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How many people are in US prisons?=C2=A0
By the end of December 2023, the number of people in [US prisons]([link removed]
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-states/) had risen for the second year in a row, though it remains below h=
istoric highs. The most recent federal data shows where prisoners are held,=
how that=E2=80=99s changed over time, and which states rely most on local =
jails or private prisons.=C2=A0
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- About 1.25 million people were in US prisons at the end of 2023. That inc=
luded both state and federal jurisdictions =E2=80=94 and was up 2% from 202=
2. Prisoners sentenced to a year or more made up 96.5% of this group.
- Federal and state-run facilities housed 87.7% of prisoners. The remainder=
were held in private facilities (which the federal system relied more on) =
or local jails (which state systems relied more on). However, as of 2022, a=
ll federal prisoners in private custody were in halfway houses and home con=
finement, not what is traditionally thought of as a =E2=80=9Cprison.=E2=80=
=9D The Federal Bureau of Prisons stopped contracting private secure facili=
ties in November 2022.
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- State incarceration rates fell in 45 states and rose in five from 2014 to=
2023. The rate decreased the most in [Massachusetts]([link removed]
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n 48.9% from 188 prisoners per 100,000 people to 96. [Montana]([link removed]
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ad the biggest increase, up 21.7% from 360 per 100,000 to 438.=C2=A0
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- [Louisiana]([link removed]
n-the-us/state/louisiana/)held over half its prisoners in local jails, whil=
e Montana held nearly half in private prisons =E2=80=94 the highest shares =
reported nationwide. Of all prisoners in the US, 5.2% are housed in local j=
ails, and 7.1% in private prisons.
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Who=E2=80=99s in preschool, and where?=C2=A0
Preschool might not always come with report cards, but the enrollment numbe=
rs are in: in 2023, nearly half of all three- and four-year-olds were enrol=
led in preschool, up from a slump during the pandemic. We [dug into the dat=
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learn more about who=E2=80=99s enrolled and where they=E2=80=99re learning=
.=C2=A0
- In 2023, around 28.6% of enrolled children were in public preschool progr=
ams, while 20.3% were enrolled privately.
- The highest preschool enrollment rates were in the Northeast: Connecticut=
(75.0%), New Jersey (73.8%), Vermont (73.0%), New York (70.8%), and Massac=
husetts (66.5%). =C2=A0
- In comparison, North Dakota, Arizona, West Virginia, and Montana all had =
preschool enrollment rates below 50%.=C2=A0
[Percent of children ages 3- to 5-years old enrolled in school]([link removed]
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- Enrollment fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, dropping from 49.2% in 2019=
to 40.2% in 2021. By 2023, the rate was close to its pre-pandemic peak.=C2=
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- In two-parent families, preschool attendance among three- and four-year-o=
lds was highest when both parents were employed (57.1%), lower when only on=
e parent worked (44.5%), and lowest when neither parent was employed (40.2%=
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Data behind the news
Last Saturday, US forces struck targets in Venezuela, captured Venezuelan P=
resident Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro and his wife, and transported them to the Unit=
ed States. For context behind the Venezuela=E2=80=93US relationship, we hav=
e facts on [foreign aid the US provides Venezuela]([link removed]
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Enhanced premium tax subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) healthcare pla=
ns expired on December 31. See how many people [are on ACA plans]([link removed]
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-us/country/united-states/).=C2=A0
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One last fact
[Online shopping reached a record 16.1% of all retail]([link removed]
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usinesses/)
In 2024, Americans spent $1.2 trillion on [online retail]([link removed]
org/articles/us-retail-industry-how-online-retail-affecting-brick-and-morta=
r-businesses/) =E2=80=94 a record 16.1% of retail overall.
Overall, the retail industry produced $7.4 trillion in sales in 2024. Onlin=
e shopping and other non-store retail comprised $1.5 trillion (or 20% of th=
at total).=C2=A0
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