Florida Counties
Criminal court outcome statistics for all 66 Florida counties.
Updated July 2026 · 2023-2025 data
Exhibit · Dismissal rate by county — darker means more cases dismissed
0.0% – 0.4%
0.5% – 1.2%
1.3% – 2.9%
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 | 142,770 | 42.1% | 12.1% | 1.0% | 1 year, 5 months | $1,406 |
| Hillsborough | 13 | 137,566 | 65.1% | 19.7% | 4.6% | 2.5 years | $5,062 |
| Pinellas | 6 | 113,950 | 65.7% | 13.8% | 1.7% | 1 year, 5 months | $1,132 |
| Duval | 4 | 104,626 | 59.7% | 29.8% | 1.0% | 1 year, 10 months | $3,178 |
| Polk | 10 | 93,575 | 65.2% | 20.4% | 1.2% | 1 year, 4 months | $798 |
| Volusia | 7 | 93,181 | 49.9% | 26.8% | 17.0% | 1 year, 9 months | $8,369 |
| Miami-Dade | 11 | 84,317 | 50.2% | 23.2% | 13.1% | 2.3 years | $412 |
| Orange | 9 | 67,387 | 46.1% | 31.0% | 12.1% | 8.7 months | $1,942 |
| Broward | 17 | 66,508 | 45.6% | 48.2% | 3.9% | 1 year, 6 months | $0 |
| Marion | 5 | 47,352 | 75.9% | 17.0% | 3.2% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,371 |
| Bay | 14 | 45,051 | 63.1% | 19.6% | 1.7% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,537 |
| Sarasota | 12 | 42,203 | 63.6% | 21.6% | 2.7% | 4.3 years | $3,398 |
| Pasco | 6 | 42,066 | 71.2% | 19.2% | 0.9% | 2.4 years | $2,736 |
| Escambia | 1 | 40,061 | 66.0% | 16.3% | 9.7% | 6.9 years | $1,118 |
| Lee | 20 | 39,858 | 75.5% | 21.8% | 0.7% | 1 year, 5 months | $0 |
| Manatee | 12 | 37,128 | 58.8% | 25.6% | 2.7% | 3.8 years | $1,654 |
| Seminole | 18 | 32,025 | 59.6% | 26.1% | 1.2% | 5.3 years | $6,813 |
| Lake | 5 | 29,361 | 66.9% | 14.5% | 1.5% | 1 year, 12 months | $1,222 |
| Okaloosa | 1 | 28,236 | 55.5% | 16.0% | 2.3% | 1 year, 10 months | $4,733 |
| Leon | 2 | 28,114 | 50.9% | 16.8% | 2.0% | 1 year, 2 months | $40 |
| St. Johns | 7 | 24,127 | 57.2% | 28.7% | 4.6% | 1 year | $2,167 |
| Collier | 20 | 23,354 | 66.1% | 18.7% | 5.4% | 3.0 years | $2,579 |
| St. Lucie | 19 | 21,484 | 77.9% | 11.7% | 4.7% | 1 year, 12 months | $10,470 |
| Martin | 19 | 20,507 | 70.8% | 17.1% | 9.7% | 6.0 years | $1,683 |
| Brevard | 18 | 19,685 | 58.5% | 22.1% | 10.3% | 2.0 years | $0 |
| Santa Rosa | 1 | 18,732 | 71.6% | 17.0% | 1.6% | 1 year, 7 months | $892 |
| Alachua | 8 | 18,682 | 77.8% | 13.6% | 0.8% | 2.2 years | $1,044 |
| Hernando | 5 | 17,288 | 69.6% | 13.4% | 1.4% | 1 year, 8 months | $931 |
| Osceola | 9 | 16,902 | 64.0% | 25.3% | 2.7% | 4.5 years | $1,910 |
| Citrus | 5 | 16,699 | 68.5% | 21.9% | 4.3% | 2.3 years | $3,194 |
| Charlotte | 20 | 16,515 | 81.0% | 15.7% | 0.3% | 1 year, 11 months | $3,277 |
| Monroe | 16 | 14,662 | 54.7% | 36.7% | 1.1% | 8.7 months | $0 |
| Clay | 4 | 14,108 | 63.3% | 28.6% | 3.7% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,758 |
| Sumter | 5 | 13,974 | 72.0% | 22.7% | 0.2% | 2.2 years | $1,253 |
| Indian River | 19 | 12,332 | 77.9% | 13.8% | 3.0% | 1 year, 10 months | $1,026 |
| Walton | 1 | 11,140 | 58.5% | 12.0% | 9.0% | 1 year, 6 months | $736 |
| Putnam | 7 | 10,963 | 75.6% | 18.3% | 0.3% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,631 |
| Highlands | 10 | 10,046 | 79.4% | 15.0% | 2.9% | 1 year, 9 months | $826 |
| Nassau | 4 | 7,848 | 71.2% | 25.6% | 2.5% | 1 year, 9 months | $3,818 |
| Hendry | 20 | 7,072 | 65.9% | 14.6% | 4.6% | 1 year, 10 months | $2,157 |
| Okeechobee | 19 | 7,028 | 65.4% | 23.7% | 10.4% | 1 year, 5 months | $1,501 |
| Columbia | 3 | 6,673 | 69.4% | 14.5% | 0.4% | 2.8 years | $4,310 |
| Desoto | 12 | 6,043 | 69.0% | 27.9% | 1.4% | 3.6 years | $1,050 |
| Jackson | 14 | 3,948 | 72.2% | 25.1% | 0.6% | 1 year, 6 months | $1,242 |
| Levy | 8 | 3,560 | 80.2% | 18.6% | 0.5% | 1 year, 7 months | $457 |
| Hardee | 10 | 3,398 | 67.6% | 14.5% | 8.6% | 1 year, 7 months | $612 |
| Holmes | 14 | 3,211 | 83.3% | 15.4% | 1.0% | 1 year, 8 months | $1,692 |
| Suwannee | 3 | 3,045 | 90.1% | 7.7% | 0.4% | 2.2 years | $1,453 |
| Washington | 14 | 2,874 | 74.6% | 24.6% | 0.6% | 11.7 months | $566 |
| Bradford | 8 | 2,856 | 84.2% | 13.4% | 1.8% | 1 year, 10 months | $939 |
| Wakulla | 2 | 2,718 | 72.1% | 18.4% | 5.5% | 11.3 months | $720 |
| Baker | 8 | 2,662 | 76.4% | 15.0% | 0.3% | 9.4 months | $4,767 |
| Franklin | 2 | 2,373 | 52.1% | 20.1% | 2.5% | 9.7 months | $408 |
| Gulf | 14 | 1,926 | 86.5% | 6.6% | 3.5% | 1 year, 3 months | $821 |
| Taylor | 3 | 1,885 | 88.9% | 7.9% | 1.9% | 1 year, 2 months | $526 |
| Jefferson | 2 | 1,749 | 76.2% | 20.8% | 2.1% | 0 year, 12 months | $290 |
| Dixie | 3 | 1,700 | 77.5% | 12.4% | 0.4% | 3.1 years | $3,912 |
| Calhoun | 14 | 1,688 | 70.6% | 25.9% | 0.5% | 1 year, 8 months | $997 |
| Madison | 3 | 1,520 | 58.2% | 20.9% | 18.4% | 1 year, 8 months | $978 |
| Gilchrist | 8 | 1,335 | 73.0% | 16.6% | 0.3% | 2.2 years | $655 |
| Glades | 20 | 1,263 | 65.2% | 27.4% | 0.0% | 1 year, 10 months | $386 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 1,234 | 81.9% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 1 year, 10 months | $495 |
| Union | 8 | 1,116 | 84.8% | 9.9% | 0.2% | 2.6 years | $5,212 |
| Liberty | 2 | 985 | 56.8% | 18.8% | 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% | 5.2 years | $238 |
Source: FDLE Criminal Justice Data Transparency · 2023-2025 · Data last updated July 2026