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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.
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  • 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.

Summary

Table 1 is from the pdf file for the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics report called "Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005".

Add 94,875 to the later yearly totals to include the people held in juvenile facilities as of Oct. 27, 2004:

Detailed breakdowns of yearly inmates:

Timeline of U.S. yearly inmate totals and incarceration rates back to 1925:

Licensing

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current22:57, 21 August 2007Thumbnail for version as of 22:57, 21 August 2007641 × 468 (30 KB)TimeshifterUploaded larger version for better readability at full size.
21:05, 15 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 21:05, 15 August 2006479 × 350 (20 KB)Timeshifterhttp://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

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