Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013 (NCJ 248479). BJS. See appendix table 5 on page 13 in the PDF. Estimated number of persons supervised by adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 2000–2013:
Appendix Table 2 in above-linked PDF source has detailed breakdown for 2012 and 2013 inmate totals.
Estimated number of persons supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 2000, 2005–2010, and 2013–2014
Year
Total correctional population
Community supervision
Incarcerated
Total
Probation
Parole
Total
Local jail
Prison
2000
6,467,800
4,564,900
3,839,400
725,500
1,945,400
621,100
1,394,200
2005
7,055,600
4,946,600
4,162,300
784,400
2,200,400
747,500
1,525,900
2006
7,199,700
5,035,000
4,236,800
798,200
2,256,600
765,800
1,568,700
2007
7,339,600
5,119,000
4,293,000
826,100
2,296,400
780,200
1,596,800
2008
7,313,600
5,094,400
4,270,100
828,200
2,310,300
785,500
1,608,300
2009
7,235,200
5,015,900
4,196,200
824,100
2,297,700
767,400
1,615,500
2010
7,086,500
4,886,000
4,053,600
840,700
2,279,100
748,700
1,613,800
2013
6,903,200
4,753,400
3,910,600
855,200
2,222,500
731,200
1,577,000
2014
6,851,000
4,708,100
3,864,100
856,900
2,224,400
744,600
1,561,500
Data chart
The data chart is as follows:
Year
Juvenile Detention
Jail
Prison
Total
1910
25,422
43,627
68,735
137,800
1920
137,400
1923
27,238
28,140
81,959
137,337
1925
91,669
150,000
1926
97,991
159,300
1927
109,346
173,600
1928
116,390
183,600
1929
120,496
190,600
1930
129,453
202,500
1931
137,082
213,100
1932
137,997
217,000
1933
30,496
51,436
136,810
218,742
1934
138,316
227,700
1935
144,180
241,000
1936
145,038
249,300
1937
152,741
264,400
1938
160,285
279,400
1939
179,818
306,400
1940
99,249
173,706
307,700
1941
165,439
298,800
1942
150,384
283,100
1943
137,220
269,200
1944
132,456
263,800
1945
133,649
264,300
1946
140,079
270,100
1947
151,304
280,700
1948
155,977
284,700
1949
163,749
291,800
1950
40,880
86,492
166,123
293,495
1951
165,680
297,900
1952
168,233
305,400
1953
173,579
315,600
1954
182,901
329,800
1955
185,780
337,600
1956
189,565
346,200
1957
185,414
347,000
1958
205,643
372,100
1959
208,105
379,400
1960
56,516
119,671
212,953
389,140
1961
220,149
402,000
1962
218,830
406,400
1963
217,283
410,500
1964
214,336
413,200
1965
210,895
415,500
1966
65,875
199,654
409,900
1967
194,896
412,000
1968
187,914
411,800
1969
196,007
426,800
1970
76,729
129,189
196,429
402,347
1971
198,061
410,200
1972
141,588
196,092
414,400
1973
204,211
425,300
1974
76,671
218,466
442,300
1975
74,270
240,593
464,900
1976
262,833
490,400
1977
75,297
285,456
516,300
1978
158,394
294,396
527,500
1979
74,113
301,470
545,900
1980
59,414
182,288
315,964
557,666
1981
60,512
195,085
353,673
609,270
1982
82,272
207,853
395,516
685,641
1983
221,815
419,346
725,000
1984
233,018
443,398
761,700
1985
254,986
480,568
822,400
1986
272,736
522,084
883,200
1987
294,092
560,812
944,800
1988
341,893
603,732
1,037,000
1989
393,303
680,907
1,167,100
1990
405,320
739,980
1,239,700
1991
426,479
789,612
1,312,000
1992
444,584
846,277
1,388,300
1993
459,804
932,074
1,490,900
1994
486,474
1,016,691
1,603,700
1995
507,044
1,085,022
1,694,100
1996
518,492
1,137,722
1,759,800
1997
105,055
567,079
1,194,334
1,866,468
1998
592,462
1,256,474
1,955,200
1999
107,493
605,943
1,304,081
2,017,517
2000
621,149
1,334,174
2,061,200
2001
104,219
631,240
1,345,217
2,080,676
2002
665,475
1,380,516
2,146,400
2003
96,531
691,301
1,408,361
2,196,193
2004
713,990
1,433,728
2,243,000
2005
747,529
1,462,866
2,304,400
2006
92,721
766,010
1,504,598
2,363,329
2007
86,814
780,174
1,532,851
2,399,839
2008
785,556
1,547,742
2,414,800
2009
767,434
1,553,574
2,397,100
2010
70,793
748,728
1,552,669
2,372,190
2011
61,423
735,601
1,538,847
2,335,871
2012
744,524
1,511,480
2,313,800
2013
54,148
731,208
1,516,879
2,302,235
2014
744,592
1,561,500
2,360,240
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