Table 2
Percent 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  
   
Male1 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7
   
White, non-Hispanic  0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Black, non-Hispanic 5.8 6.0 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.3
Hispanic 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1
   
Female1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
   
White, non-Hispanic 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
Black, non-Hispanic 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Hispanic 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Age 20-24  
   
Male1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3
   
White, non-Hispanic  1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6
Black, non-Hispanic 10.4 10.6 11.2 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.5
Hispanic 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.9
   
Female1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
   
White, non-Hispanic 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Black, non-Hispanic 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Hispanic 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Age 25-29  
   
Male1 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5
   
White, non-Hispanic 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7
Black, non-Hispanic 12.3 13.1 13.4 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.0
Hispanic 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.9
   
Female1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
   
White, non-Hispanic 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Black, non-Hispanic 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Hispanic 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
               
               
               
               
1Includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.                                                                                                                                                       Note: Estimates for 1999-2001 based on the U.S. resident population for July 1st of respective year and adjusted for the 1990 census undercount.  Estimates for 2002 based on latest available estimates of the U.S. resident population for July 1, 2002, from the 2002 census (by gender, race and Hispanic origin) and the 1990 census, adjusted for undercount (by age).  Estimates for 2002 based on the U.S. resident population for July 1, 2003, from intercensal estimates for July 1, 2002 (by gender, race and Hispanic origin), and adjusted to the July 1, 2003, estimates by gender.  
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 per 100,000 Residents, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 1999.  Table 13.  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 per 100,000 Residents, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2000.  Table 13.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin. 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 per 100,000 Residents, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2001.  Table 15.  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 per 100,000 Residents, By Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2002.  Table 14.  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. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim03.htm.  Data for 2004: Harrison, Paige M. and Beck, Allen J.  (2004). 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 14.  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: Harrison, Paige M. and Beck, Allen J. (2005). Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005. Number of Inmates in State or Federal Prison and Local Jails per 100,000 Residents, By Gender,Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age, June 30, 2005. Table 13.  United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.  Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim05.pdf