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Demographic trends in jail populations
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Jail
populations by age and gender, 1990-2007
| Year |
|
|
|
| Number
of jail inmates (one-day count) |
|
| Adult males |
Adult females |
Juveniles |
|
| 1990 |
365,821 |
37,198 |
2,301 |
| 1991 |
384,628 |
39,501 |
2,350 |
| 1992 |
401,106 |
40,674 |
2,804 |
| 1993 |
411,500 |
44,100 |
4,300 |
| 1994 |
431,300 |
48,500 |
6,700 |
| 1995 |
448,000 |
51,300 |
7,800 |
| 1996 |
454,700 |
55,700 |
8,100 |
| 1997 |
498,678 |
59,296 |
9,105 |
| 1998 |
520,581 |
63,791 |
8,090 |
| 1999 |
528,998 |
67,487 |
9,458 |
| 2000 |
543,120 |
70,414 |
7,615 |
| 2001 |
551,007 |
72,621 |
7,613 |
| 2002 |
581,411 |
76,817 |
7,248 |
| 2003 |
602,781 |
81,650 |
6,869 |
| 2004 |
619,908 |
86,999 |
7,083 |
| 2005 |
646,807 |
93,963 |
6,759 |
| 2006 |
661,329 |
98,577 |
6,104 |
| 2007 |
673,697 |
100,047 |
6,837 |
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Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional Surveys (The
Annual Survey of Jails and Census of Jail Inmates) as presented
in Correctional
Populations in the United States, 1997, and Prison
and Jail Inmates at Midyear series, 1998-2006, and
Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007. |
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