Estimated rate of persons supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 2000 and 2005–2018
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
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 were estimated to the nearest 10. Estimates may not be comparable to previously published BJS reports due to updated information or rounding.
a Includes offenders in the community under the jurisdiction of probation or parole agencies, under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons, or held in local jails.
b Includes inmates under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons or held in local jails.
c Rates were computed using estimates of the U.S. resident population for persons age 18 or older.
d Rates were computed using estimates of the U.S. resident population for persons of all ages.
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Probation Survey, Annual Parole Survey, Annual Survey of Jails, Census of Jail Inmates, and National Prisoner Statistics program, 2000, 2005–2015; and U.S. Census Bureau, postcensal estimated resident population for January 1 of the following year, 2001, and 2006–2016.

Source

Laura M. Maruschak and Todd D. Minton. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018. Bureau of Justice Statistics: Washington, DC. August 2020. NCJ252157.
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Danielle Kaeble and Lauren Glaze, "Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015," (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2016), NCJ250374, Table 4, p. 4.
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