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.