66,000 4.5 6.2 8.9
Hispanic 102,000 422,000 997,000 1.3 2.7 4.3

U.S. adult resident population

1974 1991 2001

Total 145,356,000 187,982,751 210,207,901

Male 69,217,000 90,362,099 101,492,258
White 57,704,209 69,718,665 74,217,435
Black 6,593,640 9,465,170 11,287,707
Hispanic 3,923,600 8,022,134 11,452,968

Female 76,133,000 97,620,652 108,715,643
White 63,173,779 75,415,364 78,956,773
Black 7,813,782 11,222,468 13,178,900
Hispanic 4,074,628 7,655,854 11,496,534

White 120,878,496 145,134,029 153,174,207
Black 14,406,407 20,687,638 24,466,606
Hispanic 7,998,062 15,677,988 22,949,502

Note: Because of estimation and other rounding procedures, some
detail may not add to totals and may not match precisely totals
in other tables.

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* The rate of ever having gone to prison among adult black
males(16.6%) was over twice as high as among adult Hispanic males
(7.7%) and over 6 times as high as among adult white males (2.6%).

* U.S. residents ages 35 to 39 in 2001 were more likely to have gone
to prison (3.8%) than any other age group, up from 2.3% in 1991.

* An estimated 22% of black males ages 35 to 44 in 2001 had ever been
confined in State or Federal prison, compared to 10.0% of Hispanic
males and 3.5% of white males in the same age group.

+If incarceration rates remain unchanged, 6.6% of U.S. residents born
in 2001 will go to prison at some time during their lifetime+

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+If incarceration rates remain unchanged, 6.6% of U.S. residents born
in 2001 will go to prison at some time during their lifetime+

Percent ever going to prison during lifetime,
born in--
1974 1991 2001
Total 1.9% 5.2% 6.6%

Male 3.6 9.1 11.3
White 2.2 4.4 5.9
Black 13.4 29.4 32.2
Hispanic 4.0 16.3 17.2

Female 0.3% 1.1% 1.8%
White