Note: Data presented here are from BOP automated information systems. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
TOTAL INMATE POPULATION: 180,318
In BOP facilities: 153,084In privately managed secure facilities: 15,491
Includes inmates housed in privately operated secure facilities under contract with the BOP or with a state or local government that has an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the BOP.
In other non-BOP facilities: 11,743
Includes inmates in facilities operated by a state or locality that is either under contract or under an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the BOP. Primarily includes inmates housed in jail/short-term detention, contract juveniles, home confinement, and community corrections centers.
Sentenced population: 161,762
These figures are as of September 4, 2004. See the most recent weekly population figures for updates and for individual BOP institutions.
INMATES BY SECURITY LEVEL (BOP facilities only)
Minimum: 19.1% Low: 39.1%
Medium: 25.3% High: 10.5% 6.0% of inmates have not been assigned a security level.
Male: 167,964 (93.2%) Female: 12,354 (6.8%)
White: 101,955 (56.5%) Black: 72,433 (40.2%) Asian: 2,890 (1.6%) Native American: 3,040 (1.7%)
Hispanic: 57,863 (32.1%)
United States: 128,563 (71.3%) Mexico: 30,545 (16.9%) Colombia: 3,574 (2.0%) Cuba: 2,173 (1.2%)
Dominican Republic: 3,457 (1.9%) Other/Unknown: 12,006 (6.7%)
SENTENCE IMPOSED (calculated for those with sentencing information available)
Less than 1 year: 3,683 (2.2%) 1-3 years: 23,968 (14.6%) 3-5 years: 26,414 (16.1%) 5-10 years: 47,385 (28.9%) 10-15 years: 28,711 (17.5%) 15-20 years: 13,816 (8.4%) More than 20 years: 14,798 (9.0%) Life: 5,260 (3.2%) Death: 29*
*This number represents those inmates with a Federal death sentence who are confined in the Special Confinement Unit at the U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, IN.
TYPES OF OFFENSES (calculated for those with offense-specific information available)
Drug Offenses: 88,619 (54.1%) Weapons, Explosives, Arson: 20,128 (12.3%)
Immigration: 17,745 (10.8%) Robbery: 10,204 (6.2%)
Extortion, Fraud, Bribery: 7,191 (4.4%)
Burglary, Larceny, Property Offenses: 7,051 (4.3%)
Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses: 5,363 (3.3%)
Miscellaneous: 3,251 (2.0%) Sex Offenses 1,702 (1.0%)
Banking and Insurance,
Counterfeit, Embezzlement: 1,072 (0.7%)
Courts or Corrections: (e.g., Obstructing Justice) 728 (0.4%)
Continuing Criminal Enterprise: 614 (0.4%) National Security: 97 (0.1%)
Federal Prison Population Over Time/Drug Offenders in BOP-Operated Facilities
Year | Total sentenced and unsentenced population | Total sentenced population | Total sentenced drug offenders | Percentage of sentenced prisoners who are drug offenders |
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1970 | 21,266 | 20,686 | 3,384 | 16.3% |
1971 | 20,891 | 20,529 | 3,495 | 17.0% |
1972 | 22,090 | 20,729 | 3,523 | 16.9% |
1973 | 23,336 | 22,038 | 5,652 | 25.6% |
1974 | 23,690 | 21,769 | 6,203 | 28.4% |
1975 | 23,566 | 20,692 | 5,540 | 26.7% |
1976 | 27,033 | 24,135 | 6,425 | 26.6% |
1977 | 29,877 | 25,673 | 6,743 | 26.2% |
1978 | 27,674 | 23,501 | 5,981 | 25.4% |
1979 | 24,810 | 21,539 | 5,468 | 25.3% |
1980 | 24,252 | 19,023 | 4,749 | 24.9% |
1981 | 26,195 | 19,765 | 5,076 | 25.6% |
1982 | 28,133 | 20,938 | 5,518 | 26.3% |
1983 | 30,214 | 26,027 | 7,201 | 27.6% |
1984 | 32,317 | 27,622 | 8,152 | 29.5% |
1985 | 36,042 | 27,623 | 9,491 | 34.3% |
1986 | 37,542 | 30,104 | 11,344 | 37.7% |
1987 | 41,609 | 33,246 | 13,897 | 41.8% |
1988 | 41,342 | 33,758 | 15,087 | 44.7% |
1989 | 47,568 | 37,758 | 18,852 | 49.9% |
1990 | 54,613 | 46,575 | 24,297 | 52.2% |
1991 | 61,026 | 52,176 | 29,667 | 56.9% |
1992 | 67,768 | 59,516 | 35,398 | 59.5% |
1993 | 76,531 | 68,183 | 41,393 | 60.7% |
1994 | 82,269 | 73,958 | 45,367 | 61.3% |
1995 | 85,865 | 76,947 | 46,669 | 60.7% |
1996 | 89,672 | 80,872 | 49,096 | 60.7% |
1997 | 95,513 | 87,294 | 52,059 | 59.6% |
1998 | 104,507 | 95,323 | 55,984 | 58.7% |
1999 | 115,024 | 104,500 | 60,399 | 57.8% |
2000 | 123,141 | 112,329 | 63,898 | 56.9% |
2001 | 131,419 | 120,829 | 67,037 | 55.5% |
2002 | 139,183 | 128,090 | 70,009 | 54.7% |
Note: Data for 1970 to 1976 are for June 30; data for 1977 onwards are for September 30. Data are for inmates in BOP facilities only (i.e., do not include inmates in contract facilities).
Male: 24,651 (71.8%) Female: 9,691 (28.2%)
White (Non-Hispanic): 22,130 (64.4%) African American: 7,160 (20.9%) Hispanic: 3,829 (11.1%)
Asian: 701 (2.0%)
Native American: 508 (1.5%) Other: 14