In the fiscal year of 2018, 42,686 U.S. citizens were prosecuted in United States district courts. This compares with 41,176 non-U.S. citizens. Since the fiscal year of 1998, the number of non-U.S. citizens prosecuted has steadily increased relative to prosecutions of U.S. citizens. Prosecutions of both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens peaked in FY 2012.
Number of persons prosecuted in the United States district courts from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018, by citizenship status
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (November 30, 2021). Number of persons prosecuted in the United States district courts from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018, by citizenship status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306321/us-district-court-prosecutions-citizenship-status/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of persons prosecuted in the United States district courts from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018, by citizenship status." Chart. November 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306321/us-district-court-prosecutions-citizenship-status/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of persons prosecuted in the United States district courts from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018, by citizenship status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306321/us-district-court-prosecutions-citizenship-status/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of Persons Prosecuted in The United States District Courts from The Fiscal Year of 1998 to 2018, by Citizenship Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306321/us-district-court-prosecutions-citizenship-status/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Number of persons prosecuted in the United States district courts from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018, by citizenship status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306321/us-district-court-prosecutions-citizenship-status/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of persons prosecuted in the United States district courts from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018, by citizenship status [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 30, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306321/us-district-court-prosecutions-citizenship-status/