| Estimated Number Of Sentenced People In State Prisons In The US, by Most Serious Offense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
| TOTAL | 295,819 | 451,812 | 684,544 | 1,206,400 | 1,208,700 | 1,237,500 | 1,256,400 | 1,274,600 | 1,296,700 | 1,331,100 | 1,353,600 | 1,365,400 | 1,365,800 | 1,362,028 | 1,341,804 | 1,314,900 | 1,325,305 | 1,316,409 | 1,298,159 | 1,288,466 | 1,273,674 | 1,249,700 | 1,221,288 | 1,043,705 | 1,021,288 | |||
| OFFENSE TYPE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent | 173,300 | 246,200 | 313,600 | 589,100 | 596,100 | 624,900 | 650,400 | 633,700 | 687,700 | 693,400 | 692,800 | 715,900 | 726,100 | 725,000 | 710,875 | 707,500 | 704,800 | 696,900 | 707,900 | 710,900 | 709,700 | 693,300 | 710,800 | 651,800 | 642,526 | |||
| Property | 89,300 | 140,100 | 173,700 | 238,500 | 233,000 | 253,000 | 262,000 | 265,600 | 248,900 | 258,200 | 265,300 | 263,400 | 261,900 | 249,500 | 245,351 | 247,100 | 255,600 | 249,900 | 234,000 | 226,100 | 214,100 | 199,700 | 186,700 | 141,100 | 132,804 | |||
| Drug | 19,000 | 38,900 | 148,600 | 251,100 | 246,100 | 265,000 | 250,900 | 249,400 | 253,300 | 264,300 | 273,600 | 255,700 | 242,900 | 237,000 | 225,242 | 210,200 | 208,000 | 206,300 | 197,200 | 190,100 | 183,900 | 176,300 | 171,300 | 131,600 | 127,348 | |||
| Public-order | 12,400 | 23,000 | 45,500 | 124,600 | 129,900 | 87,500 | 86,400 | 88,900 | 98,700 | 101,300 | 103,100 | 116,100 | 121,000 | 142,500 | 141,803 | 140,200 | 146,300 | 152,800 | 150,100 | 153,100 | 157,600 | 153,100 | 145,000 | 109,100 | 111,881 | |||
| Other/unspecified | 1,800 | 3,200 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,600 | 7,000 | 6,800 | 6,900 | 8,100 | 13,300 | 18,900 | 14,300 | 13,900 | 7,900 | 18,534 | 10,000 | 10,600 | 10,600 | 8,900 | 8,200 | 8,300 | 7,300 | 7,500 | 6,800 | 6,729 | |||
• Violent Offense Categories: Homicide, Robbery, Other Violent • Property Offense Categories: Burglary, Fraud, Other Property • Public Order Offense Categories: Immigration, Weapons, Other Public Order
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