Jail incarceration rate U.S. 2021, by race

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 2, 2023
In 2021, the incarceration rate of African Americans in local jails in the United States was 528 incarcerations per 100,000 of the population -- the highest rate of any ethnicity. The second highest incarceration rate was among American Indians/Alaska Natives, at 316 incarcerations per 100,000 of the population.

Jail incarceration rate of confined inmates in the United States in 2021, by race/Hispanic origin (per 100,000 residents)

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December 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Jails refers to local jails i.e. those run by local law enforcement and/or local government agencies.

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