In 2021, 0.3 percent of female prisoners in the United States were aged between 18 and 19 years old. In that year, 16 percent of male prisoners in the U.S. were between the ages of 30 and 34 years old.
Distribution of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities in 2021, by sex and age
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- Basic Statistic Adult correctional population in the U.S. 2005-2020
- Basic Statistic Adult correctional population in the U.S. 2020, by correctional status
- Basic Statistic Inmates held in custody in the U.S. 2020, by type of correctional institution
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Prisoner demographics and sentencing
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- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners in the U.S. 2005-2021, by gender
- Basic Statistic Distribution of prisoners U.S. 2021, by sex and age
- Basic Statistic Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners U.S. 2021, by sex and ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction U.S. 2020, by offense
- Basic Statistic Number of sentenced prisoners under federal jurisdiction U.S. 2021, by offense
- Basic Statistic U.S. federal inmates breakdown 2022, by security level
- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. federal inmates 2022, by sentence imposed
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Correctional facilities
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- Basic Statistic Prisoners in local jail facilities in the U.S. 2000-2019
- Basic Statistic Prisoners in private facilities in the United States 2000-2019, by location
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Probation and parole
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Prisoner fatalities
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- Basic Statistic Number of state prisoner fatalities U.S. 2001-2019
- Basic Statistic Number of state and federal prisoner fatalities U.S. 2019, by cause of death
- Basic Statistic Number of local inmate deaths in jail U.S. 2000-2019
- Basic Statistic Number of local U.S. inmate fatalities in jail 2019, by cause of death
Death row
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- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - executions per year 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - total number of executions 1976-2022, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. capital punishment - racial distribution of executed inmates 1976-2022
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- Number of prisoners in the U.S. 2011, by sex and age
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- Male and female prisoners and detainees in Belgium in 2019
- State corrections expenditures in the U.S. 1982-2020
- Number of Dutch detainees abroad 2018, by country
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- U.S. capital punishment - average time elapsed since sentencing
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- Share of convicted U.S. federal offenders with a criminal record 2014
- Education of convicted U.S. federal offenders 2014
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- Percentage of U.S. circuit court judges 2017, by race
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 20, 2022). Distribution of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities in 2021, by sex and age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/624034/distribution-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Distribution of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities in 2021, by sex and age." Chart. December 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/624034/distribution-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2022). Distribution of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities in 2021, by sex and age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/624034/distribution-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Distribution of Prisoners under Jurisdiction of Federal or State Correctional Authorities in 2021, by Sex and Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/624034/distribution-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Distribution of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities in 2021, by sex and age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/624034/distribution-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/ (last visited September 27, 2023)
Distribution of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities in 2021, by sex and age [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/624034/distribution-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/