" The imprisonment rate at yearend 2023 was 360 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages, an increase of 2% from yearend 2022 (355 per 100,000) but a 25% decrease from yearend 2013 (479 per 100,000) (table 5).
" An estimated 676 per 100,000 male U.S. residents were serving a sentence of more than 1 year in state or federal prison on December 31, 2023.
" Imprisonment rates for black (up 2%), white (up 1%), American Indian or Alaska Native (up 1%), and Hispanic (up 1%) U.S. residents increased from 2022 to 2023. The imprisonment rate for Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander (down 1%) U.S. residents declined during this period.
" The imprisonment rate for persons age 18 or older was 460 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 adult U.S. residents in 2023, up 1% from 2022 (454 per 100,000) but down 26% from 2013 (624 per 100,000) (table 6).
" From 2022 to 2023, the imprisonment rate for adult U.S. residents increased 2% for black persons, 1% for white persons, and less than 1% each for Hispanic persons and American Indian or Alaska Native persons, while it declined less than 1% for Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander persons.
" Over the past decade, the adult imprisonment rate declined 35% for Hispanic persons; 33% for black persons; 30% for Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander persons; 22% for white persons; and 10% for American Indian or Alaska Native persons.
" In 2023, black adults (1,218 per 100,000) were imprisoned with a sentence of more than 1 year at a rate that was about 14 times that of Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander adults (88 per 100,000), 5 times that of white adults (231 per 100,000), 2 times that of Hispanic adults (606 per 100,000), and 1.2 times that of American Indian or Alaska Native adults (1,045 per 100,000).
" At yearend 2023, 871 per 100,000 male adult U.S. residents and 64 per 100,000 female adult U.S. residents were serving a sentence of more than 1 year in state or federal prison."
Derek Mueller, PhD, and Rich Kluckow, DSW. Prisoners In 2023 - Statistical Tables. Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 2025, NCJ310197.