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Number of prisoners in the United States from 2005 to 2016, by gender

Number of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities from 2005 to 2016, by gender

The data displays the number of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities from 2005 to 2016, by gender. There were about 111,422 female prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities in the United States as of December 2016.

2005	1418392	107518
2006	1456366	112308
2007	1482524	114311
2008	1493670	114612
2009	1502002	113485
2010	1500936	112867
2011	1487561	111407
2012	1461625	108772
2013	1465592	111358
2014	1449291	113028
2015	1415112	111491
2016	1393975	111422

Number of prisoners in the United States from 2005 to 2016, by gender

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