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Key Facts at a Glance

Defendants in cases concluded in U.S. district court
	Violent	Property	Drug	Public order*
1980	2,871	13,544	7,119	15,638
1981	3,022	13,851	8,077	15,887
1982	3,111	15,340	8,987	15,301
1983	2,737	16,384	9,774	16,963
1984	2,814	15,969	11,361	18,380
1985	2,871	16,250	12,984	19,009
1986	2,818	17,286	14,746	19,202
1987	2,850	17,175	16,443	18,153
1988	2,697	16,261	16,710	18,524
1989	2,805	16,188	19,750	18,916
1990	2,857	16,128	20,035	19,684
1991	3,124	15,749	21,203	20,115
1992	3,601	16,876	22,728	19,910
1993	3,581	17,440	24,127	19,484
1994	3,367	16,545	21,854	19,907
1995	3,041	15,777	19,569	18,964
1996	3,091	16,149	21,718	20,440
1997	3,482	17,521	23,528	20,361
1998	3,470	17,165	25,500	23,530
1999	3,093	17,321	28,352	26,866
2000	2,964	16,664	28,381	28,861
2001	2,977	16,347	29,290	28,450
2002	2,927	16,871	30,775	29,783
2003	3,040	16,868	30,508	34,690
2004	2,962	15,774	29,309	35,346
2005	2,942	14,515	30,129	39,094
2006	2,813	14,770	31,704	38,807
2007	2,763	15,923	30,414	39,409
2008	2,852	15,547	30,284	43,045

Note: Includes all cases handled by U.S. district court judges and Class A misdemeanors handled by U.S. magistrates. Beginning with 1994, the data reported are based on the Federal fiscal year beginning October 1; prior years' data are based on the calendar year. *Public order offenses include weapons and immigration offenses. Source: Federal Justice Statistics, 2008 – Statistical Tables. See the Federal Criminal Justice Statistics - Statistical Tables series for data covering 2005 through 2006. For prior years, see the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics series.