How many civilians were hospitalized due to injuries sustained during the January 6 2021 Capitol riot?

1. What the available reporting quantifies: police injuries and deaths, not a civilian hospitalization tally

Contemporary and retrospective accounts in the provided collection repeatedly quantify injuries to law-enforcement personnel—DW reported “the hospitalization of 174 police officers” ^[1], and CNN cited “at least 140 police officers were injured that day” ^[2]. Several sources catalogue deaths tied to the events, including the widely reported deaths of participants and the subsequent death of Officer Brian Sicknick a day later ^{[3] [2]}. But those same sources do not provide a comparable, sourced total specifically for civilians hospitalized because of riot-related injuries; my review finds no civilian-hospitalization number in these pieces (available sources do not mention a civilian hospitalization total) ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

2. Why the civilian-hospitalization number is often absent or unclear

News and institutional summaries focused on law-enforcement casualties, fatalities, criminal prosecutions, and security failings—topics that drove official inquiries and legal action—so reporting tended to highlight police numbers ^{[2] [3]}. Public-health and academic analyses that examined other consequences of the event (for example, COVID-19 transmission or behavioral effects) did not supply a civilian hospitalization aggregate for physical injuries from the riot itself ^{[4] [5]}. The absence in the supplied material suggests either no single consolidated civilian count was published in these outlets or that such a figure was not prioritized in the national reporting captured here (available sources do not mention a civilian hospitalization total) ^{[4] [5]}.

3. What the sources do agree on: scale, violence and some specific casualties

All reviewed sources present a consistent view that the breach was large and violent: thousands of attendees, multiple breaches of the Capitol, assaults on officers, property damage, and six deaths associated with the day ^{[6] [1] [3]}. Coverage underscores major law-enforcement impacts—tens to over a hundred officers injured and several later deaths and suicides among officers—which is the clearest casualty data available in these pieces ^{[1] [2]}.

4. Conflicting figures and why numbers vary across outlets

Numbers for officer injuries differ across reports—CNN cites “at least 140” injured officers while DW uses a higher phrasing, “hospitalization of 174 police officers” ^{[2] [1]}. Discrepancies reflect different counting methods (injuries vs. hospitalizations), different cut-off dates, and whether subsequent medical leaves or later deaths are included. The sources themselves document these variations rather than resolving them ^{[1] [2]}.

5. Where to look next for a civilian hospitalization figure

Because the assembled sources here do not include a civilian hospitalization total, readers seeking a precise civilian count should consult: official hospital-system or District of Columbia emergency medical services records from January 6–7, 2021; consolidated reports from the U.S. Capitol Police, Metropolitan Police Department, or the House Select Committee and Senate reports; or contemporaneous hospital- or city-level public-health briefings. Those documents are not part of the supplied set, so I cannot cite them here (available sources do not mention such records) ^{[3] [5]}.

6. Context and caution: interpreting casualty statistics from chaotic events

Casualty statistics from large, chaotic incidents are often fragmented and evolve over time—initial injury counts can rise as more victims seek care or as agencies revise classifications ^{[5] [4]}. The supplied reporting shows a focus on official responses, legal consequences and law-enforcement harm; that editorial emphasis shapes which figures became prominent in the public record ^{[2] [3]}.

If you want, I can search specifically for hospital or city emergency records from January 6–7, 2021, and congressional inquiry reports to try to locate a civilian hospitalization total; that would require additional sources beyond those you already provided.