Number of persons held in State or Federal prisons or in local jails, 1995-2005
Year
Total inmates in custody
Prisoners in custody
Inmates held in local jails
Incarceration ratea
Federal
State
1995
1,585,586
89,538
989,004
507,044
601
2000b
1,935,753
133,921
1,176,269
621,149
683
2001b
1,961,247
143,337
1,180,155
631,240
685
2002b
2,033,331
151,618
1,209,640
665,475
701
2003b
2,081,580
161,673
1,222,135
691,301
712
2004b
June
2,129,802
169,370
1,239,656
713,990
725
December
...
170,535
1,244,311
...
2005b
June 30
2,186,230
175,954
1,255,514
747,529
738
Percent change, 6/30/04–6/30/05
2.6%
3.9%
1.3%
4.7%
Average annual change, 12/31/95–6/30/05
3.4%
7.4%
2.5%
3.9%
Note: Jail counts are for midyear (June 30) and exclude persons who were supervised outside of a jail facility. State and Federal prisoner counts for 1995-2003 are for December 31.
... Not available.
a Persons in custody per 100,000 residents in each reference year.
b Total counts include Federal inmates in non-secure privately operated facilities: 6,143 in 2000, 6,192 in 2001, 6,598 in 2002, 6,471 in 2003, 6,786 (June) and 7,065 (December) in 2004, and 7,233 in June, 2005.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim05.pdf - Table 1 is from the pdf file for the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics report called "Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005". http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim05.htm