State prosecutor office staffing and expenditures by population served (2020) - Tables 1-4

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Tables 1 to 4 summarize staffing composition and financial operating expenditures for state prosecutor offices in 2020, broken down by the population each office serves. The tables report the number and average per-office attorneys, the race and ethnicity distribution of full-time attorneys, the allocation of full-time non-attorney staff roles, and total expenditures alongside averages per office and per prosecutor. Notes specify missing data counts and rounding limits, with confidence-level indicators for differences from a comparison group and source references to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Table 1: Attorneys employed

Population served breakdown

Table 2: Race and ethnicity of full-time attorneys

Population served breakdown

Table 3: Full-time non-attorney staff

Investigators, victim/witness, support, review/redaction

Table 4: Operating expenditures

Total, per office, per prosecutor

| TABLE 1
Attorneys employed i
Population served | n state prosecutor offices, by pop Prosecutor offices | | ulation served, 2020
Total attorneys employed* | | Average number of attorneys employed per office | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | | | All offices
1,000,000 or more residents | 2,347 | 100% | 35, 120 | 100% | 15.0 | | | 51 | 2.2 | 11,987 | 34.1 | 235.0 | | 500,000–999,999 | 94 | 4.0 | 6,892 | 19.6 | 73.3 | | 250,000–499,999 | 134 | 5.7 | 4,585 | 13.1 | 34.2 | | 100,000–249,999 | 340 | 14.5 | 5,481 | 15.6 | 16.1 | | Fewer than 100,000 | 1,728 | 73.6 | 6, 175 | 17.6 | 3.6 | | Note: Information on number of attorneys was missing for 212 offices (unweighted). Details may not sum to totals due to rounding. See appendix table 1 for estimates and standard errors.
*Includes part-and full-time attorneys.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Survey of Prosecutors, 2020; and U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2018. | | | | | | | TABLE 2 | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Race and ethnicity of full | -time attorneys in state prosecutor offices, by population served, 2020 | | | | | | Population served | Attorney race/ethnicity | | | | | | | Whitea | Blacka | Hispanic | Asiana | Othera,b | | All offices
1,000,000 or more residents* | 83.4%
73.1 | 6.3%
9.6 | 5.4%
10.2 | 3.3%
5.7 | 1.5%
1.4 | | 500,000–999,999 | 82.6 | 7.4 | 3.6 † | 4.0 ‡ | 2.3 † | | 250,000–499,999 | 89.3 † | 5.1 † | 3.3 † | 1.1 † | 1.2 | | 100,000–249,999 | 88.8 ‡ | 4.7 † | 2.6 † | 2.1 † | 1.8 | | Fewer than 100,000 | 95.1 † | 1.1 † | 2.4 † | 0.6 † | 0.8 | | Note: Includes 27,704 full-time attorneys. Information on race and ethnicity of attorneys was missing for 367 offices (unweighted) . Excludes 518 full-time attorneys with unknown race. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding. See appendix table 2 for standard errors.
*Comparison group.
†Difference with comparison group is significant at the 95% confidence level.
‡Difference with comparison group is significant at the 90% confidence level.
a Excludes persons of Hispanic origin (e.g.,“white” refers to non-Hispanic white persons and “black” refers to non-Hispanic black persons) .
b Includes American Indian or Alaska Native persons, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons, and persons of two or more races.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Survey of Prosecutors, 2020; and U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2018. | | | | | | | TABLE 3
Full-time non-attorney
Population served | staff employed in sta All offices | | te prosecutor offices, b Investigators | | y population served, 20 Victim/witness staff | | 20
Support staff | | Review/redaction staff | | Other | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | | All offices
1,000,000 or more residents* | 44, 150 | 100% | 6,710 | 15.2% | 6,480 | 14.7% | 28,520 | 64.6% | 590 | 1.3% | 1,860 | 4.2% | | | 13,820 | 100 | 1,760 | 12.8 | 1,260 | 9.1 | 9,980 | 72.2 | 90 | 0.7 | 730 | 5.3 | | 500,000–999,999 | 9,500 | 100 | 1,810 | 19.1 † | 1,450 | 15.3 † | 5,610 | 59.0 | 270 | 2.9 † | 350 | 3.7 | | 250,000–499,999 | 6,600 | 100 | 1,400 | 21.2 † | 1,000 | 15.1 † | 3,760 | 57.1 ‡ | 70 | 1.0 | 360 | 5.5 | | 100,000–249,999 | 7, 140 | 100 | 1, 120 | 15.7 | 1,340 | 18.8 † | 4,450 | 62.3 | 90 | 1.2 ! | 140 | 2.0 † | | Fewer than 100,000 | 7, 100 | 100 | 610 | 8.6 ‡ | 1,420 | 20.0 † | 4,720 | 66.4 | 70 | 1.0 | 280 | 3.9 | | Note: Information on non-attorney positions was missing for 399 offices (unweighted). Investigators are staff who investigate crimes, interview witnesses, and evaluate evidence for prosecutor offices. Victim and witness staff provide support by promoting rights, assessing needs, and linki

FAQs

What spending metrics are presented in Table 4?

Table 4 provides total operating expenditures and average operating expenditures per prosecutor’s office and per prosecutor, also broken down by population served.

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