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Statistics of Cold Hits and Success Rates Based on NDIS Data

Statistics of Cold Hits and Success Rates Based on NDIS Data

Table 1: Statistics of Cold Hits and Success Rates Based on NDIS Data from CODIS
(Extracted from the CODIS website, as of
January 16, 2009)

State
Number of *
Success Rate
(= No. of Cases Aided/No. of Forensic Samples)
*Offender Profiles
*Forensic samples
*CODIS Labs
*NDIS- Participating Labs
*Investigations Aided
Alabama
163,656
3,944
4
4
2,234
0.56643
Alaska
11,920
704
1
1
228
0.323864
Arizona
137,639
7,281
7
7
2,365
0.324818
Arkansas
92,366
2,303
1
1
505
0.219279
California
1,061,374
18,519
20
20
7,333
0.395972
Colorado
95,267
3,856
5
5
925
0.239886
Connecticut
43,397
2,403
1
1
845
0.351644
Delaware
3,557
275
1
1
10
0.036364
DC/FBI-Lab
63,924
1,757
4
4
274
0.155948
Florida
523,834
21,075
10
10
8,593
0.407734
Georgia
156,887
6,868
3
3
1,742
0.25364
Hawaii
11,527
177
1
1
42
0.237288
Idaho
3,614
201
1
1
8
0.039801
Illinois
316,556
17,054
9
9
7,964
0.466987
Indiana
118,335
3,857
5
5
1,187
0.307752
Iowa
49,522
2,287
1
1
412
0.180149
Kansas
46,063
2,709
5
5
713
0.263197
Kentucky
14,644
2,589
1
1
362
0.139822
Louisiana
85,500
3,824
5
5
796
0.208159
Maine
10,628
1,657
1
1
70
0.042245
Maryland
73,509
4,795
6
6
1,278
0.266528
Massachusetts
62,417
3,603
2
2
1,001
0.277824
Michigan
253,176
7,568
3
3
2,907
0.384117
Minnesota
82,184
4,391
2
2
1,252
0.285129
Mississippi
25,787
252
1
1
61
0.242063
Missouri
171,687
7,593
5
5
2,841
0.37416
Montana
9,891
239
1
1
40
0.167364
Nebraska
4,271
468
1
1
16
0.034188
Nevada
36,643
2,512
2
2
709
0.282245
New Hampshire
2,703
512
1
1
27
0.052734
New Jersey
177,778
6,328
1
1
2,275
0.359513
New Mexico
48,286
1,801
3
3
831
0.46141
New York
292,604
24,072
9
9
7,069
0.293661
North Carolina
149,832
3,625
2
2
931
0.256828
North Dakota
5,808
234
1
1
33
0.141026
Ohio
292,989
15,216
11
11
4,592
0.301788
Oklahoma
74,563
1,110
3
3
215
0.193694
Oregon
100,625
5,389
1
1
2,143
0.397662
Pennsylvania
191,251
6,109
4
4
2,343
0.383532
Rhode Island
3,366
371
1
1
26
0.070081
South Carolina
127,053
4,438
2
2
1,820
0.410095
South Dakota
20,143
220
1
1
21
0.095455
Tennessee
100,140
2,186
3
3
229
0.104758
Texas
389,031
19,416
16
16
2,543
0.130974
US Army
11,442
1,173
1
1
49
0.041773
Utah
26,660
342
1
1
50
0.146199
Vermont
9,199
255
1
1
41
0.160784
Virginia
284,949
9,812
4
4
5,053
0.514982
Washington
145,517
1,835
6
6
649
0.353678
West Virginia
6,681
315
1
1
17
0.053968
Wisconsin
115,207
5,556
3
3
1,641
0.295356
Wyoming
7,992
95
1
1
9
0.094737
Total
6,313,594
245,171
186
186
79,320
0.323529