How to Look Up Davis County Jail Population Data
The county's first stop for live operational data is the Davis County Sheriff's Office, which links a Sheriff's Dashboard from its main pages. The dashboard sits on the county's web portal and is updated by the Sheriff's Office. For background on what the Sheriff's Office tracks, the Sheriff's FAQ answers common questions about inmate property, calls, releases, and program rules.
A dashboard figure is a snapshot. To read it well, note the date, the metric, and the unit. A "current population" number is who is held at the moment, while an "average daily population" smooths the count over a longer window. Sentenced counts, pretrial counts, and bookings each tell a different story.
Davis County leans on its own web apps for public-facing data. The county homepage highlights tools such as Property Search, Property Watch, REDI Web 2.0, the Sheriff's Dashboard, the GIS Map Portal, the inmate roster, and online records requests. The dashboard sits among that suite and is the live operational view that the Sheriff publishes for the corrections side.
Davis County Jail Capacity Overview
Davis County operates two main corrections sites in Farmington. The Davis County Correctional Facility holds the bulk of the jail population at the State Street complex. The Davis County Work Release Center sits on Clark Lane and serves work-release inmates and lobby kiosk deposits. Rated capacity for either site was not located in static official sources during the latest research pass, so confirm those numbers with the Sheriff before citing them.
| Facility | Address | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Davis County Correctional Facility | 800 West State Street, Farmington | Not published in static sources |
| Davis County Work Release Center | 883 West Clark Lane, Farmington | Not published in static sources |
Total county jail capacity in Utah varies by year and by approved staffing. For a current figure, use the Sheriff's Dashboard or contact Corrections at 801-451-4200.
Average Daily Population
Average daily population, or ADP, is the average number of people held per day across a reporting period, usually a month or a year. ADP smooths out the daily ups and downs from new bookings and releases, so it is the metric most useful for trend analysis. Local ADP figures for Davis County are published through the Sheriff's Dashboard rather than in a static report.
The Sheriff's law enforcement page describes the corrections division and its role alongside patrol, civil process, courts and bailiffs, and property/evidence.
National context helps frame any local figure. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes county-level jail averages in its annual jail reports, and Davis County submits operational data into that pipeline.
Demographic Breakdown
Davis County jail demographics measure who is held, broken out by gender, age, and race. The Sheriff's Office tracks these numbers operationally, but the county does not publish a static demographic table that updates in lockstep with the roster. Researchers usually pair the Sheriff's Dashboard with state and federal aggregate reports.
What this breakdown tells you depends on context. Male and female counts can drive staffing and housing decisions. Age distributions can shape program planning. Race and ethnicity figures, paired with county demographics, can highlight gaps. None of these numbers should be cited from third-party scrapes; the Sheriff is the source.
Pretrial vs. Sentenced Population
A jail population is a mix. People held pretrial are waiting for a court date and have not been convicted of the underlying charge. People held post-sentence are serving a misdemeanor sentence, a probation hold, or a short-term commitment. Counties vary widely in the pretrial share, and that share moves with bail rules and court scheduling.
Davis County does not publish a static pretrial-versus-sentenced table. The Sheriff's records and the courts have the underlying data, and operational figures may show on the dashboard.
Why the split matters: pretrial holds are paid for by the county, but the people held have not been convicted, so the stakes are different than for a sentenced jail term. Bail decisions, court scheduling, and the use of release programs all bend the share. The County Attorney's specialty courts, including Drug Court and Mental Health Court, can also move people out of pretrial holds and into treatment-focused tracks.
Misdemeanor vs. Felony Population
Charge type is another way to read the population. A Davis County jail booking can rest on a class B or C misdemeanor from a Justice Court case, a class A misdemeanor, or a felony heading to District Court. Felony holds tend to last longer, while many misdemeanor bookings turn over quickly through bail or short commitments.
For the courts that send people to the jail, the case path runs Justice Court for many misdemeanors and traffic, and District Court for felonies. The District Court page covers the trial-court structure that shapes the felony population.
Mental Health and Medical Population
Some people in the Davis County jail need medical or mental health care. The Sheriff's inmate information page describes how prescription medications are reviewed and how medical staff approve in-house medication. The County Attorney and Davis Behavioral Health support a Mental Health Court for defendants with serious mental illness already in the criminal system.
Population numbers in this category are usually kept inside the corrections and behavioral health systems rather than posted as a public table. Aggregate, de-identified data may appear in county budget materials or in BJS national reports.
Mental Health Court itself is one of the levers that shapes this slice. The county targets defendants already in the system who live with mental illness and pairs treatment, medication, and counseling with weekly court appearances. Violent aggravated offenders and registrable sex offenders are not eligible. Outcomes shift the medical and behavioral load on the jail, even if the daily count never lands in a public chart.
National and State Context
To compare Davis County to peers, public researchers use jail population rate per 100,000 residents. National and state-level figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics and by the Vera Institute. Davis County operates inside Utah's mix of state and federal facilities, with the county jail at the bottom of the local custody chain and Utah Department of Corrections facilities above.
| Level | Source for Current Rate |
|---|---|
| Davis County | Davis County Sheriff's Dashboard |
| Utah | Utah Department of Corrections annual reports |
| National | BJS Annual Survey of Jails and Vera Institute incarceration trends |
Because rates change each year, this page does not freeze a single number. Pull the latest figure from the cited source when you cite it.
Population Trends Over Time
Davis County has grown fast. The county was founded in 1850 with under two thousand residents, and the latest county directory estimates 342,281 people spread across fifteen communities in a narrow 223-square-mile strip. As the population has grown, the demands on the Sheriff and the jail have grown with it. Sheriff's Office staffing rose from a handful of deputies to more than 230 by 2012, and the corrections role has continued to expand alongside court caseloads.
For a structured multi-year trend in jail population, the BJS county-level data and the county's budget reports are the source. Davis County publishes annual financial reports through the Clerk/Auditor, and those reports include corrections department lines.
The Sheriff's Office itself dates to October 5, 1850, when Davis County was organized north of Salt Lake City. The first jail stood on the courthouse grounds and held three cells. From those three cells to a multi-site complex that runs both a main jail and a Work Release Center, the corrections role has grown alongside the county. That long arc matters for any trend chart: today's metrics describe a system shaped by decades of population growth and changing state law.
Searching for Davis County Inmate Records by Name
This page covers aggregate jail population data, not name-based lookups. For an individual inmate, use the live roster covered on the Davis County inmate records page. For people after release, see released inmates.
Where the Data Comes From
Three layers of data feed any complete picture of the Davis County jail population. The county's own dashboard is the live source for current numbers. Utah Department of Corrections reports cover state custody. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys jails for national context. Roster rules are also set by law, including how booking photos may be used.
The relevant statute is Utah Code § 17-22-30, which the Davis County inmate detail page cites for the booking-photo restriction.
When citing Davis County jail figures, name the source, the date, and the metric. A clean cite makes the data useful and reproducible.