Table 2. Judge-to-Judge Differences in Average and Median Prison Sentence,
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| District | Courthouse | Number of U.S. District Court Judges | Prison Sentence Range (Months) Between Lowest-Highest Judge's | |
| Median Sentences | Average Sentences | |||
| Ala, M | Montgomery | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Ala, N | Birmingham | 7 | 18.0 | 25.6 |
| Ala, S | Mobile | 4 | 24.5 | 22.2 |
| Alaska | Anchorage | 3 | 11.0 | 6.8 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | 12 | 28.0 | 32.7 |
| Arizona | Tucson | 7 | 9.0 | 12.7 |
| Ark, E | Little Rock | 7 | 10.5 | 17.3 |
| Cal, C | Los Angeles | 17 | 30.5 | 32.8 |
| Cal, C | Riverside | 2 | 24.0 | 33.4 |
| Cal, C | Santa Ana | 5 | 13.0 | 10.3 |
| Cal, E | Fresno | 3 | 13.5 | 12.1 |
| Cal, E | Sacramento | 6 | 9.5 | 16.5 |
| Cal, N | Oakland | 2 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| Cal, N | San Francisco | 9 | 32.5 | 39.4 |
| Cal, N | San Jose | 3 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Cal, S | San Diego | 17 | 12.0 | 17.5 |
| Colorado | Denver | 10 | 14.0 | 27.0 |
| Conn | Bridgeport | 4 | 21.0 | 25.1 |
| Conn | Hartford | 5 | 18.5 | 19.3 |
| D. C. | DC | 8 | 11.0 | 23.7 |
| Delaware | Wilmington | 4 | 22.0 | 22.9 |
| Fla, M | Ft. Myers | 2 | 3.0 | 6.9 |
| Fla, M | Jacksonville | 5 | 18.0 | 22.9 |
| Fla, M | Orlando | 7 | 52.0 | 80.2 |
| Fla, M | Tampa | 9 | 48.0 | 59.7 |
| Fla, N | Pensacola | 2 | 6.0 | 14.6 |
| Fla, N | Tallahassee | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Fla, S | Ft. Lauderdale | 4 | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| Fla, S | Miami | 13 | 19.0 | 28.6 |
| Fla, S | West Palm Beach | 4 | 16.5 | 2.0 |
| Ga, M | Albany | 2 | 7.5 | 12.5 |
| Ga, M | Macon | 3 | 16.0 | 15.6 |
| Ga, N | Atlanta | 9 | 24.0 | 42.9 |
| Ga, S | Augusta | 2 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
| Ga, S | Savannah | 2 | 20.0 | 32.3 |
| Hawaii | Honolulu | 5 | 18.0 | 31.9 |
| Idaho | Boise | 2 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| Ill, C | Peoria | 3 | 18.0 | 18.9 |
| Ill, C | Urbana | 2 | 24.0 | 20.4 |
| Ill, N | Chicago | 21 | 33.0 | 30.5 |
| Ill, N | Rockford | 2 | 5.0 | 9.4 |
| Ill, S | Benton | 2 | 48.0 | 32.9 |
| Ill, S | East St. Louis | 3 | 2.5 | 10.8 |
| Ind, N | Hammond | 4 | 3.0 | 16.7 |
| Ind, N | South Bend | 2 | 6.0 | 4.4 |
| Ind, S | Indianapolis | 4 | 16.0 | 17.2 |
| Iowa, N | Sioux City | 2 | 10.0 | 0.1 |
| Iowa, S | Des Moines | 4 | 39.0 | 37.3 |
| Kansas | Kansas City | 2 | 12.0 | 22.9 |
| Kansas | Topeka | 3 | 14.0 | 18.4 |
| Kansas | Wichita | 2 | 36.0 | 45.1 |
| Ken, E | Lexington | 2 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Ken, E | London | 2 | 18.0 | 22.5 |
| Ken, W | Louisville | 3 | 14.5 | 10.6 |
| La, E | New Orleans | 8 | 23.5 | 20.7 |
| La, M | Baton Rouge | 4 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| La, W | Shreveport | 3 | 26.5 | 22.0 |
| Maine | Portland | 4 | 9.5 | 21.0 |
| Maryland | Baltimore | 8 | 30.0 | 41.0 |
| Maryland | Greenbelt | 7 | 45.0 | 64.3 |
| Mass | Boston | 11 | 28.0 | 33.9 |
| Mass | Worcester | 2 | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Mich, E | Ann Arbor | 2 | 5.0 | 12.4 |
| Mich, E | Detroit | 18 | 18.0 | 40.8 |
| Mich, E | Flint | 2 | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Mich, W | Grand Rapids | 4 | 18.0 | 15.1 |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis | 6 | 12.5 | 17.0 |
| Minnesota | St. Paul | 3 | 10.5 | 15.2 |
| Miss, N | Aberdeen | 2 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| Miss, N | Oxford | 2 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| Miss, S | Gulfport | 2 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Miss, S | Jackson | 4 | 15.0 | 7.4 |
| Mo, E | St. Louis | 8 | 13.5 | 18.7 |
| Mo, W | Kansas City | 9 | 20.0 | 34.4 |
| Montana | Missoula | 2 | 27.0 | 27.2 |
| N Car, E | Raleigh | 2 | 7.0 | 13.3 |
| N Car, M | Greensboro | 3 | 6.0 | 7.1 |
| N Car, M | Winston Salem | 2 | 13.0 | 10.1 |
| N Car, W | Asheville | 2 | 4.0 | 12.9 |
| N Car, W | Charlotte | 3 | 27.0 | 18.7 |
| N Mexico | Albuquerque | 8 | 27.3 | 38.6 |
| N Mexico | Las Cruces | 2 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| N. J. | Camden | 5 | 17.0 | 12.0 |
| N. J. | Newark | 10 | 34.5 | 23.7 |
| N. J. | Trenton | 5 | 26.5 | 26.7 |
| N. Y., E | Brooklyn | 18 | 18.0 | 58.7 |
| N. Y., E | Central Islip | 6 | 21.0 | 21.1 |
| N. Y., N | Albany | 3 | 18.5 | 21.8 |
| N. Y., N | Syracuse | 3 | 6.0 | 21.5 |
| N. Y., S | Manhattan | 30 | 37.0 | 47.2 |
| N. Y., S | White Plains | 4 | 9.0 | 20.3 |
| N. Y., W | Buffalo | 3 | 15.0 | 14.4 |
| N. Y., W | Rochester | 4 | 30.0 | 27.8 |
| Nebraska | Lincoln | 2 | 6.0 | 6.9 |
| Nebraska | Omaha | 4 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Nevada | Las Vegas | 7 | 31.0 | 27.7 |
| Nevada | Reno | 4 | 11.0 | 12.2 |
| New Hamp | Concord | 5 | 14.5 | 15.6 |
| Ohio, N | Akron | 2 | 6.0 | 1.8 |
| Ohio, N | Cleveland | 6 | 15.0 | 19.4 |
| Ohio, N | Toledo | 3 | 7.0 | 6.4 |
| Ohio, S | Cincinnati | 2 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| Ohio, S | Columbus | 6 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Ohio, S | Dayton | 3 | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Okla, N | Tulsa | 3 | 15.0 | 8.6 |
| Okla, W | Oklahoma City | 6 | 12.0 | 13.8 |
| Oregon | Eugene | 2 | 12.0 | 9.6 |
| Oregon | Portland | 6 | 24.0 | 35.1 |
| Penn, E | Allentown | 3 | 12.0 | 22.9 |
| Penn, E | Philadelphia | 22 | 52.0 | 58.5 |
| Penn, E | Reading | 2 | 18.5 | 14.9 |
| Penn, M | Harrisburg | 5 | 14.5 | 19.7 |
| Penn, M | Scranton | 5 | 31.5 | 28.0 |
| Penn, W | Pittsburgh | 9 | 22.5 | 24.9 |
| Puer Rico | Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 8 | 16.0 | 17.1 |
| R. I. | Providence | 3 | 12.5 | 8.0 |
| S Car | Charleston | 3 | 12.0 | 6.2 |
| S Car | Columbia | 3 | 34.0 | 52.0 |
| S Car | Florence | 2 | 20.0 | 31.7 |
| S Car | Greenville | 4 | 16.0 | 14.4 |
| Tenn, E | Chattanooga | 3 | 9.0 | 7.2 |
| Tenn, E | Knoxville | 4 | 27.5 | 36.8 |
| Tenn, M | Nashville | 5 | 9.5 | 9.9 |
| Tenn, W | Memphis | 6 | 27.0 | 37.6 |
| Texas, E | Beaumont | 3 | 31.0 | 28.1 |
| Texas, E | Sherman | 2 | 14.0 | 12.0 |
| Texas, E | Tyler | 2 | 14.0 | 1.4 |
| Texas, N | Dallas | 8 | 27.0 | 36.6 |
| Texas, N | Fort Worth | 2 | 32.0 | 39.2 |
| Texas, S | Brownsville | 4 | 6.0 | 10.7 |
| Texas, S | Corpus Christi | 3 | 9.0 | 15.4 |
| Texas, S | Houston | 12 | 18.0 | 22.8 |
| Texas, S | Laredo | 3 | 2.0 | 4.2 |
| Texas, S | McAllen | 3 | 6.0 | 8.3 |
| Texas, W | Austin | 2 | 9.0 | 19.1 |
| Texas, W | Del Rio | 2 | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| Texas, W | El Paso | 5 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| Texas, W | Midland | 2 | 11.0 | 9.2 |
| Texas, W | San Antonio | 4 | 4.0 | 10.6 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | 9 | 39.0 | 34.4 |
| Vermont | Rutland | 2 | 4.0 | 1.8 |
| Virg, E | Alexandria | 7 | 6.5 | 12.1 |
| Virg, E | Norfolk | 6 | 24.0 | 27.8 |
| Virg, E | Richmond | 5 | 44.5 | 45.3 |
| Virg, W | Roanoke | 3 | 3.0 | 9.2 |
| W Virg, N | Wheeling | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| W Virg, S | Charleston | 3 | 14.0 | 16.3 |
| Wash, E | Richland | 2 | 11.0 | 9.3 |
| Wash, E | Spokane | 4 | 9.0 | 18.9 |
| Wash, E | Yakima | 2 | 14.0 | 19.1 |
| Wash, W | Seattle | 7 | 13.0 | 12.6 |
| Wash, W | Tacoma | 3 | 10.5 | 3.0 |
| Wisc, E | Milwaukee | 5 | 25.0 | 17.6 |
| Wisc, W | Madison | 3 | 16.0 | 11.7 |
| Wyoming | Cheyenne | 2 | 3.0 | 4.6 |