Office of Court Administration
Indigent Criminal Defense Expenditure Survey for County Fiscal Year 1999
(Includes Actual and Estimated Expenditures)
SUMMARY of SURVEY RESULTS
Total Expenditures by County Population
| Small Counties
(Under 50,000 Population) |
Medium Counties
(50,000 - 200,000 Population) |
Large Counties
(Over 200,000 Population) |
All Counties | |
| Total Number
of Counties |
203 | 36 | 15 | 254 |
| Total Indigent Criminal
Defense Expenditures
(Percent of Total) |
$13,339,008
(14.3%) |
$19,025,915
(20.4%) |
$60,743,419
(65.2%) |
$93,108,342
(100%) |
Notes: 1. Population estimates per 1990 U.S. Census.
2. Some numbers may not total due to rounding.
Top Ten Counties by Total Expenditures
| Indigent Criminal Defense Expenditures | ||||
| County
(Population) |
Legal Representation | Other Services | Total | Percent of
State Total |
| Dallas
(1,852,810) |
$16,125,794 | $1,297,810 | $17,423,604 | 18.7% |
| Harris
(2,818,199) |
11,521,801 | 1,026,000 | 12,547,801 | 13.5% |
| Tarrant
(1,170,103) |
5,629,555 | 672,985 | 6,302,540 | 6.8% |
| Bexar
(1,185,394) |
4,637,046 | 834,364 | 5,471,410 | 5.9% |
| El Paso
(591,610) |
3,644,168 | 472,187 | 4,116,355 | 4.4% |
| Travis
(576,407) |
3,263,991 | 467,471 | 3,731,462 | 4.0% |
| Hidalgo
(383,545) |
1,847,546 | 175,774 | 2,023,319 | 2.2% |
| Galveston
(217,399) |
1,545,582 | 27,980 | 1,573,562 | 1.7% |
| Potter
(97,874) |
1,142,404 | 298,275 | 1,440,678 | 1.5% |
| Nueces
(291,145) |
1,269,738 | 169,656 | 1,439,394 | 1.5% |
| Totals | $50,627,625 | $5,442,502 | $56,070,125 | 60.2% |
Notes: 1. Population estimates per 1990 U.S. Census.
2. Some numbers may not total due to rounding.
July 2000