The selected characteristics compiled in this report are base offense at admission, total term at admission, ethnicity, age, county of commitment, and mandatory minimum terms. Forty- five percent of all New Jersey Department of Corrections residents were committed for crimes against persons that include homicide, sexual assault, aggravated/simple assault, assault, robbery, kidnapping, other sex offenses, and other person offenses. Thirty-three percent of all Department of Corrections residents have been committed for narcotics law violations, including possession, sale, and distribution; over 90 percent of all narcotics law violations are sale/distribution offenses. Thirty-seven percent of all New Jersey Department of Corrections residents were committed with maximum statutory sentences of 10 years or more. Fifty-three percent of all adult residents housed in the State system have sentences that include parole ineligibility terms. Fifty-two percent of all residents in the New Jersey Department of Corrections are 30 years of age or younger; the median age for inmates in adult facilities is 29. Sixty-four percent of New Jersey Department of Corrections residents are black, and 19 percent are white; 17 percent are Hispanic. Of the 21 New Jersey counties, nine account for 79 percent of total State correctional residents. Extensive tabular and graphic data