Keywords: US incarceration timeline-clean.svg translate yes Source for detailed data sourcing Some sources for stats for years covered beyond that in File US incarceration timeline gif are below BJS is U S Bureau of Justice Statistics OJJDP is Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Correctional Population Trends Chart 1980-2009 BJS http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab cfm Data table is no longer on the BJS site at that URL The last version of it archived at the Internet Archive was https //web archive org/web/20130120030801/http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/glance/tables/corr2tab cfm archived on January 20 2013 http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 5177 Correctional Populations in the United States 2013 NCJ 248479 BJS See appendix table 5 on page 13 in the http //www bjs gov/content/pub/pdf/cpus13 pdf PDF Estimated number of persons supervised by adult correctional systems by correctional status 2000 “2013 600px none Appendix Table 2 in above-linked PDF source has detailed breakdown for 2012 and 2013 inmate totals http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 1318 Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States 1850-1984 NCJ 102529 http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/pub/pdf/hcsus5084 pdf PDF BJS Prison 1850 6 737 1860 19 086 1870 32 901 1880 30 659 1890 45 233 1904 57 070 1923 81 959 1930 120 496 1950 178 128 1960 226 344 1970 198 831 1980 302 377 Jail 1880 18 686 1890 33 093 1940 99 249 1950 86 492 1960 119 671 1970 129 189 1978 158 394 1980 163 994 1983 223 551 Table 5-23 Juvenile Delinquents 1880 11 468 1890 14 846 1904 23 034 1910 25 422 1923 27 238 1933 30 496 1950 40 880 1960 57 883 1970 76 729 1980 59 414 Table 5-31 Juvenile Delinquents 1974 76 671 1975 74 270 1977 73 166 1979 71 922 https //www ncjrs gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/131649NCJRS pdf National Juvenile Custody Trends 1978-1989 OJJDP Figure 3 Juvenile Delinquents 1979 71 922 1983 80 091 1985 83 402 1987 91 646 1989 93 945 http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 2200 Prison Inmates at Midyear 2009 - Statistical Tables NCJ 230113 BJS December 31 2000 and 2008 and June 30 2008 and 2009 http //www ojjdp gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement OJJDP Click National Crosstabs at the top and then choose the census years Click Show table to get the total number of juvenile inmates for those years http //www ojjdp gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/display asp 1997-2011 http //datacenter kidscount org/data/Line/42-youth-residing-in-juvenile-detention-correctional-and-or-residential-facilities loc 1 loct 1 1/any/false/867 133 18 17 14 12 10 8/asc/any/319 Youth residing in juvenile detention correctional and/or residential facilities KIDS COUNT Data Center Graph 1997-2011 http //datacenter kidscount org/data/tables/42-youth-residing-in-juvenile-detention-and-correctional-facilities detailed/1/any/false/17 14 12 10 8/any/319 320 Youth residing in juvenile detention correctional and/or residential facilities KIDS COUNT Data Center Table of stats 1997-2006 More resources http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty tp tid 12 Local jail inmates and jail facilities BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty tp tid 11 Total correctional population BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty tp tid 1 Corrections BJS http //www bjs gov/glance_redirect cfm Key Facts At A Glance BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty nps Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool CSAT - Prisoners BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdc dcid 269 iid 1 Publications Products National Prisoner Statistics NPS BJS http //www ojjdp gov/ojstatbb/default asp Statistical Briefing Book OJJDP http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty dcdetail iid 261 Data Collection Annual Survey of Jails BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbse sid 5 Publications Products Correctional Populations in the United States http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 2237 Correctional Populations in the United States 2010 NCJ 236319 BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 4537 Correctional Populations in the United States 2011 NCJ 239972 BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 691 Correctional Populations in the United States 1997 NCJ 177613 BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 690 Correctional Populations in the United States 1998 - Statistical tables NCJ 192929 BJS http //www bjs gov/index cfm ty pbdetail iid 2316 Correctional Populations in the United States 2009 NCJ 231681 BJS http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/pub/pdf/p11 pdf Prisoners in 2011 NCJ 239808 BJS http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/pub/pdf/p10 pdf Prisoners in 2010 NCJ 236096 BJS http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/pub/pdf/p09 pdf Prisoners in 2009 NCJ 231675 BJS http //bjs ojp usdoj gov/content/pub/pdf/p08 pdf Prisoners in 2008 NCJ 228417 BJS http //www prisonpolicy org/reports/overtime html driverdata Tracking State Prison Growth in 50 States See the list of sources at the end in the methodology section Prison Policy Initiative Data chart The data chart is as follows wikitable sortable - Year Juvenile<br>Detention Jail Prison Total - 1910 25 422 43 627 68 735 137 800 - 1920 137 400 - 1923 27 238 28 140 81 959 137 337 - 1925 91 669 150 000 - 1926 97 991 159 300 - 1927 109 346 173 600 - 1928 116 390 183 600 - 1929 120 496 190 600 - 1930 129 453 202 500 - 1931 137 082 213 100 - 1932 137 997 217 000 - 1933 30 496 51 436 136 810 218 742 - 1934 138 316 227 700 - 1935 144 180 241 000 - 1936 145 038 249 300 - 1937 152 741 264 400 - 1938 160 285 279 400 - 1939 179 818 306 400 - 1940 99 249 173 706 307 700 - 1941 165 439 298 800 - 1942 150 384 283 100 - 1943 137 220 269 200 - 1944 132 456 263 800 - 1945 133 649 264 300 - 1946 140 079 270 100 - 1947 151 304 280 700 - 1948 155 977 284 700 - 1949 163 749 291 800 - 1950 40 880 86 492 166 123 293 495 - 1951 165 680 297 900 - 1952 168 233 305 400 - 1953 173 579 315 600 - 1954 182 901 329 800 - 1955 185 780 337 600 - 1956 189 565 346 200 - 1957 185 414 347 000 - 1958 205 643 372 100 - 1959 208 105 379 400 - 1960 56 516 119 671 212 953 389 140 - 1961 220 149 402 000 - 1962 218 830 406 400 - 1963 217 283 410 500 - 1964 214 336 413 200 - 1965 210 895 415 500 - 1966 65 875 199 654 409 900 - 1967 194 896 412 000 - 1968 187 914 411 800 - 1969 196 007 426 800 - 1970 76 729 129 189 196 429 402 347 - 1971 198 061 410 200 - 1972 141 588 196 092 414 400 - 1973 204 211 425 300 - 1974 76 671 218 466 442 300 - 1975 74 270 240 593 464 900 - 1976 262 833 490 400 - 1977 75 297 285 456 516 300 - 1978 158 394 294 396 527 500 - 1979 74 113 301 470 545 900 - 1980 59 414 182 288 315 964 557 666 - 1981 60 512 195 085 353 673 609 270 - 1982 82 272 207 853 395 516 685 641 - 1983 221 815 419 346 725 000 - 1984 233 018 443 398 761 700 - 1985 254 986 480 568 822 400 - 1986 272 736 522 084 883 200 - 1987 294 092 560 812 944 800 - 1988 341 893 603 732 1 037 000 - 1989 393 303 680 907 1 167 100 - 1990 405 320 739 980 1 239 700 - 1991 426 479 789 612 1 312 000 - 1992 444 584 846 277 1 388 300 - 1993 459 804 932 074 1 490 900 - 1994 486 474 1 016 691 1 603 700 - 1995 507 044 1 085 022 1 694 100 - 1996 518 492 1 137 722 1 759 800 - 1997 105 055 567 079 1 194 334 1 866 468 - 1998 592 462 1 256 474 1 955 200 - 1999 107 493 605 943 1 304 081 2 017 517 - 2000 621 149 1 334 174 2 061 200 - 2001 104 219 631 240 1 345 217 2 080 676 - 2002 665 475 1 380 516 2 146 400 - 2003 96 531 691 301 1 408 361 2 196 193 - 2004 713 990 1 433 728 2 243 000 - 2005 747 529 1 462 866 2 304 400 - 2006 92 721 766 010 1 504 598 2 363 329 - 2007 86 814 780 174 1 532 851 2 399 839 - 2008 785 556 1 547 742 2 414 800 - 2009 767 434 1 553 574 2 397 100 - 2010 70 793 748 728 1 552 669 2 372 190 - 2011 61 423 735 601 1 538 847 2 335 871 - 2012 744 524 1 511 480 2 313 800 - 2013 54 148 731 208 1 516 879 2 302 235 - 2014 744 592 Sarefo US_incarceration_timeline-clean gif Sarefo original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File US_incarceration_timeline-clean gif licensed with PD-author 2008-07-06T19 54 39Z Apoc2400 694x486 17299 Bytes <nowiki>This version does not include reference to the War on Drugs To be used on pages unrelated to drugs Timeline of total number of inmates in U S prisons jails and juvenile facilities From 1920 t</nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX SVG area charts Correctional population statistics for the United States |