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Demographic trends in jail populations
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Jail populations by race and ethnicity, 1990-2007
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Number of jail inmates (one-day
count) |
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| Year |
White
non-Hispanic |
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Black
non-Hispanic |
|
Hispanic of any race |
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| 1990 |
169,400 |
|
172,300 |
|
58,000 |
| 1991 |
175,300 |
|
185,100 |
|
60,600 |
| 1992 |
178,300 |
|
196,300 |
|
64,500 |
| 1993 |
180,700 |
|
203,200 |
|
69,400 |
| 1994 |
191,800 |
|
215,300 |
|
75,500 |
| 1995 |
206,600 |
|
224,100 |
|
75,700 |
| 1996 |
215,700 |
|
213,100 |
|
80,900 |
| 1997 |
230,300 |
|
237,900 |
|
88,900 |
| 1998 |
244,900 |
|
244,000 |
|
91,800 |
| 1999 |
249,900 |
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251,800 |
|
93,800 |
| 2000 |
260,500 |
|
256,300 |
|
94,100 |
| 2001 |
271,700 |
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256,200 |
|
93,000 |
| 2002 |
291,800 |
|
264,900 |
|
98,000 |
| 2003 |
301,200 |
|
271,000 |
|
106,600 |
| 2004 |
317,400 |
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275,400 |
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108,300 |
| 2005 |
331,000 |
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290,500 |
|
111,900 |
| 2006 |
336,600 |
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296,000 |
|
119,200 |
| 2007 |
338,400 |
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301,900 |
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125,600 |
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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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