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    Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001
    Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001
    Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001
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    Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001

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      Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001 - Thomas P. Bonczar

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S.

      Population, 1974-2001, by Thomas P. Bonczar

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      Title: Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001

      Author: Thomas P. Bonczar

      Release Date: June 23, 2009 [EBook #29211]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IMPRISONMENT, 1974-2001 ***

      Produced by Al Haines

      U.S. Department of Justice

      Office of Justice Programs

      Bureau of Justice Statistics

      Special Report

      Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population,

      1974-2001

      August 2003, NCJ 197976

      By Thomas P. Bonczar

      BJS Statistician

      Highlights

      At yearend 2001 over 5.6 million U.S. adults had ever served time in State or Federal prison

      * Of adults in 2001 who had ever served time in prison, nearly as many were black (2,166,000) as were white (2,203,000). An estimated 997,000 were Hispanic.

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      At yearend 2001, over 5.6 million U.S. residents had ever served time

      in State or Federal prison

      U.S. residents Percent of adult

      ever incarcerated Number U.S. residents

      1974 1991 2001 1974 1991 2001

      Total 1,819,000 3,437,000 5,618,000 1.3% 1.8% 2.7%

      Male 1,677,000 3,142,000 5,037,000 2.3 3.4 4.9

      White 837,000 1,395,000 1,978,000 1.4 1.9 2.6

      Black 595,000 1,181,000 1,936,000 8.7 12.0 16.6

      Hispanic 94,000 392,000 911,000 2.3 4.9 7.7

      Female 142,000 295,000 581,000 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%

      White 86,000 139,000 225,000 0.1 0.2 0.3

      Black 51,000 109,000 231,000 0.6 0.9 1.7

      Hispanic 8,000 30,000 86,000 0.2 0.4 0.7

      White 922,000 1,533,000 2,203,000 0.8% 1.1% 1.4%

      Black 646,000 1,290,000 2,166,000 4.5 6.2 8.9

      Hispanic 102,000 422,000 997,000 1.3 2.7 4.3

      U.S. adult resident population

      1974 1991 2001

      Total 145,356,000 187,982,751 210,207,901

      Male 69,217,000 90,362,099 101,492,258

      White 57,704,209 69,718,665 74,217,435

      Black 6,593,640 9,465,170 11,287,707

      Hispanic 3,923,600 8,022,134 11,452,968

      Female 76,133,000 97,620,652 108,715,643

      White 63,173,779 75,415,364 78,956,773

      Black 7,813,782 11,222,468 13,178,900

      Hispanic 4,074,628 7,655,854 11,496,534

      White 120,878,496 145,134,029 153,174,207

      Black 14,406,407 20,687,638 24,466,606

      Hispanic 7,998,062 15,677,988 22,949,502

      Note: Because of estimation and other rounding procedures, some

      detail may not add to totals and may not match precisely totals

      in other tables.

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      * The rate of ever having gone to prison among adult black males(16.6%) was over twice as high as among adult Hispanic males (7.7%) and over 6 times as high as among adult white males (2.6%).

      * U.S. residents ages 35 to 39 in 2001 were more likely to have gone to prison (3.8%) than any other age group, up from 2.3% in 1991.

      * An estimated 22% of black males ages 35 to 44 in 2001 had ever been confined in State or Federal prison, compared to 10.0% of Hispanic males and 3.5% of white males in the same age group.

      If incarceration rates remain unchanged, 6.6% of U.S. residents born in 2001 will go to prison at some time during their lifetime

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      If incarceration rates remain unchanged, 6.6% of U.S. residents born

      in 2001 will go to prison at some time during their lifetime

      Percent ever going to prison during lifetime,

      born in--

      1974 1991 2001

      Total 1.9% 5.2% 6.6%

      Male 3.6 9.1 11.3

      White 2.2 4.4 5.9

      Black 13.4 29.4 32.2

      Hispanic 4.0 16.3 17.2

      Female 0.3% 1.1% 1.8%

      White 0.2 0.5 0.9

      Black 1.1 3.6 5.6

      Hispanic 0.4 1.5 2.2

      White 1.2% 2.5% 3.4%

      Black 7.0 16.5 18.6

      Hispanic 2.2 9.5 10.0

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      * About 1 in 3 black males, 1 in 6 Hispanic males, and 1 in 17 white males are expected to go to prison during their lifetime, if current incarceration rates remain unchanged.

      * For women, the chances of going to prison were 6 times greater in 2001 (1.8%) than in 1974 (0.3%); for men, the chances of going to prison were over 3 times greater in 2001 (11.3%) than in 1974 (3.6%).

      At yearend 2001 there were 1,319,000 adults confined in State or Federal prison and an estimated 4,299,000 living former prisoners. A total of 5,618,000 U.S. adult residents, or about

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