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Tom Green County, Texas sentencing data

As of August 31, 2026, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice records, 1,021 people sentenced in Tom Green County were held in Texas state prisons. Their median sentence is 10 years, about the same as the statewide median of 10 years. 31% are serving 20 years or more, compared with 37% statewide. The most common offense is possession controlled substance.

1,021people in prison

10 yearsmedian sentence (state: 10 years)

31%serving 20+ years (state: 37%)

33life sentences

See Tom Green County records County sentencing report

Sentences by offense: Tom Green County vs. Texas

Offenses with 10+ people. Median of the longest sentence from each person's most recent sentencing; life and death sentences not included.

Offense	People	Tom Green median (yrs)	Texas median (yrs)
Possession Controlled Substance	189	10	6
Aggravated Assault	94	10	10
Possession w/ Intent to Deliver	61	15	15
Evading Arrest	55	10	6
Aggravated Sexual Assault Child	52	20	25
Murder	48	35	35
DWI	42	10	6
Burglary of Habitation	42	10.5	10
Indecency with Child	30	12	10
Aggravated Robbery	29	15	15
Assault	23	6	5
Sexual Assault Child	23	12	12

Race

Group	People	Share
Hispanic	474	46%
White	437	43%
Black	109	11%

Groups with fewer than 10 people are not shown.

Other Texas counties

Anderson Andrews Angelina Aransas Archer Atascosa Austin Bailey Bandera Bastrop Baylor Bee Bell Bexar Blanco Bosque Bowie Brazoria Brazos Brewster Brooks Brown Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Callahan Cameron Camp Carson Cass Castro Chambers Cherokee Childress Clay Coleman Collin Collingsworth Colorado Comal Comanche Cooke Coryell Dallam Dallas Dawson Deaf Smith Delta Denton Dewitt Dimmit Donley Duval Eastland Ector Edwards El Paso Ellis Erath Falls Fannin Fayette Fisher Floyd Fort Bend Franklin Freestone Frio Gaines Galveston Garza Gillespie Goliad Gonzales Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe Hale Hall Hamilton Hardeman Hardin Harris Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays Henderson Hidalgo Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Howard Hunt Hutchinson Jack Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jim Wells Johnson Jones Karnes Kaufman Kendall Kenedy Kerr Kimble Kinney Kleberg Lamar Lamb Lampasas Lasalle Lavaca Lee Leon Liberty Limestone Live Oak Llano Lubbock Lynn Madison Marion Matagorda Maverick McCulloch McLennan McMullen Medina Midland Milam Mills Mitchell Montague Montgomery Moore Morris Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Orange Palo Pinto Panola Parker Parmer Pecos Polk Potter Rains Randall Real Red River Reeves Refugio Robertson Rockwall Runnels Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Patricio San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shelby Sherman Smith Somervell Starr Stephens Swisher Tarrant Taylor Terry Titus Tom Green Travis Trinity Tyler Upshur Uvalde Val Verde Van Zandt Victoria Walker Waller Ward Washington Webb Wharton Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger Willacy Williamson Wilson Winkler Wise Wood Young Zapata Zavala

About this data

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice public inmate records. People currently in state prison custody whose longest sentence was imposed in Tom Green County, one record per person, using the longest sentence from their most recent sentencing. Criminal history is not in the data, so differences between counties can reflect prior records as well as sentencing practice.