2018–FY2025.