U.S. incarceration rates timeline. | ||||
Year | Incarceration Rate. |
Total inmates |
USA. Total Midyear |
|
1978 1980 |
203 220 |
452,790 501,886 |
222,585,000 227,726,463 | |
+126,561 | +4,327,569 | Add in 126,561 | ||
2005 | 773 | 2,320,359 | 300,061,703 | |
Total incarceration |
Total inmates in |
Total population |
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p05.pdf and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pripropr.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm and
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population.