Jail Incarceration Rate in the US, by Age and Race/Ethnicity

"An estimated 224 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents were incarcerated in local jails nationwide at midyear 2019. Blacks were jailed at a rate of 600 per 100,000 black U.S. residents (table 2). American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) had a jail incarceration rate of 420 per 100,000 AIAN U.S. residents. Whites (184 per 100,000 white U.S. residents) and Hispanics (176 per 100,000 Hispanic U.S. residents) were jailed at similar rates. Asians were incarcerated in jails at a rate of 25 inmates per 100,000 Asian U.S. residents.

"From 2008 to 2019, the overall jail incarceration rate decreased 13%. The rate grew 10% for whites (from 167 to 184 per 100,000). It fell 27% for blacks (from 825 to 600 per 100,000), 32% for Asians (from 37 to 25 per 100,000), and 36% for Hispanics (from 273 to 176 per 100,000). The rate change for AIANs (from 386 to 420 per 100,000) was not statistically significant during this period.

"The male incarceration rate fell 16% from 2008 to 2019, declining from 457 to 386 inmates per 100,000 male U.S. residents. Females were incarcerated at a rate of 66 inmates per 100,000 female U.S. residents at midyear 2019, similar to their rate of 65 per 100,000 in 2008."