NCIC Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics for 2006
Pursuant to Public Law 101-647, 104 Statute 4967, Crime Control Act of 1990 Requirements

NCIC MISSING PERSON FILE

The National Crime Information Center's (NCIC's) Missing Person File was implemented in 1975. Records in the Missing Person File are retained indefinitely, until the individual is located, or the record is canceled by the entering agency. The Missing Person File contains records for missing who

As of December 31, 2006, there were 110,484 active missing person records in the NCIC. Juveniles under the age of 18 account for 58,763 (53.18 %) of the records and 12,657 (11.46 %) were for juveniles between the ages of 18 and 20. *

During 2006, 836,131 missing person records were entered into the NCIC, an increase of 0.19 % from the 834,536 entered in 2005. Missing Person records cleared or canceled during the same period totaled 851,940. Reasons for these removals include: a law enforcement agency located the subject, the individual returned home, or the record had to be removed by the entering agency due to a determination that the record is invalid.

*This fulfills requirements as set forth in Public Law 101-647, 104 statute 4967, Crime Control Act of 1990 stating the Attorney General is to publish a statistical summary of reports of missing children. This act was modified
April 7, 2003, by "Suzanne's Law" changing the definition of a missing person to be under 21 years of age.
[ref. 42 USC 5779(c)]

Contact Information:

The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Intelligence Group (CDIG) NCIC Team receives monthly NCIC extracts concerning the Missing and Unidentified Person files. The Missing Person Active/Expired Analysis and the Unidentified Person Active/Expired Analysis are distributed by the CDIG to each CJIS System Officer and/or to the agency in the state that has been designated as a point of contact.

The CDIG responds to inquiries by law enforcement and media regarding NCIC Missing and Unidentified Person File statistics for all of the United States and Canada and United States' territories, upon request.

The monthly statistics are calculated to address the most frequently requested inquiries. Archive statistics are available upon request.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the FBI's CJIS Division CDIG NCIC Team at
304-625-3000 or ioau@leo.gov.

MISSING PERSON

TOTAL FILE TRANSACTIONS
2,203,363
   
ENTRIES
836,131
REMOVED
851,940
LOCATES
51,518
MODIFIED
276,748
MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL
142,096
QUERIED*
42,296
CANCELED SUPPLEMENTAL
2,634

Records entered do not include supplemental record entry messages which are used to add specific identifiers, including dental data, to a Missing Person Record on file in NCIC.

Records removed are a total of the cancel, clear, and locate messages received by the NCIC computer. Excluded are counts of supplemental record cancellation messages which are used to remove specific identifiers, including dental data, from a Missing Person record. Also, these figures do not include records which were automatically removed from the file because the subject of a Juvenile category record became emancipated. Juvenile category records were not purged after September 17, 1984.

Records located are records that were found by an agency other than the entering agency.

* Does not include query wanted person transactions that are cross-matched against all person files.

NCIC MISSING PERSON FILE REPORT FOR 2006

Modifies include base record modification messages, supplemental record entry messages, and supplemental record cancellation messages. Counts of supplemental dental entry messages and supplemental dental cancellation messages are not available.

Records queried are when agencies inquire on a record for information purposes.

In January 1987, clears and cancels were combined on the statistical report.


NCIC MISSING PERSON (MONTHLY TOTALS) 2006

  EMJ EMJ EME EME EMI EMI EMD EMD EMV EMV EMO EMO TOT TOT
  ENTRY CANCEL ENTRY CANCEL ENTRY CANCEL ENTRY CANCEL ENTRY CANCEL ENTRY CANCEL ENTRY CANCEL
JAN
53,569
53,985
8,500
8,637
1,950
1,943
2,906
2,919
32
59
2,675
2,671
69,632
70,214
FEB
49,639
55,303
7,439
8,467
1,671
1,968
2,474
2,777
27
49
2,391
2,570
63,641
71,134
MAR
56,739
57,039
8,540
8,623
2,010
2,027
2,977
3,244
35
45
2,856
2,797
73,157
73,775
APR
56,619
57,018
8,253
8,323
1,847
1,878
2,898
3,678
23
41
2,647
2,637
72,287
73,575
MAY
61,373
60,019
8,987
9,078
2,121
2,079
3,204
3,355
89
95
3,022
2,908
78,796
77,534
JUN
53,348
55,835
8,603
8,788
1,986
2,061
3,056
3,114
58
61
3,011
2,994
70,062
72,853
JUL
49,368
48,899
8,719
8,505
2,058
2,018
3,068
2,982
37
42
3,117
2,922
66,367
65,368
AUG
48,178
50,902
8,635
8,832
2,036
2,062
3,083
3,057
22
36
3,061
2,975
65,015
67,864
SEP
53,852
54,195
8,380
8,431
1,887
1,915
3,006
3,068
25
37
3,116
3,055
70,266
70,701
OCT
58,538
57,684
8,545
8,560
1,864
1,877
3,143
3,643
40
42
3,167
3,115
75,297
74,921
NOV
53,528
56,052
8,075
8,485
1,759
1,812
2,756
3,003
25
37
2,911
2,947
69,054
72,336
DEC
47,232
46,887
7,775
7,504
1,726
1,705
2,811
2,735
30
41
2,983
2,793
62,557
61,665
COL
TOT
641,983
653,818
100,451
102,233
22,915
23,345
35,382
37,575
443
585
34,957
34,384
836,131
851,940

ENTRY - Number of entries entered during the month.

CANCEL - Number of entries canceled/cleared during the month but entered from any time period.

EMJ - Entry of a person under the age of 21 who is missing and does not meet any of the entry criteria set forth in the other categories.

EME - Entry of a person of any age who is missing under circumstances indicating that his/her physical safety may be in danger.

EMI - Entry of a person of any age who is missing under circumstances indicating that the disappearance may not have been voluntary, i.e., abduction or kidnapping.

EMD - A person of any age who is missing and under proven physical/mental disability or is senile, thereby subjecting him/herself or others to personal and immediate danger.

EMV - A person of any age who is missing after a catastrophe.

EMO - A person over the age of 21 not meeting the criteria for entry in any category who is missing and for whom there is a reasonable concern for his/her safety.

Source: NCIC Active/Expired Missing Person Analysis Report


2006 NCIC MISSING PERSON ENTRIES

  UNDER 18 18 AND OLDER ALL AGES
TOTAL
662,228
173,903
836,131
 
JUVENILE
635,236
6,747
641,983
ENDANGERED
15,379
85,072
100,451
INVOLUNTARY
6,170
16,745
22,915
DISABILITY
3,541
31,841
35,382
CATASTROPHE
107
336
443
OTHER
1,795
33,162
34,957
 
FEMALE
377,567
74,167
451,734
MALE
284,655
99,736
384,391
UNKNOWN
6
0
6
 
ASIAN
9,880
4,251
14,131
BLACK
200,681
43,925
264,606
INDIAN
9,022
1,633
10,655
UNKNOWN
13,103
4,856
17,959
WHITE *
409,542
119,238
528,780


* Includes Hispanic

Source: NCIC Active/Expired Missing and Unidentified Analysis Reports


2006 NCIC MISSING PERSON ENTRIES

  UNDER 21 21 AND OLDER ALL AGES
       
TOTAL
692,469
143,722
836,131
 
JUVENILE
641,760
223
641,983
ENDANGERED
27,512
72,939
100,451
INVOLUNTARY
10,022
12,893
22,915
DISABILITY
6,342
29,039
35,382
CATASTROPHE
133
310
443
OTHER
6,639
28,318
34,957
 
FEMALE
394,245
57,489
451,734
MALE
298,158
86,233
384,391
UNKNOWN
6
0
6
 
ASIAN
10,525
3,606
14,131
BLACK
230,490
34,116
264,606
INDIAN
9,277
1,378
10,655
UNKNOWN
13,974
3,985
17,959
WHITE *
428,143
100,637
528,780


* Includes Hispanic

Source: NCIC Active/Expired Missing and Unidentified Analysis Reports


NCIC MISSING PERSON FILE - YEARLY TOTALS AND PERCENT CHANGE

YEAR
FILE TRANS
RECORD
ENTERED*
RECORD
REMOVED**
CANCELS
****
CLEARS
LOCATES
MODIFIED
***
1990
1,454,029
663,921
661,945
641,543
20,615
82,764
% CHG
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1991
1,552,896
705,175
701,811
680,520
24,250
92,946
% CHG
(+) 6.7
(+) 6.2
(+) 6.0
(+) 6.0
(+) 17.6
(+) 12.3
1992
1,785,653
801,358
810,483
737,876
26,970
119,424
% CHG
(+) 15.0
(+) 13.6
(+) 15.5
(+) 8.4
(+) 11.2
(+) 28.5
1993
1,951,842
868,345
858,730
824,348
31,716
169,137
% CHG
(+) 9.3
(+) 8.4
(+) 6.0
(+) 11.7
(+) 17.6
(+) 41.6
1994
2,179,932
954,896
944,685
906,662
39,985
216,080
% CHG
(+) 11.7
(+) 10.0
(+) 10.0
(+) 10.0
(+) 26.1
(+) 27.8
1995
2,238,503
969,264
964,343
922,576
42,009
237,150
% CHG
(+) 2.7
(+) 1.5
(+) 2.1
(+) 1.8
(+) 5.1
(+) 9.8
1996
1,908,696
955,252
953,444
913,940
42,733
254,533
% CHG
(-) 14.7
(-) 1.4
(-) 1.1
(-) 0.9
(+) 1.7
(+) 7.3
1997
1,965,657
980,712
984,945
933,081
45,397
281,197
% CHG
(+) 3.0
(+) 2.7
(+) 3.3
(+) 2.1
(+) 6.3
(+) 10.5
1998
1,861,335
932,190
929,145
913,416
47,313
287,792
% CHG
(-) 5.3
(-) 4.9
(-) 5.7
(-) 2.1
(+) 4.2
(+) 2.3
1999
1,733,691
867,129
866,562
816,198
38,704
272,197
% CHG
(-) 6.9
(-) 7.0
(-) 6.7
(-) 10.6
(-) 18.2
(-) 5.4
2000
1,758,376
876,213
882,163
825,969
40,714
294,707
% CHG
(+) 1.4
(+) 1.0
(+) 1.8
(+) 1.2
(+) 5.2
(+) 8.3
2001
1,702,197
840,279
861,918
803,599
40,844
313,822
% CHG
(-) 3.2
(-) 4.1
(-) 2.3
(-) 2.7
(+) 0.3
(+) 6.5
2002
1,658,591
821,975
836,616
779,721
42,033
329,741
% CHG
(-) 2.6
(-) 2.2
(-) 2.9
(-) 3.0
(+) 2.9
(+) 5.1
2003
1,661,853
824,699
837,154
777,854
44,252
353,805
% CHG
(+) 0.2
(+) 0.3
(+) 0.6
(-) 3.0
(+) 5.3
(+) 7.3
2004
1,670,848
830,325
840,523
782,283
46,665
379,952
% CHG
(+) 0.5
(+) 0.7
(+) 0.4
(+) 0.6
(+) 5.5
(+) 7.4
2005
2,167,892
834,536
844,838
781,430
48,639
397,452
% CHG
(+) 29.7
(+) 0.5
(+) 0.5
(-) 0.1
(+) 4.2
(+) 4.6
2006
2,203,363
836,131
851,940
785,412
51,518
421,478
% CHG
(+) 1.6
(+) 0.2
(+) 0.8
(+) 0.5
(+) 5.9
(+) 6.0

NCIC MISSING PERSON FILE - YEARLY TOTALS AND PERCENT CHANGE

* Records entered do not include supplemental record entry messages which are used to add specific identifiers, including dental data, to a missing person record on file in NCIC.

** Records removed are a total of the cancel, clear, and locate messages received by the NCIC computer. Excluded are counts of supplemental record cancellation messages which are used to remove specific identifiers, including dental data, from a messing person record. Also, these figures do not include records which were automatically removed from the file because the subject of a juvenile category record became emancipated. Juvenile category records were not purged after September 17, 1984.

*** Modifies include base record modification messages, supplemental record entry messages, and supplemental record cancellation messages. Counts of supplemental dental entry messages and supplemental dental cancellation messages are not available.

**** In January 1987, clears and cancels were combined on the statistical report.


SOURCE: NCIC Active/Expired Missing Person Analysis Report


NCIC UNIDENTIFIED PERSON FILE

NCIC's Unidentified Person File came online in 1983. Records are retained indefinitely, unless removed by the entering agency. The Unidentified Person File contains records of
- unidentified deceased persons (Deceased - EUD),
- persons of any age who are living and unable to determine their identity (Living - EUL), and
- unidentified catastrophe victims (Catastrophe Victim - EUV).

As of December 31, 2006, there were 6,208 unidentified person records in NCIC. Of these 1,413 (22.76 %) were entered in 2006. This is up 2.2 % from the 1,383 entries made into the file in 2005.* The records entered in 2006 consisted of 1,043 (73.81 %) deceased unidentified bodies, 7 (0.50 %) unidentified catastrophe victims, and 363 (25.69 %) living persons who could not ascertain their identity. There were 1,185 records canceled or cleared by the entering agency for reasons such as the subject being identified or the record being invalid. This was a 5.80 % decrease over the 1,258 records canceled in 2005.

*While use of the Unidentified Person File is increasing, it is not yet mandated by law to make entries into this file.

Contact information:

The CJIS Division's CDIG NCIC Team receives monthly NCIC extracts concerning the Missing and Unidentified Person files. The Missing Person Active/Expired Analysis and the Unidentified Person Active/Expired Analysis are distributed by the CDIG to each CJIS System Officer and/or to the agency in the state that has been designated as a point of contact.

The CDIG responds to inquiries by law enforcement and media regarding NCIC Missing and Unidentified Person File statistics for all of the United States and Canada and United States' territories, upon request.

The monthly statistics are calculated to address the most frequently requested inquiries. Archive statistics are available upon request.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the FBI's CJIS Division CDIG NCIC Team at 304-625-3000 or ioau@leo.gov.

NCIC UNIDENTIFIEID PERSON FILE REPORT FOR 2006

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON
 
TOTAL FILE TRANSACTIONS
2,598
 

RECORDS ENTERED

1,413

RECORDS CANCELED

1,185
 
Records entered during the year.
 
Records canceled/cleared during the year but entered from any time period.

NCIC UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS (MONTHLY TOTALS) 2006

  DECEASED
ENTRY
DECEASED
CANCEL
CAT VIC
ENTRY
CAT VIC
CANCEL
LIVING
ENTRY
LIVING
CANCEL
TOTAL
ENTRY
TOTAL
CANCEL
JAN 98 80 0 0 26 36 124 116
FEB 103 99 0 0 30 30 133 129
MAR 87 57 5 1 26 25 118 83
APR 80 69 0 0 33 30 113 99
MAY 87 52 2 1 23 25 112 78
JUN 91 84 0 0 33 36 124 120
JUL 66 51 0 0 18 16 84 67
AUG 72 47 0 0 34 32 106 79
SEP 133 86 0 0 61 54 194 140
OCT 87 60 0 0 18 22 105 82
NOV 79 78 0 0 39 35 118 113
DEC 60 55 0 0 22 24 82 79
COL TOT 1,043 818 7 2 363 365 1,413 1,185


NCIC UNIDENTIFIED PERSON (MONTHLY TOTALS) 2006

ENTRY - Number of entries entered during the month.

CANCEL - Number of canceled/cleared during the month but entered from any time period.

DECEASED - A person who is no longer living for whom the identity cannot be ascertained. This category also includes body parts when a body has been dismembered.

CATASTROPHE VICTIM - A person who is a victim of a catastrophe for whom the identity cannot be ascertained or body parts when a body has been dismembered as the result of a catastrophe.

LIVING - A person who is living and unable to ascertain his/her identity, e.g., amnesia victim, infant, etc. The information on unidentified living persons should only be included if the person gives his/her consent or if they are physically or mentally unable to give consent.

Source: NCIC Active/Expired Unidentified Person Analysis Report

NCIC UNIDENTIFIED PERSON FILE - YEARLY TOTALS AND PERCENT CHANGE

YEAR
RECORD
ENTERED
RECORD
CANCELS
DECEASED
ENTRIES
DECEASED
CANCELS
CAT VIC
ENTRIES
CAT VIC
CANCELS
LIVING
ENTRIES
LIVING
CANCELS
1990 1,567 1,394 1,226 1,054 20 19 321 321
% CHG N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1991 1,805 1,615 1,198 1,015 10 9 597 591
% CHG (+) 15.2 (+) 15.9 (-) 2.3 (-) 3.7 (-) 50.0 (-) 52.6 (+) 86.0 (+) 84.1
1992 1,637 1,484 1,331 1,183 31 26 275 275
% CHG (-) 9.3 (-) 8.1 (+) 11.1 (+) 16.6 (+) 210.0 (+) 188.9 (-) 53.9 (-) 53.5
1993 1,629 1,155 1,162 993 37 37 130 125
% CHG (-) 0.5 (-) 22.2 (-) 12.7 (-) 16.1 (+) 19.4 (+) 42.3 (-) 52.7 (-) 54.5
1994 1,829 1,204 1,632 1,010 24 24 172 170
% CHG (+) 12.3 (+) 4.2 (+) 40.4 (+) 1.7 (-) 35.1 (-) 35.1 (+) 32.3 (+) 36.0
1995 1,143 954 965 775 22 23 156 156
% CHG (-) 37.5 (-) 20.8 (-) 40.9 (-) 23.3 (-) 8.3 (-) 4.2 (-) 9.3 (-) 8.2
1996 1,391 1,196 1,182 1,001 22 11 187 184
% CHG (+) 21.7 (+) 25.4 (+) 22.5 (+) 29.2 0 (-) 52.2 (+) 19.9 (+) 17.9
1997 1,608 1,176 1,395 964 11 10 202 202
% CHG (+) 15.6 (-) 1.7 (+) 18.0 (-) 3.7 (-) 50.0 (-) 9.1 (+) 8.0 (+) 9.8
1998 1,326 1,005 1,039 732 31 29 256 255
% CHG (-) 17.5 (-) 14.5 (-) 25.5 (-) 24.1 (+) 181.8 (+) 190.0 (+) 26.7 (+) 26.2
1999 1,241 842 921 544 17 17 303 281
% CHG (-) 6.4 (-) 16.2 (-) 11.4 (-) 25.7 (-) 45.2 (-) 41.4 (+) 18.4 (+) 10.2
2000 1,091 866 646 434 8 9 437 423
% CHG (-) 12.1 (+) 2.9 (-) 29.9 (-) 20.2 (-) 53.0 (-) 47.1 (+) 44.2 (+) 50.5
2001 973 840 563 433 15 15 395 392
% CHG (-) 10.8 (-) 3.0 (-) 12.8 (-) 0.2 (+) 87.5 (+) 66.7 (-) 9.6 (-) 64.1
2002 947 785 557 382 16 14 374 389
% CHG (-) 2.7 (-) 6.5 (-) 1.1 (-) 11.8 (+) 6.7 (-) 6.7 (-) 5.3 (-) 0.8
2003 1,214 808 734 367 13 12 467 429
% CHG (+) 28.2 (+) 2.9 (+) 31.8 (-) 3.9 (-) 18.8 (-) 14.3 (+) 24.9 (+) 10.3
2004 1,335 964 878 493 33 35 424 436
% CHG (+) 10.0 (+) 19.3 (+) 19.6 (+) 34.3 (+) 153.8 (+) 191.7 (-) 9.2 (+) 1.6
2005 1,383 1,258 960 792 19 19 404 447
% CHG (+) 3.6 (+) 30.5 (+) 9.3 (+) 60.6 (-) 42.4 (-) 45.7 (-) 4.7 (+) 2.5
2006 1,413 1,185 1,043 818 7 2 363 365
% CHG (+) 2.2 (-) 5.8 (+) 8.6 (+) 3.3 (-) 63.2 (-) 89.5 (-) 10.1 (-) 18.3

 

NCIC UNIDENTIFIED PERSON FILE - YEARLY TOTALS AND PERCENT CHANGE

ENTRY - Number of entries entered during the month.

CANCEL - Number of canceled/cleared during the month but entered from any time period.

DECEASED - A person who is no longer living for whom the identity cannot be ascertained. This category also includes body parts when a body has been dismembered.

CATASTROPHE VICTIM - A person who is a victim of a catastrophe for whom the identity cannot be ascertained or body parts when a body has been dismembered as the result of a catastrophe.

LIVING - A person who is living and unable to ascertain his/her identity, e.g., amnesia victim, infant, etc. The information on unidentified living persons should only be included if the person gives his/her consent or if they are physically or mentally unable to give consent.

Source: NCIC Active/Expired Unidentified Person Analysis Report

NCIC MISSING/UNIDENTIFIED ENTRY COMPARISON CHART

YEAR MISSING PERSON
ENTRIES
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON
ENTRIES
1990 663,921 1,567
1991 705,175 1,805
1992 801,358 1,637
1993 868,345 1,629
1994 954,896 1,829
1995 969,264 1,143
1996 955,252 1,391
1997 980,712 1,608
1998 932,190 1,326
1999 867,129 1,241
2000 876,213 1,091
2001 840,279 973
2002 821,975 947
2003 824,699 1,214
2004 830,325 1,335
2005 834,536 1,383
2006 836,131 1,413

Source: NCIC Active/Expired Missing and Unidentified Analysis Reports