As of December 2020, about 226,800 prisoners who were sentenced through state jurisdictions in the United States were of Hispanic origin. A further 345,500 sentenced state prisoners were Black in that year.
Number of sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 20, 2022). Number of sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252850/number-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2022). Number of sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252850/number-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
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Number of sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252850/number-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
