Number of Adults in the US Sentenced to Any Form of Community Correctional Supervision

"At yearend 2015, an estimated 4,650,900 adults were under community supervision — a decrease of 62,300 offenders from yearend 2014 (figure 1).1 About 1 in 53 adults in the United States was under community supervision at yearend 2015. This population includes adults on probation, parole, or any other post-prison supervision, with probationers accounting for the majority (81%) of adults under community supervision. (See BJS definition of probation and parole textbox.)
"The 1.3% decline observed in the adult community corrections population was due to the drop in the probation population. The probation population declined from an estimated 3,868,400 offenders at yearend 2014 to 3,789,800 at yearend 2015 (figure 2). The parole population continued to rise with a 1.5% increase, from 857,700 offenders at yearend 2014 to 870,500 at yearend 2015."