New BJS Report Provides Statistics on Jail Inmates



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September 8, 2026






Now Available: Latest Statistics on Jail Populations, Demographics, Admissions, Capacity, and Staffing

BJS has released "Jail Inmates in 2024 – Statistical Tables." This web report provides statistics on jail inmates, based on BJS’s Annual Survey of Jails and Census of Jails. It describes the number of persons held in local jails, inmate demographics, jail incarceration rates, conviction status and offense characteristics, the number of admissions to jail, persons supervised outside of jail, jail capacity, and staff employed in local jails. Findings in this report are based on the 2014–2018 and 2020–2023 Annual Survey of Jails and the 2019 and 2024 Census of Jails. The report updates "Preliminary Data Release – Jails (2024) "published in December 2025. It is the 38th in a series that began in 1982. 


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"Jail Inmates in 2024 – Statistical Tables" (NCJ 311504) was written by Zhen Zeng, PhD, BJS Statistician. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov [ [link removed] ]. 

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