Number of sentenced prisoners under State or Federal jurisdiction, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2000
Number of sentenced prisoners under State or Federal jurisdiction, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2000 | |||||||
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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.