This report details characteristics of jail inmates, including demographics, conviction status, and most serious offense at the state level. It also presents data on jail facilities, such as rated capacity, facility functions, and jail staff.
Key findings include?
- At midyear 2019, a total of 734,470 persons were confined in local jails, and another 38,660 persons were supervised in programs outside of jail.
- Local jails in California (10%), Texas (9%), Florida (8%), and Georgia (6%) together held a third of the inmate population at midyear 2019.
- Eight of the 10 states with the highest jail incarceration rates were in the South ? Louisiana (700), Kentucky (586), Mississippi (482), Tennessee (457), Georgia (422), Alabama (335), Virginia (332), and Arkansas (311).
Findings are based on data from the 2005, 2013, and 2019 Census of Jails collections. The census is a complete enumeration of local jail jurisdictions and facilities and of the Federal Bureau of Prisons? 12 detention facilities that function as jails.
Census of Jails, 2005?2019 ? Statistical Tables (NCJ 255406) was written by BJS Statisticians Zhen Zeng, Ph.D., and Todd D. Minton. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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