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Key Facts at a Glance
Correctional populations

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Number of persons under correctional supervision

	Probation	Jail	Prison	Parole	Totala
1980	1,118,097	183,988	319,598	220,438	1,842,100
1981	1,225,934	196,785	360,029	225,539	2,008,300
1982	1,357,264	209,582	402,914	224,604	2,194,400
1983	1,582,947	223,551	423,898	246,440	2,476,800
1984	1,740,948	234,500	448,264	266,992	2,690,700
1985	1,968,712	256,615	487,593	300,203	3,013,100
1986	2,114,621	274,444	526,436	325,638	3,241,100
1987	2,247,158	295,873	562,814	355,505	3,461,400
1988	2,356,483	343,569	607,766	407,977	3,715,800
1989	2,522,125	395,553	683,367	456,803	4,057,800
1990	2,670,234	405,320	743,382	531,407	4,350,300
1991	2,728,472	426,479	792,535	590,442	4,537,900
1992	2,811,611	444,584	850,566	658,601	4,765,400
1993	2,903,061	459,804	909,381	676,100	4,948,300
1994	2,981,022	486,474	990,147	690,371	5,148,000
1995	3,077,861	507,044	1,078,542	679,421	5,342,900
1996	3,164,996	518,492	1,127,528	679,733	5,490,700
1997	3,296,513	567,079	1,176,564	694,787	5,734,900
1998	3,670,441	592,462	1,224,469	696,385	6,134,200
1999	3,779,922	605,943	1,287,172	714,457	6,340,800
2000	3,826,209	621,149	1,316,333	723,898	6,445,100
2001	3,931,731	631,240	1,330,007	732,333	6,581,700
2002	4,024,067	665,475	1,367,547	750,934	6,758,800
2003b	4,120,012	691,301	1,390,279	769,925	6,924,500
2004	4,143,792	713,990	1,421,345	771,852	6,995,000
2005	4,166,757	747,529	1,448,344	780,616	7,051,900
2006c	4,215,361	766,010	1,492,973	799,058	7,181,500
2007d	4,293,163	780,581	1,512,576	824,365	7,328,200
aBecause some offenders may have multiple statuses (i.e., held in a prison or jail but remain under the jurisdiction of a probation or parole authority) totals in 2000-04 exclude probationers held in jail or prison; totals in 2005-06 exclude probationers and parolees held in jail or prison; and the total in 2007 excludes probationers and parolees held in jail or prison, probationers who were also under parole supervision, and parolees who were also under probation supervision. For these reasons, details do not sum to total.
bThe 2003 probation and parole counts were estimated and may differ from previously published numbers.
cIllinois did not provide prison or parole data for 2006; therefore, all prison and parole data for Illinois were estimated. See Methodology in Prisoners in 2006 (PDF file 308K) and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006 (PDF file 400K)
dIllinois, Maine, and Nevada did not provide prison data for 2007; therefore, all prison data for these states were estimated. See Methodology in Prisoners in 2007 (PDF file 195K). Oklahoma did not provide probation or parole data for 2007; therefore, all probation and parole data for Oklahoma were estimated. See Methodology in Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 – Statistical Tables (PDF file 355K)

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