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D.N.D. · fiscal year 20231 Oct 2022 – 30 Sep 2023

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District of North Dakota, fiscal year 2023

D.N.D. · Eighth Circuit · FY2023 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 2023 (1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023), 413 sentenced cases in the District of North Dakota appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2022 had 64,142.

The median prison term was 39 months (3 yr 3 mo); — of cases carried a prison term. 34% of sentences were within the guideline range, 50% below it on a government motion, 12% below it for other reasons and 5% above it.

413cases sentencedFY2022: 345
39median prison monthsnational FY2023: 30
34%within guideline rangenational 42%
—cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2023

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking22454.2%—4825%65%7%
Immigration348.2%100%477%——
Firearms338.0%100%2842%42%—
Sex Abuse225.3%100%104———
Assault215.1%—3652%——
Child Pornography143.4%100%120———
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement102.4%100%20———
Money Launder102.4%100%950%100%0%
11 other offence types, pooled4510.9%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2023 compared

MeasureD.N.D.8th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced4135,14364,124
Median prison months396230
Cases with a prison term—93%92%
Within guideline range34%40%42%
Below range, government sponsored50%27%32%
Below range, other12%28%22%
Above range5%5%4%

§ 3All fiscal years, D.N.D.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY2018370—3032%57%10%—
FY2019329—2631%55%11%3%
FY2020252—3335%53%9%—
FY2021289—3935%49%12%5%
FY2022345—3632%54%11%4%
FY2023413—3934%50%12%5%
FY2024327—4132%48%15%4%
FY2025325—3039%45%12%4%

← FY2022FY2024 →

§ 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 2023 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 North Dakota, FY2018–FY2025.