Estimated rate of persons supervised by US adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 2000 and 2005–2020
Estimated rate of persons supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 2000 and 2005–2020 | |||||||
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Total correctional populationa | Community supervision population | Incarcerated populationb | |||||
Year |
Number supervised per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or olderc |
U.S. adult residents under correctional supervisionc |
Number supervised per 100,000 U.S. residents of all agesd |
Number on probation or parole per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or olderc |
Number on probation or parole per 100,000 U.S. residents of all agesd |
Number in prison or local jail per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or olderc |
Number in prison or local jail per 100,000 U.S. residents of all agesd |
2020 | 2,140 | 1 in 47 | 1,670 | 1,510 | 1,180 | 660 | 510 |
2019 | 2,480 | 1 in 40 | 1,930 | 1,700 | 1,320 | 810 | 630 |
2018 | 2,510 | 1 in 40 | 1,950 | 1,730 | 1,340 | 830 | 650 |
2017 | 2,590 | 1 in 39 | 2,010 | 1,780 | 1,380 | 850 | 660 |
2016 | 2,640 | 1 in 38 | 2,040 | 1,810 | 1,400 | 860 | 670 |
2015 | 2,710 | 1 in 37 | 2,090 | 1,870 | 1,440 | 870 | 670 |
2014 | 2,780 | 1 in 36 | 2,140 | 1,910 | 1,470 | 900 | 690 |
2013 | 2,830 | 1 in 35 | 2,170 | 1,950 | 1,500 | 910 | 700 |
2012 | 2,880 | 1 in 35 | 2,200 | 1,980 | 1,520 | 920 | 710 |
2011 | 2,930 | 1 in 34 | 2,230 | 2,010 | 1,540 | 940 | 720 |
2010 | 3,000 | 1 in 33 | 2,280 | 2,070 | 1,570 | 960 | 730 |
2009 | 3,100 | 1 in 32 | 2,350 | 2,150 | 1,630 | 980 | 750 |
2008 | 3,160 | 1 in 32 | 2,390 | 2,200 | 1,670 | 1,000 | 760 |
2007 | 3,210 | 1 in 31 | 2,420 | 2,240 | 1,690 | 1,000 | 760 |
2006 | 3,190 | 1 in 31 | 2,400 | 2,230 | 1,680 | 1,000 | 750 |
2005 | 3,160 | 1 in 32 | 2,370 | 2,210 | 1,660 | 990 | 740 |
2000 | 3,060 | 1 in 33 | 2,280 | 2,160 | 1,610 | 920 | 690 |
Note: Rates are rounded to the nearest 10. Rates include a small number of persons age 17 or younger who were under adult correctional supervision. Estimates may have been revised based on updated reporting and may differ from numbers in past reports.
aPersons who were supervised in the community by probation or parole agencies, were under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons, or were in the custody of local jails.
bPersons who were under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons or were held in local jails.
cRates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the U.S. resident population of persons age 18 or older for January 1 of the following year.
dRates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the U.S. resident population of persons of all ages for January 1 of the following year.
Rich Kluckow, DSW, and Zhen Zeng, PhD. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2020 - Statistical Tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics: Washington, DC, March 2022. NCJ303184.
Laura M. Maruschak and Todd D. Minton. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018. Bureau of Justice Statistics: Washington, DC. August 2020. NCJ252157.
Danielle Kaeble and Lauren Glaze. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2016. NCJ250374.