Statistics Links

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According to the Prisoners in 2002 report from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)


• U.S. prison population grew by 2.6% in 2002.
• Total number of Americans in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities was 2,166,260.
• The federal government is the nation’s largest jailer, with 163,528 inmates in federal prisosn.
• The four states with the highest prison populations are:
  California: 162,317
  Texas: 162,003
  Florida: 75,210
  New York: 67,065
• State prisons were 1% to 16% over capacity in 2002
• The federal prison system was 33% over capacity.
• At the end of 2002, more than 4.7 million adults were on probation or parole.

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• American Demographics

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Children

• Gallup Organization

• FedStats

• United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau

• Trends in American public opinion

• UK Statistics

• Bureau of Justice Statistics

• National Center for Education Statistics

• National Center for Health Statistics

• Bureau of Transportation statistics

• National Archives and Records Administration

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