Table 1
Number of Young Adults in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, 1999-2005
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Age 18-19  
   
Total1 82,300 85,200 88,300 83,000 76,500 77,700 78,541
   
Male1 78,600 81,300 84,200 78,800 72,200 73,200 73,891
   
Non-Hispanic white 24,400 26,200 27,400 23,100 23,500 24,300 24,141
Non-Hispanic black 35,300 36,700 37,800 35,800 32,600 33,000 32,139
Hispanic 16,000 15,600 15,700 16,100 13,300 13,600 14,428
   
Female1 3,700 3,900 4,100 4,200 4,300 4,500 4,651
   
Non-Hispanic white 1,700 1,900 2,000 1,800 1,700 1,800 1,916
Non-Hispanic black 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,515
Hispanic 500 500 500 900 1,000 1,000 1,072
Age 20-24  
   
Total1 317,400 329,700 347,900 363,000 371,600 378,900 385,237
   
Male1 298,600 310,100 326,900 340,900 346,200 352,000 356,977
   
Non-Hispanic white 91,400 99,500 104,700 97,000 102,700 107,300 106,956
Non-Hispanic black 136,200 142,800 151,400 159,700 161,300 161,900 154,476
Hispanic 62,000 60,000 61,900 73,200 73,800 74,500 80,171
   
Female1 18,800 19,600 21,000 22,100 25,400 26,900 28,261
   
Non-Hispanic white 7,200 8,300 9,100 9,600 11,000 12,000 13,018
Non-Hispanic black 7,200 7,400 7,700 7,500 8,900 9,100 8,907
Hispanic 3,900 3,500 3,800 4,500 4,900 5,200 5,388
Age 25-29  
   
Total1 345,500 359,900 372,100 367,600 358,300 366,700 379,450
   
Male1 316,800 329,900 340,000 340,800 332,300 339,600 350,522
   
Non-Hispanic white 96,000 104,900 110,000 97,800 93,000 97,700 99,467
Non-Hispanic black 152,200 160,200 163,600 161,600 154,000 155,600 150,401
Hispanic 59,600 58,400 59,200 72,000 78,400 78,700 85,899
   
Female1 28,700 30,000 31,300 26,800 26,000 27,100 28,928
   
Non-Hispanic white 9,600 11,200 12,000 10,200 10,900 11,700 12,745
Non-Hispanic black 13,200 13,500 13,700 10,500 9,800 9,900 9,666
Hispanic 4,700 4,000 4,100 4,700 4,700 4,700 5,073
1Includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.  
Data for 1999: Beck, Allen J. (2000). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1999. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 1999.  Table 12.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin.  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim99.htm.  Data for 2000: Beck, Allen J. and Karberg, Jennifer C. (2001). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2000. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2000.  Table 12.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin (2001).  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim00.htm.  Data for 2001: Beck, Allen J., Karberg, Jennifer C. and Paige M. Harrison. (2002). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2001. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2001.  Table 14.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin.  
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim01.htm.  Data for 2002: Beck, Allen J. and Karberg, Jennifer C. (2003). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2002. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2002.  Table 13.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin.  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim02.htm.  Data for 2003: Beck, Allen J. and Karberg, Jennifer C. (2004). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails per 100,000 Residents, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2003.  Table 14.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin. 
Data for 2004: Harrison, Pailge M.and Beck, Allen J. (2005). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails per 100,000 Residents, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2004.  Table 13.  United States Department 
of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim04.pdf.  Data for 2005 provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.