Jail Inmates, by Offense, Gender, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2002
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Jail Inmates, by Offense, Gender, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2002
| Most serious offense | Total | Male | Female | White1 | Black1 | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of jail inmates | 623,492 | 551,186 | 72,306 | 223,292 | 249,304 | 114,562 |
| Violent offenses | 25.4% | 26.5% | 17.1% | 21.8% | 26.9% | 27.1% |
| Property offenses | 24.4 | 23.3 | 32.4 | 28.1 | 24.0 | 17.5 |
| Drug offenses | 24.7 | 24.1 | 29.2 | 18.5 | 30.6 | 27.5 |
| Public-order offenses | 24.9 | 25.5 | 20.8 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 27.5 |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | n.a. |
| All offenses | 100.0 | 88.4 | 11.6 | 36.0 | 40.1 | 18.5 |
NOTE: Excludes inmates whose offense was unknown. Racial statistics exclude 0.3% who did not specify a race.
1. Non-Hispanic.
Source: Profile of Jail Inmates, 2002, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
| Percent of State and Federal Inmates, by Race | Incarceration and Capital Punishment | Selected Characteristics of State and Federal Prison Inmates, 1997 |
Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
