" At midyear 2022, there were 199 jail inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents, compared to 237 inmates per 100,000 at midyear 2012 (table 4).
" The jail incarceration rate for males (345 per 100,000 male U.S. residents) was more than 6 times the rate for females (55 per 100,000 female U.S. residents) at midyear 2022 (table 4).
" In 2022, U.S. residents ages 25–34 had the highest jail incarceration rate (496 per 100,000), which was about 26 times the rate for U.S. residents age 65 or older (19 per 100,000) (table 4).
" The jail incarceration rate for black U.S. residents (558 per 100,000) was 3.4 times the rate for white U.S. residents (162 per 100,000) at midyear 2022 (table 4).
" From midyear 2012 to midyear 2022, the jail incarceration rate for Hispanic persons decreased at an average annual rate of 3.7%. The rate decreased, on average, 2.4% a year for black persons and 0.7% a year for white persons (table 4)."
Zhen Zeng, PhD. Jail Inmates In 2022 - Statistical Tables. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. December 2023. NCJ307086.