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In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992. From 2010 to 2020, the sentenced imprisonment rate for U.S. residents fell 37% among blacks; 32% among Hispanics; 32% among Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders; 26% among whites; and 25% among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
14 gru 2021 · The prison populations of California, Texas, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons each declined by more than 22,500 from 2019 to 2020, accounting for 33% of the total prison population decrease. In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992.
About 20% of all jail inmates were held for federal, state, or tribal government authorities at midyear 2020, an increase from 16% at midyear 2019 (table 8). Jail inmates held for state prison authorities declined 12,300 (down 16%) from 2015 to 2019, but remained stable from 2019 to 2020 (table 8).
Local jails had steeper population declines than prisons in the first part of 2020. From June 2019 to June 2020, the jail population decreased by 182,900 people, or 24 percent.3 However, from June to September, jail populations increased substantially, growing 10 percent in just three months.
People in Jail and Prison in 2020. January 2021. The United States saw an unprece-dented drop in total incarceration between 2019 and 2020. 2019 to 1.8 million by late 2020. This represents a 21 percent decline from a peak of 2.3 million . uring the first hal.
Updated numbers of people in local jail or state and federal prison, published in the latest People in Jail and Prison report for spring 2024 are availabe in Excel format. The county-level data file is available in CSV or Excel format.
The prison populations of California, Texas, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons each declined by more than 22,500 from 2019 to 2020, accounting for 33% of the total prison population decrease. In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992.
