The Gender Divide:
Tracking women's state prison growth
a Prison Policy Initiative Report
by
Wendy Sawyer
January 9, 2018
Table 3:
Sources for population estimates by sex, 1922-2015
| State and Federal Prison Estimates | Jail Estimates | U.S. population estimates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Prisoners 1923: Crime conditions in the United States as reflected in Census statistics of imprisoned offenders, Table 129 (reported as Jan. 1, 1923) | Prisoners 1923: Crime conditions in the United States as reflected in Census statistics of imprisoned offenders, Table 129 (reported as Jan. 1, 1923) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 1925 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1926, Table 73 (reported as Jan. 1, 1926) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1926 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1927, Table 64 (reported as Jan. 1, 1927) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1927 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1928, Table 22 (reported as Jan. 1, 1928) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1928 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1929-1930, Table 52 (reported as Jan. 1, 1929) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1929 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1929-1930, Table 52 (reported as Jan. 1, 1930) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1930 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1931 and 1932, Table 48 (reported as Jan. 1, 1931) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1931 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1931 and 1932, Table 48 (reported as Jan. 1, 1932) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1932 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1931 and 1932, Table 48 (reported as Dec. 31, 1932) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1933 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1933, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1933) | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 1934 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1934, Table 2 (Dec. 31, 1934) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1935 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1935, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1935) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1936 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1936, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1936) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1937 | Federal only: Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1937, Table 51 (reported as Dec. 31, 1937) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1938 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1938, Table 49 (reported as Dec. 31, 1938) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1939 | Federal only: Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1939, Table 55 (reported as Dec. 31, 1939) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1940 | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1941 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | ||
| 1942 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | ||
| 1943 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | ||
| 1944 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1945, Table 1 (reported as Jan. 1, 1945) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1945 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1945, Table 1 (reported as Dec. 31, 1945) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1946 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories 1946, Table 1 (reported as Dec. 31, 1946) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1947 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories: Movement of Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories: 1948, Table 2 (reported as Jan. 1, 1948) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1948 | Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories: Movement of Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories: 1948, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1948) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1949 | National Prisoner Statistics: Movement of Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons and Reformatories: 1949, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1949) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1950 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions 1951, Table 2 (reported as Jan. 1, 1951) | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 1951 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions 1951, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1951) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1952 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions 1952, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1952) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1953 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions 1953, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1953) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1954 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1954, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1954) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1955 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1955, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1955) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1956 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1956, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1956) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1957 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1957, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1957) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1958 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1958, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1958) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1959 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1959, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1959) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1960 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1960, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1960) | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 1961 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1961, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1961) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1962 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1962, Table 2 (reported as Dec. 31, 1962) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1963 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions: 1963, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1963) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1964 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1964, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1964) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1965 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1965 ,Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1965) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1966 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1966, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1966) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1967 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1967, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1967) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1968 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1968, 1969, 1970, Table 3a (reported as Dec. 31, 1968) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1969 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1968, 1969, 1970, Table 3b (reported as Dec. 31, 1969) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1970 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions for Adult Felons 1968, 1969, 1970, Table 3c (reported as Dec. 31, 1970) | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 1971 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31, 1974, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1971) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1972 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31, 1974, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1972) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1973 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31, 1974, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1973) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1974 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31, 1975, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1974) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1975 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31, 1976, Table 3 (reported as Dec. 31, 1975) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1976 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31 1977, Table 3 (reported Dec. 31, 1976) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1977 | Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on December 31 1978, Table 3 (reported Dec. 31, 1977) | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1978 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 1979 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1922-1979: National Intercensal Tables 1900-1979. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. | |
| 1980 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1933-1981: Calculated based on percentages by sex and total populations given in Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Table 4-15 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates. January 1, 1980 estimate was not reported; we calculated it by averaging the the July 1, 1979 and July 1, 1980 estimates. |
| 1981 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates | |
| 1982 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jail Inmates 1982, Table 2 (total of all females including adult and juvenile) | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1983 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1984 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1985 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1986 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1987 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1988 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1989 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jails 1983-1989: Criminal Justice Sourcebook (1993), Table 6.17 | 1980-1989: National Intercensal Datasets 1980-1990, Quarterly Intercensal Residential Population Estimates |
| 1990 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1991 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1992 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1993 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1994 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1995 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1996 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1997 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1998 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 1990-1998: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998, Table 6 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 1999 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2000, Table 8 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 2000 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 1990-2000: National Intercensal Datasets 1990-2000, Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex, 1990-2000, Selected Months |
| 2001 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2002, Table 9 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2002 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003, Table 9 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2003 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004, Table 9 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2004 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005, Table 9 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2005 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2006 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2006-2009: Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011, Table 6 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2007 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2006-2009: Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011, Table 6 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2008 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2006-2009: Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011, Table 6 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2009 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2006-2009: Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011, Table 6 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2010 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2010-2015: Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2001-2010: National Intercensal Datasets 2000-2010, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin. January 1 estimates calculated by averaging the reported July 1 estimates of each given year and the preceding year. |
| 2011 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2010-2015: Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2011-2016: National Population by Characteristics 2010-2016 Datasets, Monthly Postcensal Resident Population |
| 2012 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2010-2015: Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2011-2016: National Population by Characteristics 2010-2016 Datasets, Monthly Postcensal Resident Population |
| 2013 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2010-2015: Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2011-2016: National Population by Characteristics 2010-2016 Datasets, Monthly Postcensal Resident Population |
| 2014 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2010-2015: Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2011-2016: National Population by Characteristics 2010-2016 Datasets, Monthly Postcensal Resident Population |
| 2015 | 1978 to 2015: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners showing the yearend jurisdictional population in "State Institutions (Total)" that has a sentence of greater than one year, by sex. | 2010-2015: Jail Inmates in 2015, Table 3 | 2011-2016: National Population by Characteristics 2010-2016 Datasets, Monthly Postcensal Resident Population |
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