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**Commenced**
**Terminated**
**Pending**1870 [2]
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3,369
4,6131871[3]
-
8,187
5,5861872
-
8,092 a b
7,5101873[4]
-
6,713 a
6,2741874[5]
-
6,018 a
6,6271875[6]
-
6,045 a
7,6671876
-
7,095 a
7,4411877[7]
-
8,103 a
6,5381878[8]
-
10,873 b c
7,2811879[9]
-
13,717 c
7,1651880[10]
-
9,269 c
7,1461881[11]
-
11,448 c
6,2111882
-
7,494 b
3,8911883
-
7,792
5,7221884
-
12,542
5,4371885[12]
-
11,977
3,8081886
-
14,479
5,5931887
-
12,905
7,3461888
-
14,599
7,2231889
-
14,588
7,2121890
-
16,016
8,6831891
-
18,327
10,3251892
-
18,724
9,7091893
-
21,935 b
9,410 b1894
-
21,744
10,3701895
-
25,949
12,499 b1896
-
26,271
11,7461897
-
18,134
10,9581898
-
16,814
10,1471899
-
17,341
10,2281900
-
17,033
10,0471901
-
16,837
9,9441902
-
16,350
9,6021903
-
16,034
11,039 d1904
18,488
17,443
12,243 d1905
18,900
18,163
13,040 d1906
17,435
16,357
14,113 d1907
18,332
16,006
8,852[13]1908
13,345
12,942
9,112 d1909
14,505
13,959
9,729 d1910
14,864
15,371
9,322 d1911
15,047 b
14,702
9,708 d1912
15,953
16,158
9,689 d1913
16,753
16,757
9,242 d1914
18,399
18,128
9,958 d1915
19,868
19,120
10,559 d1916
20,243
20,432
10,668 d1917
19,628
17,671
12,649 d1918
35,096
30,949
16,787 d1919
47,443
35,734
28,617 d1920
55,587
34,230
49,924 d1921
54,487
47,299
56,782 d1922
60,722
53,155
64,609 d1923
71,077
68,152
67,263 d1924
70,168
73,488
63,300 d1925
76,136
92,711
46,812 d1926
68,582
76,536
38,051 d1927
64,614
67,279
35,341 d1928
83,372
88,336
30,480 d1929
86,348
85,328
31,153 d1930
87,305
82,609
35,8491931
83,747
91,701
27,8951932
92,174
96,949
23,1201933
82,675
84,780
20,903 d1934
34,152
45,577
9,478Jul 1-Dec 31, 1934
15,972
13,862
11,588Jan 1-Jun 30, 1935[14]
19,393
19,349
11,4691936
35,920
36,396
11,007 d1937
35,475
35,461
11,0211938
34,202
34,324
10,8991939
34,808
35,095
10,0121940
33,401
33,861
9,5531941
31,823
32,207
9,1691942
33,294
31,114
11,3851943
36,588
36,245
11,7281944
39,621
40,406
10,9431945
39,429
39,355
11,0171946
33,203
35,215
9,0051947
34,563
35,444
8,1241948
33,300
33,573
7,8511949
35,686
35,662
7,8751950
37,720
37,414
8,1811951
39,830
40,310
7,7011952
39,022
37,929
8,7941953
38,504
37,780
9,5181954
43,196
42,614
10,1001955
37,123
38,580
8,6431956
30,653
32,053
7,2431957
30,078
29,826
7,4951958
30,737
30,781
7,4511959
30,653
30,377
7,7271960
29,828
29,864
7,6911961
30,268
29,881
8,0781962
31,017 d
30,013 d
9,082 d1963
31,746 d
31,546 d
9,282 d1964
31,733
31,437
9,5781965
33,334
32,078
10,8341966
31,494
30,644
11,6841967
32,207
30,350
13,5411968
32,571
31,349
14,7631969
35,413
32,406
17,7701970
39,959
36,819
20,9101971
43,157
39,582
24,4851972
49,054
48,101
25,4381973
42,434
43,456
24,4161974
39,754
41,526
22,6441975
43,282
43,515
22,4111976[15]
41,020
43,675
19,7561977
41,464
44,111
17,150 d1978
35,983
37,286
15,878 d1979
32,688
31,874
15,135 d1980
28,921
28,089
14,784 d1981
31,287
30,221
15,866 d1982
32,682
31,889
16,6591983
35,872
33,985
18,587 d1984
36,845
35,494
19,9381985
39,500
37,139
22,2991986
40,427
38,380
24,453 d1987
42,156
41,087
25,263 d1988
43,503
40,986
27,311 d1989
44,891
41,707
30,4131990
47,411 d
42,765 d
35,021 d1991
45,735
42,788
37,9681991[16]
47,123
43,073
39,5621992[17]
48,366
44,147
34,078 d1993
46,786
44,800
28,701 d1994
45,473
45,129
26,328 d1995
45,788
41,527
28,738 d1996
47,889
45,499
32,156 d1997
50,363
46,887
37,237 d1998
57,691
51,428
40,277 d1999
59,923
56,511
42,966 d2000
62,745
58,102
47,677 d2001
62,708
58,718
49,696 d2002
66,128
60,991
55,518 d2003
70,642
65,628
59,218 d2004
71,022
64,621
65,900 d2005
69,575
66,561
69,932 d2006
66,860
67,499
71,916 d2007
68,413
67,851
73,418 d2008
70,896
70,629
75,340 d2009
76,655
75,077
79,068 d2010
78,428
78,069
81,079 d2011
78,440
79,839
79,6802012
71,303
74,308
76,4932013
68,918
69,279
76,6272014
62,722
64,985
73,8382015
61,202
61,555
72,0592016
59,064
59,365
71,6182017
59,768
57,812
73,874These charts are designed to give readers historical information about judicial caseloads and will not be updated in the near future. More detailed information on federal court caseloads is available in the Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the *Judicial Business of the United States*. The *Judicial Business*since 1997 is available online at http://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics/JudicialBusiness.aspx.Notations:
			a: calculated from totals of customs prosecutions, internal revenue prosecutions, prosecutions under enforcement act, prosecutions under naturalization act, and miscellaneous prosecutions.
			b: discrepancy between exhibit and text of the report.
			c: calculated from totals reported for prosecutions under customs, internal revenue, Post-office, election laws, the civil rights acts, naturalization laws, intercourse laws, pension laws, embezzlement, and miscellaneous.
			d: revised total presented in the subsequent year's report.
			e: total is for individual defendants, not cases.Notes:
[1] Data includes cases in the courts of the District of Columbia and district courts in U.S. territories and possessions.
[2] Statistical year is January 1-December 31. No data submitted from the following districts: Delaware, Northern Florida, Southern Florida, Maine, Minnesota, Northern Mississippi, Western Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Eastern Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern Wisconsin, District of Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.
[3] No data submitted by the following districts: Southern Florida, Northern Florida, Nevada, Eastern Texas, Western District of Virginia, Arizona Territory, Colorado Territory, and New Mexico Territory.
[4] Statistical year shifts to July 1-June 30. No data submitted by the following districts: Minnesota, Nevada, Western Texas, Idaho, New Mexico, Washington.
[5] No data submitted by the districts of Arizona and Nevada.
[6] No data submitted by the District of Washington.
[7] No data submitted by the territories of Dakota and Montana.
[8] No data submitted by the Northern District of Mississippi.
[9] No data submitted by the districts of Idaho and Wyoming.
[10] No data submitted by the District of Idaho.
[11] No reports submitted by the territories of Montana and New Mexico.
[12] No report submitted by Territory of New Mexico.
[13] This revised total represents a major change from the total reported the previous year. Total criminal cases reported as pending at the end of 1907 was 16,441.
[14] Department of Justice adopted new procedures for compiling statistics during the year and published its data for the first part of the statistical year, based on the old system, as separate tables.
[15] Data beginning in this year follows different criteria based on requirements of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974. Under the new system, the courts reported more minor offenses than had previously been reported. Courts also ceased reporting so-called superseding indictments or informations, in which government attorneys filed informations subsequent to the original indictment. These superceding informations had previously been counted as new filings. According to the AO report, the statistics for criminal cases "should be regarded as non-comparable" to the criminal statistics from prior years.
[16] Beginning in 1992, the statistical year was shifted to coincide with the fiscal year, which ended on September 30. The 1992 report included statistics for the 12-month period ending September 30, 1991, which are included here.
[17] Statistical year changed to ending September 30.Sources:
			1871: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* (1872), Exhibit B.
			1872: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit D.
			1873-1902: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit B.
			1903-1904: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit 12.
			1905-1908: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit 7.
			1909: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit 9.
			1910-1912: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Appendix 1.
			1913: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Appendix 2.
			1914-1934: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit 2.
			1935-1939: *Annual Report of the Attorney General* , Exhibit 2, Table 2A.
			1940: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table 11.
			1941-1944: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table 10.
			1945-1985: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table D-1.
			1986-2017: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table D.
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