STATE AND FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION (U.S.) 1960-1994 (Source: US Dept of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics) YEAR STATE POPULA FED POPULA TOTAL US PRISON POP ================================================================== 1960 189,735 23,218 212,953 1961 196,453 23,696 220,149 1962 194,886 23,944 218,830 1963 194,155 23,128 217,283 1964 192,627 21,709 214,336 1965 189,855 21,040 210,895 1966 180,409 19,245 199,654 1967 175,317 19,579 194,896 1968 168,211 19,703 187,914 1969 176,384 19,623 196,007 1970 176,391 20,038 196,429 1971 177,113 20,948 198,061 1972 174,379 21,713 196,092 1973 181,396 22,815 204,211 1974 196,105 22,361 218,466 1975 216,462 24,131 240,593 1976 235,853 29,117 264,970 1977 267,936 32,088 300,024 1978 277,473 29,803 307,276 1979 287,635 26,371 314,006 1980 305,458 24,363 329,821 1981 333,251 28,133 361,384 1982 376,289 29,673 405,962 1983 405,322 31,926 437,248 1984 429,603 34,263 463,866 1985 463,092 40,223 503,315 1986 484,615 44,330 528,945 1987 522,866 47,653 570,519 1988 577,672 49,928 627,600 1989 653,392 59,171 712,563 1990 708,393 65,526 773,519 1991 753,951 71,608 825,529 1992 803,397 80,259 883,656 1993 880,857 89,587 970,174 1994 958,704 95,034 1,053,738 1995 1,026,043 100,250 1,126,293 1996 1,076,625 105,544 1,182,169 ------ Source: US Department of Justice. Figures may differ from some DoJ sources because of DoJ periodic adjustments. Compiled by: Jim Thomas - jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu