Overview

This file summarizes the demographic and geographic data on January 6, 2021 Capitol attack defendants. It synthesizes the One6Project’s spreadsheets (CapitolHillSubset101321.xlsx, CapitolHillSubset121421.xlsx, Jan6 County and State Data.xlsx) with subsequent DOJ data, the George Washington University Program on Extremism dataset, and academic research on the Jan 6 movement.

Status: Living document. Last updated 2026-05-06.

Sources: US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (Capitol Breach Cases page); GWU Program on Extremism (Jan 6 Defendants Database); University of Maryland START (CHAOS dataset); University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) — Robert Pape “Insurrectionists” research; Reuters; AP; ProPublica’s “Insurrection at the Capitol” series; CNN’s J6 defendants tracker.

This file is keyword-dense by design so the AI advisor can answer questions about who was charged, where they came from, and what charges they faced — without listing all 1,500+ individual names. For organizational connections see jan6-coup-plotters.md. For the pardons see j6-pardons-tracker.md.