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BJS collects data on both noncitizens held in state or federal prison or local jail, and on persons held by the U.S. Immigration of Customs and Enforcement (ICE). Note - there is an important difference between the terms noncitizens and inmates held by or for ICE. See Terms and Definitions for more information.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees - BJS obtains yearend prison counts of persons detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), formerly the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. The Annual Survey of Jails also collects jail counts persons held for ICE. ICE inmates may be held for immigration violations in federal, state, and locally operated prisons and jails, privately-operated facilities under exclusive contract, and ICE-operated facilities.
Summary Findings
From Prisoners in 2007:
Malea | Femalea | ||||||||||||||
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Age | Totalb | Whitec | Blackc | Hispanic | Totalb | Whitec | Blackc | Hispanic | |||||||
Total | 1,427,300 | 471,400 | 556,900 | 301,200 | 105,500 | 50,500 | 29,300 | 17,600 | |||||||
18-19 | 23,700 | 6,400 | 10,200 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 400 | 300 | 200 | |||||||
20-24 | 207,900 | 58,800 | 84,200 | 49,600 | 11,600 | 5,400 | 3,000 | 2,300 | |||||||
25-29 | 246,000 | 65,300 | 102,100 | 61,500 | 16,000 | 7,300 | 4,400 | 3,200 | |||||||
30-34 | 237,200 | 69,800 | 96,200 | 55,300 | 18,400 | 8,900 | 5,000 | 3,200 | |||||||
35-39 | 225,000 | 74,200 | 89,200 | 46,600 | 20,900 | 9,900 | 6,000 | 3,300 | |||||||
40-44 | 201,700 | 74,800 | 76,700 | 36,100 | 18,100 | 8,700 | 5,200 | 2,700 | |||||||
45-49 | 135,200 | 52,400 | 50,500 | 22,800 | 10,700 | 5,200 | 3,100 | 1,500 | |||||||
50-54 | 75,000 | 31,000 | 26,600 | 12,500 | 5,000 | 2,400 | 1,400 | 700 | |||||||
55-59 | 38,600 | 18,600 | 11,700 | 6,200 | 2,100 | 1,200 | 500 | 300 | |||||||
60-64 | 18,900 | 10,500 | 4,600 | 2,900 | 900 | 600 | 200 | 100 | |||||||
65 or older | 15,500 | 9,000 | 3,600 | 2,200 | 600 | 400 | 100 | 100 | |||||||
Note: Sentenced prisoner counts are based on estimates by gender, race, Hispanic origin, and age from the 2005 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities and updated form jurisdiction counts by gender at yearend 2007. Federal sentenced prisoner counts are based on data from the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program from September 30, 2007, and updated from jurisdiction counts at yearend 2007. | |||||||||||||||
aSentenced prisoners are limited to those sentenced to more than 1 year. | |||||||||||||||
bTotal includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and persons identifying two or more races. | |||||||||||||||
cExcludes Hispanics and persons identifying two or more races. |
Facility type | 2006 | 2007 | Percent change, 2006-2007 |
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Total | 27,368 | 30,431 | 11 | % | ||||
Intergovernmental Service Agreement and Bureau of Prisons |
17,753 | 20,711 | 16.7 | |||||
ICE owned and contract | 9,615 | 9,720 | 1.1 | |||||
Note: Not comparable with numbers reported prior to 2006. The classification of categories have changed. |
Appendix table 19. Number of detainees in custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, by offense type, December 31, 2007 | ||||||||
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Change, 2006-2007 | ||||||||
Reason held | 2006 | 2007 | Number of detainees |
Percent change | ||||
Total | 27,368 | 30,431 | 3,063 | 11.2 | % | |||
Immigration law violation | 13,427 | 13,580 | 153 | 1.1 | ||||
Criminal offense | 11,687 | 12,889 | 1,202 | 10.3 | ||||
Pending charge/disposition | 2,254 | 3,962 | 1,708 | 75.8 |
From Jail Inmates at Midyear 2008 - Statistical Tables--
Confined persons held for ICE | |||||||
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Year | Number of reporting jurisdictions |
Total number of inmates |
Number | Percent | |||
2002 | 2,961 | 626,870 | 12,501 | 2.0% | |||
2003 | 2,940 | 637,631 | 13,337 | 2.1 | |||
2004a | 2,962 | 673,807 | 14,120 | 2.1 | |||
2005 | 2,824 | 703,084 | 11,919 | 1.7 | |||
2006b | 2,784 | 698,108 | 13,598 | 1.9 | |||
2007c | 2,713 | 683,640 | 15,063 | 2.2 | |||
2008 | 2,699 | 704,278 | 20,785 | 3.0 | |||
aBased on revised data for 2004. bBased on revised data from selected jail jurisdictions for 2006. See Methodology for a description of revised data. cBased on revised data from selected jail jurisdictions for 2007. See Methodology for a description of revised data. |
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Confined non-U.S. citizens in local jails:
BJS obtains annual jail counts of non-U.S. citizens through the Annual Survey of Jails. The following table is from Jail Inmates at Midyear 2008 - Statistical Tables:
Non-U.S. citizens | ||||
Year | Number of reporting jurisdictions |
Total number of inmates |
Number | Percent |
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2000 | 2,775 | 455,590 | 27,680 | 6.1% |
2001 | 2,693 | 444,430 | 27,147 | 6.1 |
2002 | 2,747 | 453,641 | 32,067 | 7.1 |
2003 | 2,718 | 511,957 | 33,392 | 6.5 |
2004 | 2,737 | 536,862 | 35,984 | 6.7 |
2005 | 2,513 | 516,199 | 30,082 | 5.8 |
2006a | 2,393 | 477,323 | 33,428 | 7.0 |
2007b | 2,416 | 504,370 | 38,842 | 7.7 |
2008 | 2,363 | 533,249 | 47,934 | 9.0 |
aBased on revised data from selected jail jurisdictions for 2006. See Methodology for a description of revised data. | ||||
bBased on revised data from selected jail jurisdictions for 2007. See Methodology for a description of revised data. |
Confined non-U.S. citizens in state or federal prison:
BJS obtains annual prison counts of non-U.S. citizens through the National Prisoner Statistics. The following table is from Prison Inmates at Midyear 2008 - Statistical Tables --
2007 | 2008 | ||||||
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Region and jurisdiction | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
U.S. Total | 87,235 | 83,666 | 3,569 | 94,724 | 88,061 | 3,888 | |
Federal | 31,469 | 29,348 | 2,121 | 28,995 | 26,908 | 2,087 | |
State | 55,766 | 54,318 | 1,448 | 65,729 | 61,153 | 1,801 | |
Northeast | 9,055 | 8,726 | 329 | 9,036 | 8,751 | 285 | |
Connecticuta | 788 | 734 | 54 | 742 | 710 | 32 | |
Maine | 15 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |
Massachusetts | 958 | 917 | 41 | 914 | 874 | 40 | |
New Hampshire | 52 | 49 | 3 | / | / | / | |
New Jersey | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
New Yorkb | 6,716 | 6,496 | 220 | 6,334 | 6,148 | 186 | |
Pennsylvania | 507 | 500 | 7 | 1,008 | 985 | 23 | |
Rhode Islanda | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
Vermonta | 19 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 4 | |
Midwest | 3,238 | 3,175 | 103 | 3,243 | 3,131 | 112 | |
Illinois | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
Indiana | 450 | 439 | 11 | 468 | 454 | 14 | |
Iowa | 200 | 195 | 5 | 186 | 183 | 3 | |
Kansas | 281 | 276 | 5 | 283 | 278 | 5 | |
Michigan | 621 | 614 | 7 | 615 | 608 | 7 | |
Minnesota | 284 | 275 | 9 | 311 | 302 | 9 | |
Missourib | 447 | 423 | 24 | 440 | 411 | 29 | |
Nebraska | 175 | 174 | 1 | 187 | 184 | 3 | |
North Dakota | 16 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | |
Ohio | 699 | 660 | 39 | 685 | 644 | 41 | |
South Dakota | 65 | 64 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 0 | |
Wisconsin | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
South | 16,169 | 15,717 | 452 | 23,240 | 22,582 | 658 | |
Alabama | 108 | 105 | 3 | 117 | 113 | 4 | |
Arkansas | 174 | 168 | 6 | 174 | 168 | 6 | |
Delawarea | 307 | 295 | 12 | 360 | 342 | 18 | |
Florida | / | / | / | 6,101 | 5,885 | 216 | |
Georgia | 1,906 | 1,849 | 57 | 1,766 | 1,738 | 28 | |
Kentucky | 44 | 43 | 1 | 83 | 80 | 3 | |
Louisiana | 107 | 100 | 7 | 106 | 103 | 3 | |
Marylandb | 570 | 549 | 21 | 686 | 663 | 23 | |
Mississippi | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
North Carolina | 1,461 | 1,430 | 31 | 1,687 | 1,641 | 46 | |
Oklahomac | 339 | 326 | 13 | 363 | 348 | 15 | |
South Carolina | 309 | 303 | 6 | 376 | 371 | 5 | |
Tennesseeb | 233 | 227 | 6 | 250 | 243 | 7 | |
Texas | 9,422 | 9,185 | 237 | 9,940 | 9,700 | 240 | |
Virginia | 1,187 | 1,135 | 52 | 1,223 | 1,179 | 44 | |
West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
West | 27,304 | 26,740 | 564 | 30,210 | 26,689 | 746 | |
Alaskaa | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | |
Arizona | 4,874 | 4,797 | 77 | 5,605 | 5,497 | 108 | |
Californiad | 18,447 | 18,060 | 387 | 17,010 | 16,575 | 435 | |
Coloradob | 1,123 | 1,093 | 30 | 1,112 | 1,082 | 30 | |
Hawaiia | 99 | 94 | 5 | 99 | 92 | 7 | |
Idaho | 292 | 282 | 10 | 324 | 312 | 12 | |
Montana | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
Nevadae | 1,053 | 1,029 | 24 | 2,775 | / | / | |
New Mexico | 156 | 156 | 0 | 120 | 120 | 0 | |
Oregon | / | / | / | 1,746 | 1,643 | 103 | |
Utah | 232 | 229 | 3 | 263 | 260 | 3 | |
Washington | 945 | 918 | 27 | 1,075 | 1,029 | 46 | |
Wyoming | 64 | 63 | 1 | 54 | 53 | 1 | |
/Not reported. | |||||||
aPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. | |||||||
bNon-U.S. citizen defined as foreign-born. | |||||||
cNon-U.S. citizen defined as inmates held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or categorized as being of alien status. | |||||||
dNon-U.S. citizen defined as inmates held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). | |||||||
eNevada was unable to provide gender breakouts for 2008. |
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