This statistic shows the incarceration rate among female residents in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by the administrative level of the prison. In 2019, the incarceration rate in federal prisons in the United States was 9.6 women for every 100,000 resident women - a sharp increase from a rate of 1.1 in 1982.
Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution
(per 100,000 population)
Rates are based on mid-year data collection.
Values up to from 2017 onwards have been calculated by Statista using the women's mass incarceration estimates available here, and Census Bureau population estimates available here.
Values up to 2015 are available here.
No values are available for 2016.
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Prison Policy Initiative, & US Census Bureau. (October 29, 2019). Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative, und US Census Bureau. "Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population)." Chart. October 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative, US Census Bureau. (2019). Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative, and US Census Bureau. "Incarceration Rates among Women in The United States from 1982 to 2019, by Level of Institution (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative & US Census Bureau, Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population) [Graph], Prison Policy Initiative, & US Census Bureau, October 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
