| Number of sentenced prisoners under State or Federal jurisdiction, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2000 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sentenced prisoners | |||||||
| Males | Females | ||||||
| Totala | Whiteb | Blackb | Hispanic | Totala | Whiteb | Blackb | Hispanic |
| 1,237,469 | 436,500 | 572,900 | 206,900 | 83,668 | 34,500 | 37,400 | 10,000 |
Note: Based on custody counts from National Prisoners Statistics (NPS-1A) and updated from jurisdiction counts by gender at yearend. Estimates were rounded to the nearest 100.
a Includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.
b Excludes Hispanics.
