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Key Facts at a Glance

Key Facts at a Glance
Demographic trends in jail populations

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Jail populations by age and gender, 1990-2003
       
  Number of jail inmates (one-day count)
 
Year Adult males Adult females Juveniles

1990 365,821 37,198 2,301
1991 384,628 39,501 2,350
1992 401,106 40,674 2,804
1993 411,500 44,100 4,300
1994 431,300 48,500 6,700
1995 448,000 51,300 7,800
1996 454,700 55,700 8,100
1997 498,678 59,296 9,105
1998 520,581 63,791 8,090
1999 528,998 67,487 9,458
2000 543,120 70,414 7,615
2001 551,007 72,621 7,613
2002 581,411 76,817 7,248
2003 602,781 81,650 6,869
       
Source: Bureau of justice Statistics Correctional Surveys
(The National Probation Data Survey, National Prisoner Statistics, Survey of Jails, and The National Parole Data Survey) as presented in Correctional Populations in the United States, 1997, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear and Census of Jails 1999.

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