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M.D. Fla. · fiscal year 20211 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

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Middle District of Florida, fiscal year 2021

M.D. Fla. · Eleventh Circuit · FY2021 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 2021 (1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021), 1,066 sentenced cases in the Middle District of Florida appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 70 months (5 yr 10 mo); 89% of cases carried a prison term. 41% of sentences were within the guideline range, 22% below it on a government motion, 33% below it for other reasons and 4% above it.

1,066cases sentencedFY2020: 1,222
70median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
41%within guideline rangenational 43%
89%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking44541.7%—8727%34%38%
Immigration14513.6%86%871%8%19%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement14213.3%58%2533%22%40%
Firearms13512.7%—6059%8%25%
Sex Abuse444.1%100%24059%—27%
Child Pornography393.7%100%11039%—56%
Robbery242.3%—10050%——
Money Launder191.8%—50———
Forgery/Counter/Copyright121.1%—————
Stalking/Harassing111.0%—————
Tax100.9%—————
13 other offence types, pooled403.8%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureM.D. Fla.11th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced1,0664,31157,287
Median prison months705129
Cases with a prison term89%88%91%
Within guideline range41%46%43%
Below range, government sponsored22%26%32%
Below range, other33%26%23%
Above range4%3%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, M.D. Fla.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY20181,54289%5752%20%26%2%
FY20191,59490%4648%22%28%2%
FY20201,22286%4150%18%30%2%
FY20211,06689%7041%22%33%4%
FY20221,01892%7041%24%32%3%
FY20231,10492%6041%22%35%3%
FY20241,13691%6046%20%30%5%
FY20251,52890%4653%16%26%5%

← FY2020FY2022 →

§ 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 2021 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Middle District of Florida, FY2018–FY2025.