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Top Ten Counties
Number of Exonerations, Top Ten Counties, First 2400 Exonerations (February 27, 2019)
|
Rank |
County
|
Number of Exonerations |
Standardized Rate per Capita
|
| 1 | Cook County, Illinois | 230
| 5.87 |
| 2 | Harris County, Texas | 175 | 5.17 |
| 3 | Kings County, New York | 70 | 3.55 |
| 4 | Los Angeles County, California | 66 | 0.87 |
| 5 | Dallas County, Texas | 58 | 3.04 |
| 6 | Wayne County, Michigan | 48 | 3.64 |
| 7 | Bronx County, New York | 42 | 3.86 |
| 8 | New York County, New York | 35 | 2.83 |
| 9 | Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 28 | 4.80 |
| 10 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio | 26 | 2.77 |
| National Total
| 2400 | 1.00
|
Exonerations Per Capita, Top Ten Counties with Population over 300,000, First 2400 Exonerations
|
Rank |
County
| Number of Exonerations
| Standardized Rate Per Capita
|
| 1 | Orleans Parish, Louisiana
| 23 | 7.92
|
| 2 | Cook County, Illinois
| 230 | 5.87
|
| 3 | Harris County, Texas | 175
| 5.17
|
| 4 | Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 28
| 4.80
|
| 5 | Baltimore City, Maryland | 19
| 4.10
|
| 6 | Bronx County, New York | 42
| 3.86
|
| 7 | Kern County, California | 25
| 3.81
|
| 8 | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana | 12
| 3.67
|
| 9 | Wayne County, Michigan
| 48
| 3.64
|
| 10 | Kings County, New York | 70 | 3.55
|
| National Total | 2400 | 1.00
|
The Standardized Rate of Exonerations Per Capita is the raw number of exonerations per capita divided by the national average of 0.75 exonerations per 100,000. Thus, the Standardized Rate Per Capita for the nation as a whole is 1.00, by definition; and the rate for Cook County, Illinois, for example, means that Illinois had 5.87 times more exonerations per capita than the national average. All rankings are based on 2017 data from the United States Census Bureau, which reported a national population of 320,332,016.