US Incarceration
Number of Incarcerated People in the United States
Number of Incarcerated People in the United States
Includes people in federal prisons, state prisons, and jails. Numbers reflect total people incarcerated on December 30 of that year.
People incarcerated on December 30 of that year
Estimate based on data from nearby years
2014: 2,306,117 People incarcerated on Dec 30
2010: 2,362,531 People incarcerated on Dec 30
2005: 2,273,439 People incarcerated on Dec 30
2000: 2,015,380 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1995: 1,625,174 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1990: 1,176,938 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1985: 757,493 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1980: 493,815 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1975: 387,185 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1970: 325,618 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1965: 335,325 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1960: 332,624 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1955: 288,862 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1950: 252,615 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1945: 226,520 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1940: 272,955 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1935: 209,277 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1930: 173,900 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1925: 124,468 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1920: 110,621 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1915: 111,492 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1910: 112,362 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1905: 86,870 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1900: 81,447 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1895: 81,040 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1890: 80,634 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1885: 69,197 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1880: 57,760 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1875: 45,331 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1870: 32,901 People incarcerated on Dec 30
1865: 25,994 People incarcerated on Dec 30, estimated
1860: 19,086 People incarcerated on Dec 30