Average time served by the longest serving offenders in the U.S. in 2014, by state
This statistic shows the average length of term served by prisoners imprisoned in the United States in 2014, by state and decile. The bottom 90 percent decile refers to the inmates with the lowest 90 percent of servitude lengths in each state. California had the longest average time served among the bottom 90 percent at 4.8 years in 2014.