English: A graph made in excel 2007 showing the incarceration rate per 100,000 population in the United States. It shows the female and male rate, as well as their average. The graph depicts the incarceration rate of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of State and Federal correctional authorities from 1925 through 2014. It does not include jail inmates. 2003-2013 data from Bureau of Justice (Prisoners in 2013, p13t03.csv and p13t05.csv)
Date
5 January 2010 (original upload date)
Source
I, Smallman12q (talk), created the graph from the data available at http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/incrttab.cfm for the 2003 - 2008 incarceration rate. I used Table 6.28 on page 500 from the "Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics 2003" http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/section6.pdf for the rate by sex (gender) for 1925-2008. The sources for that table are as follows: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners1925-81, Bulletin NCJ-85861, p. 2; Prisoners in 1998, Bulletin NCJ 175687, p. 3,Table 3 and p. 5, Table 6; 2000, Bulletin NCJ 188207, p. 5, Table 6; 2001, BulletinNCJ 195189, p. 5 and p. 6, Table 7; 2002, Bulletin NCJ 200248, p. 4 and p. 5, Table5; 2003, Bulletin NCJ 205335, p. 4 (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice);and U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Correctional Populationsin the United States, 1994, NCJ-160091, Tables 1.8 and 1.9; 1997, NCJ177613, Tables 1.8 and 1.9 (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice).
The data chart is below. The rates are per 100,000 population of all ages.
Year
Total
Incarceration Rate
Male Total
Male Rate
Female Total
Female Rate
1925
91,669
79
88,231
149
3,438
6
1926
97,991
83
94,287
157
3,704
6
1927
109,983
91
104,983
173
4,363
7
1928
116,390
96
111,836
182
4,554
8
1929
120,496
98
115,876
187
4,620
8
1930
129,453
104
124,785
200
4,668
8
1931
137,082
110
132,638
211
4,444
7
1932
137,997
110
133,573
211
4,424
7
1933
136,810
109
132,520
209
4,290
7
1934
138,316
109
133,769
209
4,547
7
1935
144,180
113
139,278
217
4,902
8
1936
145,038
113
139,990
217
5,048
8
1937
152,741
118
147,375
227
5,366
8
1938
160,285
123
154,826
236
5,459
8
1939
179,818
137
173,143
263
6,675
10
1940
173,706
131
167,345
252
6,361
10
1941
165,439
124
159,228
239
6,211
9
1942
150,384
112
144,167
217
6,217
9
1943
137,220
103
131,054
202
6,166
9
1944
132,456
100
126,350
200
6,106
9
1945
133,649
98
127,609
193
6,040
9
1946
140,079
99
134,075
191
6,004
8
1947
151,304
105
144,961
202
6,343
9
1948
155,977
106
149,739
205
6,238
8
1949
163,749
109
157,663
211
6,086
8
1950
166,123
109
160,309
211
5,814
8
1951
165,680
107
159,610
208
6,070
8
1952
168,233
107
161,994
208
6,239
8
1953
173,579
108
166,909
211
6,670
8
1954
182,901
112
175,907
218
6,994
8
1955
185,780
112
178,655
217
7,125
8
1956
189,565
112
182,190
218
7,375
9
1957
195,414
113
188,113
221
7,301
8
1958
205,643
117
198,208
229
7,435
8
1959
208,105
117
200,469
228
7,636
8
1960
212,953
117
205,265
230
7,688
8
1961
220,149
119
212,268
234
7,881
8
1962
218,830
117
210,823
229
8,007
8
1963
217,283
114
209,538
225
7,745
8
1964
214,336
111
206,632
219
7,704
8
1965
210,895
108
203,327
213
7,568
8
1966
199,654
102
192,703
201
6,951
7
1967
194,896
98
188,661
195
6,235
6
1968
187,914
94
182,102
187
5,812
6
1969
196,007
97
189,413
192
6,863
6
1970
196,429
96
190,794
191
5,635
5
1971
198,061
95
191,732
189
6,329
6
1972
196,092
93
189,823
185
6,269
6
1973
204,211
96
197,523
191
6,004
6
1974
218,466
102
211,077
202
7,389
7
1975
240,593
111
231,918
220
8,675
8
1976
262,833
120
252,794
238
10,039
9
1977
285,456
129
274,244
255
11,212
10
1978
294,396
132
282,813
261
11,583
10
1979
301,470
133
289,465
264
12,005
10
1980
315,974
139
303,643
275
12,331
11
1981
353,673
154
339,375
304
14,298
12
1982
395,516
171
379,075
337
16,441
14
1983
419,346
179
401,870
354
17,476
15
1984
443,398
188
424,193
370
19,205
16
1985
480,568
202
459,223
397
21,345
17
1986
522,084
217
497,540
426
24,544
20
1987
560,812
231
533,990
453
26,822
22
1988
603,732
247
573,587
482
30,145
24
1989
680,907
276
643,643
535
37,264
29
1990
739,980
297
699,416
575
40,564
32
1991
789,610
313
745,808
606
43,802
34
1992
846,277
332
799,776
642
46,501
36
1993
932,074
359
878,037
698
54,037
41
1994
1,016,691
389
956,566
753
60,125
45
1995
1,085,022
411
1,021,059
789
63,963
47
1996
1,137,722
427
1,068,123
819
69,599
51
1997
1,194,581
444
1,120,787
853
73,794
54
1998
1,245,402
461
1,167,802
885
77,600
57
1999
1,304,074
463
1,221,611
913
82,463
59
2000
1,331,278
469
1,246,234
915
85,044
59
2001
1,345,217
470
1,260,033
896
85,184
58
2002
1,380,516
476
1,291,450
906
89,066
60
2003
1,408,361
483
1,315,790
917
92,571
62
2004
1,433,728
487
1,337,730
923
95,998
64
2005
1,462,866
492
1,364,178
932
98,688
65
2006
1,504,598
501
1,401,261
948
103,337
68
2007
1,532,851
506
1,427,088
955
105,763
69
2008
1,547,742
506
1,441,384
956
106,358
69
2009
1,553,574
504
1,448,239
952
105,335
67
2010
1,552,669
500
1,447,766
948
104,903
66
2011
1,538,847
492
1,435,141
932
103,706
65
2012
1,511,480
480
1,410,191
909
101,289
63
2013
1,576,950
477
1,465,592
903
111,358
65
2014
1,561,525
471
1,448,564
890
112,961
65
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