15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
17 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
18 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5
19 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8
20 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1
21 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.5
22 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.8
23 0.8 1.2 1.5 2.2
24 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.4
25 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.7
26 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.9
27 1.1 1.6 2.1 3.1
28 1.1 1.6 2.2 3.3
29 1.2 1.7 2.2 3.4
30 1.2 1.7 2.3 3.5
31 1.2 1.8 2.3 3.6
32 1.3 1.8 2.3 3.7
33 1.3 1.8 2.3 3.8
34 1.3 1.8 2.3 3.8
35 1.3 1.8 2.3 3.9
36 1.4 1.8 2.3 3.9
37 1.4 1.7 2.3 3.9
38 1.4 1.7 2.3 3.8
39 1.4 1.7 2.2 3.8
40 1.4 1.7 2.2 3.7
41 1.5 1.7 2.1 3.6
42 1.5 1.7 2.1 3.6
43 1.5 1.7 2.0 3.5
44 1.5 1.7 2.0 3.4
45 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.4
46 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.3
47 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.2
48 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.1
49 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.0
50 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.8
51 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.7
52 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.6
53 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.5
54 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.4
55 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.3
56 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.3
57 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.2
58 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.2
59 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.1
60 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.1
61 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.0
62 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0
63 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0
64 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0
65 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.9
66 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.9
67 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8
68 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8
69 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8
70 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7
71 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7
72 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7
73 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7
74 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6
75 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6
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+More males than females and more blacks and Hispanics than whites had
ever served time in prison+
Nearly 9 times as many men (5,037,000) as women (581,000) had ever been
incarcerated in a State or Federal prison at yearend 2001. As a
percentage of all persons ever confined in prison, women increased from
7.8% in 1974 to 10.3% in 2001.
At yearend 2001 nearly as many blacks (2,166,000) as whites (2,203,000)
had ever served time in prison; Hispanics numbered about half of either
group (997,000). Together, blacks (39%) and Hispanics (18%) constituted
a majority of those who had ever served time in prison in 2001. Whites
accounted for 39% of all those ever incarcerated in 2001, down from 51%
in 1974.
Over the 27-year period, the share of those who are black and Hispanic
among persons ever incarcerated increased. The number of Hispanics rose
nearly 10-fold (up from 102,000 in 1974) and the number of blacks more
than tripled (up from 646,000), while the number of whites more than
doubled (up from 922,000). As a result, blacks rose from 36% to 39% of
all persons ever incarcerated, while Hispanics rose from 6% to 18%.
+Nearly 17% of adult black males had ever served time in prison+
In 2001 an estimated 16.6% of adult black males were current or former
State or Federal prisoners -- a rate that was twice that of Hispanic
males (7.7%), and 6 times that of white males (2.6%) (table 5).
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+Table 5. Percent of adult population ever incarcerated in a State or
Federal prison, by gender, race, and Hispanic origin, 1974-2001+
Percent of adult population ever incarcerated in a State
or Federal prison
1974 1979 1986 1991 1997 2001
Gender
Male 2.3% 2.4% 2.8% 3.4% 4.3% 4.9%
Female 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Race/Hispanic origin
White* 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4%
Male 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.6
Female 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Black* 4.5% 4.6% 5.2% 6.2% 7.9% 8.9%
Male 8.7 8.9 9.9 12.0 15.0 16.6
Female 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.7
Hispanic 1.3% 1.4% 2.0% 2.7% 3.8% 4.3%
Male 2.3 2.6 3.6 4.9 6.7 7.7
Female 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
Note: Percents were based on intercensal resident population estimates
from the U.S. Census Bureau. See _Methodology_ for data sources.
*Excludes persons of Hispanic origin.