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S.D. Ohio · fiscal year 20211 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

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Southern District of Ohio, fiscal year 2021

S.D. Ohio · Sixth 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), 507 sentenced cases in the Southern District of Ohio appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 37 months (3 yr 1 mo); 80% of cases carried a prison term. 26% of sentences were within the guideline range, 48% below it on a government motion, 24% below it for other reasons and — above it.

507cases sentencedFY2020: 552
37median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
26%within guideline rangenational 43%
80%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking17835.1%93%5511%65%24%
Firearms11021.7%88%3042%28%28%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement9017.8%36%1230%45%25%
Immigration244.7%—667%——
Sex Abuse183.6%100%220—67%—
Money Launder173.4%100%72—65%—
Robbery153.0%100%90———
Child Pornography122.4%100%105———
14 other offence types, pooled438.5%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureS.D. Ohio6th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced5074,00857,287
Median prison months375729
Cases with a prison term80%91%91%
Within guideline range26%40%43%
Below range, government sponsored48%32%32%
Below range, other24%26%23%
Above range—2%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, S.D. Ohio

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201857490%3628%45%27%—
FY201956288%3629%44%24%2%
FY202055285%3431%41%26%2%
FY202150780%3726%48%24%—
FY202258387%4024%55%19%2%
FY202362386%3623%55%21%—
FY202457788%3624%52%23%2%
FY202556091%4224%54%20%2%

← 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: Southern District of Ohio, FY2018–FY2025.