confined to local jails at a higher rate than any other ethnicity.
In 2019, around 247,100 Black/African American people were confined to local jails in the United States. In that year, Black and African American people were Number of confined local jail inmates in the United States in 2019, by race/Hispanic origin
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (March 10, 2021). Number of confined local jail inmates in the United States in 2019, by race/Hispanic origin [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 22, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/816352/local-jail-inmates-in-the-united-states-by-race/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of confined local jail inmates in the United States in 2019, by race/Hispanic origin." Chart. March 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 22, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/816352/local-jail-inmates-in-the-united-states-by-race/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of confined local jail inmates in the United States in 2019, by race/Hispanic origin. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 22, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/816352/local-jail-inmates-in-the-united-states-by-race/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of Confined Local Jail Inmates in The United States in 2019, by Race/Hispanic Origin." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/816352/local-jail-inmates-in-the-united-states-by-race/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Number of confined local jail inmates in the United States in 2019, by race/Hispanic origin Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/816352/local-jail-inmates-in-the-united-states-by-race/ (last visited April 22, 2021)