A Demographic Review of Florida’s Registry
A review of December data on the Florida Registry shows the following:
| Total Individuals On the Registry | 85,224 | 100% |
| Absconded | 1,108 | 1.3% |
| Civil Commitment | 508 | .6% |
| Confinement | 19,606 | 23% |
| Deceased | 1,058 | 1.2% |
| Deported | 3,526 | 4.1% |
| Citizens Forced to Register | (59,418) | |
|
30,492 | 35.8% |
|
28,926 | 33.9% |
A further breakdown of the 28,926 citizens forced to register:
Status:
| Supervised – FL DOC | 6,114 | 21.1% |
| Supervised – FL Dept Juv Justice | 21 | .1% |
| Supervised – US Govt | 732 | 2.5% |
| Registered | 22,059 | 76.3% |
Further Status:
| Juvenile | 247 | 1% |
| Offender | 24,701 | 85% |
| Predator | 3,978 | 14% |
Race:
| Asian | 140 | .5% |
| Black/African American | 6,916 | 23.9% |
| Indian/Indigenous | 40 | .1% |
| Undeclared | 102 | .4% |
| White | 21,728 | 75.1% |
| *Hispanic is not separated or distinguished |
Sex:
| Male | 28.112 | 97.2% |
| Female | 814 | 2.8% |
Age:
| Under 20 | 39 | .1% |
| 20-29 | 1,090 | 3.8% |
| 30-39 | 3,962 | 13.7% |
| 40-49 | 6,705 | 23.2% |
| 50-59 | 7,272 | 25.1% |
| 60-69 | 6,228 | 21.5% |
| 70-79 | 2,810 | 9.7% |
| 80+ | 820 | 2.8% |
Date of Permanent Address:
| Prior to 12/31/04 | 2,283 | 7.9% |
| 01/01/05-12/31/09 | 2,304 | 7.9% |
| 01/01/10-12/31/14 | 3,414 | 11.8% |
| 01/01/15-12/31/19 | 7.016 | 24.4% |
| 01/01/20-end of 2023 | 13,465 | 46.5% |
| Without Permanent Address | 444 | 1.5% |
Source: FDLE Sexual Offenders and Predators Search
This reporting should be used figuratively and generally versus literal and particular breakdowns of the data. Debate will always exist over decisions made to include/exclude in different categories. Rounding has occurred with percentages which may affect totals.
This is my most chilling takeaway from these statistics:
34% of registrants are 60 years of age or older.
What is their future on the registry when chronic diseases, senility, dementia or Alzheimer’s set in? No nursing home wants them. They will either die in prison or on the streets.
This is a human rights issue that must be addressed.