PRISONS AND PRISONERS;
PRISONS AND PRISONERS;
December 1, 2003 |
2003-R-0898 | |
PRISON POPULATION STATISTICS | ||
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By: Christopher Reinhart, Associate Attorney | ||
You asked for statistics on the prison population in 1980, 1990, and 2000, including a breakdown of the population by race and gender.
The following table shows the prison population in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2003.
Table 1: Incarcerated Population, 1980 to 2003
Date |
Incarcerated Population |
12/11/1980 |
4,376 |
1/1/1990 |
8,777 |
9/1/2000 |
17,523 |
9/1/2003 |
19,090 |
We could not find data breaking down the prison population by race in 1980. The table below shows the total incarcerated population and the population broken down by race for 1990, 2000, and 2003.
Table 2: Incarcerated Population Broken Down By Race
Total |
Black |
White |
Hispanic |
Asian |
American Indian | |
1/1/1990 |
8,777 |
48. 5% |
27. 7% |
23. 6% |
. 1% |
. 1% |
9/1/2000 |
17,523 |
46. 2% |
27. 3% |
25. 9% |
. 4% |
. 2% |
9/1/2003 |
19,090 |
43. 6% |
27. 9% |
27. 7% |
. 6% |
. 2% |
The table below shows a breakdown of the prison population by gender for 1982 (we could not find data for 1980), 1990, and 2000.
Table 3: Incarcerated Population by Gender, 1982 to 2000
Date |
Male |
Female | ||
Total |
% of Population |
Total |
% of Population | |
1982* |
4,651 |
95. 2% |
234 |
4. 8% |
7/1/90 |
8,994 |
93. 8% |
595 |
6. 2% |
7/1/00 |
16,219 |
92. 9% |
1,240 |
7. 1% |
*Average daily confined population
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