Jail, Prison, Parole, and Probation Populations in the US, 1980-2009 - Felon Voting

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Jail, Prison, Parole, and Probation Populations in the US, 1980-2009

Year	Probation (not shown in graph above)	Jail	Prison	Parole	Total Correctional Population
1980	1,118,097	182,288	319,598	220,438	1,840,400
1981	1,225,934	195,085	360,029	225,539	2,006,600
1982	1,357,264	207,853	402,914	224,604	2,192,600
1983	1,582,947	221,815	423,898	246,440	2,475,100
1984	1,740,948	233,018	448,264	266,992	2,689,200
1985	1,968,712	254,986	487,593	300,203	3,011,500
1986	2,114,621	272,736	526,436	325,638	3,239,400
1987	2,247,158	294,092	562,814	355,505	3,459,600
1988	2,356,483	341,893	607,766	407,977	3,714,100
1989	2,522,125	393,303	683,367	456,803	4,055,600
1990	2,670,234	403,019	743,382	531,407	4,384,000
1991	2,728,472	424,129	792,535	590,442	4,535,600
1992	2,811,611	441,780	850,566	658,601	4,762,600
1993	2,903,061	455,500	909,381	676,100	4,944,000
1994	2,981,022	479,800	990,147	690,371	5,141,300
1995	3,077,861	499,300	1,078,542	679,421	5,335,100
1996	3,164,996	510,400	1,127,528	679,733	5,482,700
1997	3,296,513	557,974	1,176,564	694,787	5,725,800
1998	3,670,441	584,372	1,224,469	696,385	6,126,100
1999	3,779,922	596,485	1,287,172	714,457	6,331,400
2000	3,826,209	613,534	1,316,333	723,898	6,437,400
2001	3,931,731	623,628	1,330,007	732,333	6,574,100
2002	4,024,067	658,228	1,367,547	750,934	6,750,500
2003	4,120,012	684,431	1,390,279	769,925	6,917,700
2004	4,143,792	706,907	1,421,345	771,852	6,987,900
2005	4,166,757	740,770	1,448,344	780,616	7,045,100
2006	4,215,361	759,717	1,492,973	799,875	7,176,000
2007	4,234,471	773,341	1,517,867	821,177	7,267,500
2008	4,244,046	777,852	1,522,834	824,834	7,274,600
2009	4,203,967	760,400	1,524,513	819,308	7,225,800
Year	Probation (not shown in graph above)	Jail	Prison	Parole	Total Correctional Population
Source: US Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Key Facts at a Glance: Correctional Populations," bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov, June 29, 2011