Florida Counties
Criminal court outcome statistics for all 66 Florida counties.
Updated September 2026 · 2023-2025 data
Exhibit · Dismissal rate by county — darker means more cases dismissed
0.0% – 0.4%
0.5% – 1.3%
1.4% – 3.0%
3.4% – 5.6%
5.7% – 28.2%
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Each county is shaded on its headline window: 2025 where the county has enough cases that year, otherwise pooled 2023-2025. Hover or tap a county for its rate; exact figures for every county are in the table below.
Source: FDLE Criminal Justice Data Transparency — FloridaCourtFile.com
| County | Circuit | Cases | Guilty Rate | Withheld | Dismissal Rate | Avg Sentence | Avg Fine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach | 15 | 142,793 | 42.2% | 12.1% | 1.0% | 1 year, 5 months | $1,406 |
| Hillsborough | 13 | 137,404 | 65.3% | 19.7% | 4.6% | 2.4 years | $5,031 |
| Pinellas | 6 | 113,776 | 65.8% | 13.8% | 1.7% | 1 year, 5 months | $1,132 |
| Duval | 4 | 104,629 | 59.8% | 29.8% | 1.0% | 1 year, 10 months | $3,178 |
| Polk | 10 | 93,745 | 65.3% | 20.3% | 1.2% | 1 year, 4 months | $794 |
| Volusia | 7 | 93,098 | 49.9% | 26.8% | 17.0% | 1 year, 9 months | $8,372 |
| Miami-Dade | 11 | 84,391 | 50.2% | 23.1% | 13.1% | 2.3 years | $412 |
| Orange | 9 | 67,409 | 46.1% | 31.0% | 12.1% | 8.7 months | $1,940 |
| Broward | 17 | 66,999 | 45.7% | 48.3% | 3.9% | 1 year, 6 months | $0 |
| Marion | 5 | 47,331 | 75.9% | 17.0% | 3.2% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,371 |
| Bay | 14 | 45,039 | 63.1% | 19.6% | 1.7% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,537 |
| Sarasota | 12 | 41,986 | 63.9% | 21.6% | 2.7% | 4.1 years | $3,400 |
| Pasco | 6 | 41,985 | 71.5% | 19.1% | 0.9% | 2.4 years | $2,692 |
| Lee | 20 | 41,331 | 76.2% | 21.3% | 0.8% | 1 year, 4 months | $0 |
| Escambia | 1 | 40,039 | 66.2% | 16.3% | 9.7% | 7.0 years | $1,118 |
| Manatee | 12 | 37,089 | 58.9% | 25.6% | 2.8% | 3.8 years | $1,652 |
| Seminole | 18 | 32,048 | 59.8% | 26.0% | 1.2% | 5.3 years | $6,819 |
| Lake | 5 | 29,338 | 67.0% | 14.5% | 1.5% | 1 year, 12 months | $1,222 |
| Okaloosa | 1 | 28,209 | 55.5% | 16.0% | 2.3% | 1 year, 10 months | $4,729 |
| Leon | 2 | 28,115 | 50.9% | 16.8% | 2.0% | 1 year, 2 months | $40 |
| St. Johns | 7 | 24,134 | 57.2% | 28.7% | 4.6% | 1 year | $2,178 |
| Collier | 20 | 23,336 | 66.2% | 18.6% | 5.4% | 3.0 years | $2,579 |
| St. Lucie | 19 | 21,409 | 78.3% | 11.6% | 4.7% | 1 year, 11 months | $10,440 |
| Martin | 19 | 20,448 | 70.9% | 17.1% | 9.7% | 6.0 years | $1,685 |
| Brevard | 18 | 19,685 | 58.5% | 22.1% | 10.3% | 2.0 years | $0 |
| Santa Rosa | 1 | 18,730 | 71.7% | 17.0% | 1.6% | 1 year, 7 months | $894 |
| Alachua | 8 | 18,663 | 78.0% | 13.5% | 0.8% | 2.2 years | $1,045 |
| Hernando | 5 | 17,269 | 69.7% | 13.4% | 1.4% | 1 year, 8 months | $931 |
| Osceola | 9 | 16,866 | 64.2% | 25.3% | 2.7% | 4.5 years | $1,908 |
| Citrus | 5 | 16,696 | 68.5% | 21.9% | 4.3% | 2.3 years | $3,188 |
| Charlotte | 20 | 16,457 | 81.2% | 15.7% | 0.3% | 1 year, 11 months | $3,280 |
| Monroe | 16 | 14,858 | 55.7% | 36.5% | 0.8% | 8.7 months | $0 |
| Clay | 4 | 14,106 | 63.3% | 28.5% | 3.7% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,759 |
| Sumter | 5 | 13,970 | 72.1% | 22.6% | 0.2% | 2.2 years | $1,253 |
| Indian River | 19 | 12,103 | 79.5% | 14.0% | 1.5% | 1 year, 10 months | $1,030 |
| Walton | 1 | 11,129 | 58.8% | 11.9% | 9.0% | 1 year, 6 months | $736 |
| Putnam | 7 | 10,952 | 75.7% | 18.2% | 0.3% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,631 |
| Highlands | 10 | 10,051 | 79.5% | 15.1% | 2.9% | 1 year, 9 months | $823 |
| Nassau | 4 | 7,853 | 71.3% | 25.6% | 2.5% | 1 year, 9 months | $3,819 |
| Okeechobee | 19 | 7,028 | 65.4% | 23.7% | 10.4% | 1 year, 5 months | $1,502 |
| Hendry | 20 | 7,026 | 65.8% | 14.6% | 4.6% | 1 year, 10 months | $2,144 |
| Columbia | 3 | 6,653 | 69.7% | 14.5% | 0.4% | 2.8 years | $4,307 |
| Desoto | 12 | 6,034 | 69.1% | 27.9% | 1.4% | 3.6 years | $1,066 |
| Jackson | 14 | 3,955 | 72.1% | 25.6% | 0.6% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,244 |
| Levy | 8 | 3,558 | 80.2% | 18.6% | 0.5% | 1 year, 7 months | $455 |
| Hardee | 10 | 3,393 | 67.7% | 14.6% | 8.6% | 1 year, 7 months | $612 |
| Holmes | 14 | 3,215 | 83.3% | 15.4% | 1.0% | 1 year, 8 months | $1,695 |
| Suwannee | 3 | 3,042 | 90.2% | 7.6% | 0.4% | 2.2 years | $1,452 |
| Washington | 14 | 2,874 | 74.7% | 24.4% | 0.6% | 11.7 months | $566 |
| Bradford | 8 | 2,856 | 84.2% | 13.4% | 1.8% | 1 year, 10 months | $939 |
| Wakulla | 2 | 2,717 | 72.2% | 18.3% | 5.5% | 11.4 months | $720 |
| Baker | 8 | 2,674 | 76.9% | 14.5% | 0.3% | 9.4 months | $4,738 |
| Franklin | 2 | 2,368 | 52.2% | 20.1% | 2.5% | 9.7 months | $408 |
| Gulf | 14 | 1,925 | 86.6% | 6.4% | 3.5% | 1 year, 3 months | $820 |
| Taylor | 3 | 1,885 | 88.9% | 7.9% | 1.9% | 1 year, 2 months | $526 |
| Jefferson | 2 | 1,752 | 76.3% | 20.7% | 2.1% | 0 year, 12 months | $289 |
| Dixie | 3 | 1,693 | 77.8% | 12.0% | 0.4% | 3.1 years | $3,947 |
| Calhoun | 14 | 1,687 | 70.8% | 25.8% | 0.5% | 1 year, 8 months | $996 |
| Madison | 3 | 1,518 | 58.3% | 20.9% | 18.4% | 1 year, 8 months | $979 |
| Gilchrist | 8 | 1,334 | 73.1% | 16.6% | 0.3% | 2.2 years | $657 |
| Glades | 20 | 1,262 | 65.2% | 27.4% | 0.0% | 1 year, 10 months | $387 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 1,234 | 81.9% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 1 year, 10 months | $495 |
| Union | 8 | 1,116 | 84.9% | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.7 years | $5,183 |
| Liberty | 2 | 983 | 56.9% | 18.6% | 8.1% | 9.9 months | $1,401 |
| Gadsden | 2 | 749 | 54.5% | 21.9% | 18.0% | 0 days | $0 |
| Lafayette | 3 | 583 | 50.4% | 26.2% | 21.4% | 5.1 years | $238 |
Source: FDLE Criminal Justice Data Transparency · 2023-2025 · Data last updated September 2026