Number of prisoners in the U.S. by gender 2021

There were about 83,349 female prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities in the United States as of December 2021. This is a slight decline from the previous year, when there were 83,754 female prisoners in the country, and is likely due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Number of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities from 2005 to 2021, by gender

Year	Male	Female
2021	1,120,973	83,349
2020	1,137,410	83,754
2019	1,322,256	107,909
2018	1,353,595	110,790
2017	1,377,815	111,374
2016	1,396,296	111,833
2015	1,415,112	111,491
2014	1,449,291	113,028
2013	1,465,592	111,358
2012	1,461,625	108,772
2011	1,487,561	111,407
2010	1,500,936	112,867
2009	1,502,002	113,485
2008	1,493,670	114,612
2007	1,482,524	114,311
2006	1,456,366	112,308
2005	1,418,392	107,518

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Release date

December 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2005 to 2021

Supplementary notes

U.S. total includes federal prisoners not distributed by state and prison system.
For years ending December 31.
*Total and state estimates for 2018 and 2019 include imputed counts for jurisdictions that did not submit National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data in time to be included in the report.

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