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Table 1
Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, December 31, 1978-2016
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners under the
jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities per 100,000 U.S. residents, December 31,
1978-2016, Author: E. Ann Carson, National Prisoner Statistics Program, Date of version:
10/19/2017. Retrieved from: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=nps
Year
Rate
1978
131
1979
133
1980
138
1981
153
1982
170
1983
179
1984
187
1985
201
1986
216
1987
230
1988
246
1989
274
1990
295
1991
311
1992
330
1993
360
1994
389
1995
411
1996
427
1997
444
1998
463
1999
476
2000
470
2001
470
2002
477
2003
483
2004
487
2005
492
2006
501
2007
506
2008
506
2009
504
2010
500
2011
492
2012
480
2013
477
2014
471
2015
459
2016
450
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Figure 1. Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, December 31, 1978-2016
Figure 1. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners under the
jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities per 100,000 U.S. residents, December 31,
1978-2016, Author: E. Ann Carson, National Prisoner Statistics Program, Date of version:
10/19/2017. Retrieved from: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=nps
Imprisonment Rate of Prisoners/100,000 U.S. Residents
600
500
400
300
Imprisonment Rate/100,000 200
100
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