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

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District of Minnesota, fiscal year 2019

D. Minn. · Eighth 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), 382 sentenced cases in the District of Minnesota appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2018 had 69,425.

The median prison term was 72 months (6 years); 90% of cases carried a prison term. 31% of sentences were within the guideline range, 29% below it on a government motion, 38% below it for other reasons and 3% above it.

382cases sentencedFY2018: 295
72median prison monthsnational FY2019: 21
31%within guideline rangenational 51%
90%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2019

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking13936.4%—8519%39%40%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement7118.6%70%2930%30%39%
Firearms4511.8%—7138%—42%
Sex Abuse236.0%100%292———
Child Pornography205.2%100%180——50%
Robbery205.2%—10355%——
Immigration153.9%—17———
Tax102.6%—————
16 other offence types, pooled3910.2%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2019 compared

MeasureD. Minn.8th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced3825,44176,538
Median prison months724821
Cases with a prison term90%93%92%
Within guideline range31%45%51%
Below range, government sponsored29%24%26%
Below range, other38%27%20%
Above range3%4%2%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Minn.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201829591%7132%21%43%3%
FY201938290%7231%29%38%3%
FY202033490%7228%33%37%—
FY202125892%7223%36%38%—
FY202232589%7831%32%34%4%
FY202335392%7527%29%41%3%
FY202438095%7235%24%39%3%
FY202539697%6035%31%34%—

← 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 Minnesota, FY2018–FY2025.