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Old Behind Bars
January 27, 2012

Appendix: Additional Tables

Table A.1: Gender and Age of State Prisoners, December 31, 2009

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<55

Percent <55

≥55

Percent ≥55

Total

Percent of total

Percent ≥55 in gender group

Male

816,997

92.9%

65,672

95.5%

882,669

93.1%

7.4%

Female

62,756

7.1%

3,092

4.5%

65,848

4.5%

4.7%

Total

879,753

100%

68,764

100%

948,517

100%

7.2%

Source: National Corrections Reporting Program

Note: Based on 24 states reporting prison populations for year-end 2009.

   

Table A.2: Race and Age of State Prisoners, December 31, 2009

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<55

Percent <55

≥55

Percent ≥55

Total

Percent of total

Percent ≥55 in racial group

White

324,368

39.9%

34,750

53.7%

359,118

40.9%

9.7%

Black

391.705

48.2%

25,333

39.1%

417,038

47.5%

6.1%

Other

96,812

11.9%

4,640

7.2%

101,461

11.6%

4.6%

Total

812,894

100%

64,723

100%

877,617

100%

7.4%

Source: National Corrections Reporting Program

Note: Based on 24 states reporting year-end prison populations for 2009. Hispanics are included among the racial categories.

   

Table A.3: State Prisoners by Age, 2009

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<55

≥55

≥60

≥65

≥70

≥75

Alaska

92.9%

7.1%

3.2%

1.7%

0.5%

0.2%

Arkansas

93.3%

6.7%

3.0%

1.2%

0.5%

0.3%

California

92.5%

7.5%

3.4%

1.5%

0.6%

0.2%

Colorado

93.4%

6.6%

3.2%

1.3%

0.5%

0.2%

Connecticut

95.8%

4.2%

1.8%

0.8%

0.3%

0.1%

Florida

92.2%

7.8%

3.7%

1.6%

0.7%

0.3%

Georgia

92.6%

7.4%

3.6%

1.8%

1.1%

0.7%

Iowa

93.0%

7.0%

3.4%

1.6%

0.7%

0.3%

Louisiana

92.7%

7.3%

3.1%

1.4%

0.5%

0.2%

Maryland

93.9%

6.1%

2.8%

1.1%

0.4%

0.2%

Minnesota

94.3%

5.7%

2.5%

1.1%

0.5%

0.2%

Missouri

93.5%

6.5%

2.9%

1.3%

0.5%

0.2%

New York

93.2%

6.8%

3.2%

1.4%

0.6%

0.2%

North Carolina

93.8%

6.2%

2.8%

1.1%

0.4%

0.1%

North Dakota

95.0%

5.0%

2.1%

0.9%

0.3%

0.2%

Oklahoma

92.6%

7.4%

3.5%

1.5%

0.5%

0.1%

Oregon

90.1%

9.9%

5.2%

2.8%

1.2%

0.5%

Pennsylvania

92.1%

7.9%

3.8%

1.6%

0.6%

0.2%

Rhode Island

92.6%

7.4%

3.5%

1.6%

0.8%

0.3%

South Carolina

94.0%

6.0%

2.7%

1.0%

0.3%

0.1%

Tennessee

93.4%

6.6%

2.9%

1.2%

0.4%

0.2%

Texas

92.2%

7.8%

3.5%

1.5%

0.5%

0.2%

Virginia

93.0%

7.0%

3.1%

1.3%

0.5%

0.2%

Washington

92.9%

7.1%

3.7%

1.7%

0.7%

0.3%

Total

92.8%

7.2%

3.4%

1.5%

0.6%

0.2%

Source: National Corrections Reporting Program

Note: Data is based on prisoners at year-end.

   

Table A.4:  Number of State Prisoners by Age, 2009

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< 55

≥ 55

Total

Percent ≥ 55

in State

Alaska

3,402

260

3,662

7.1%

Arkansas

15,420

1,110

16,530

6.7%

California

157,511

12,797

170,308

7.5%

Colorado

19,956

1,402

21,358

6.6%

Connecticut

17,298

754

18,052

4.2%

Florida

93,526

7,911

101,437

7.8%

Georgia

50,731

4,082

54,813

7.4%

Iowa

7,822

586

8,408

7.0%

Louisiana

36,193

2,851

39,044

7.3%

Maryland

20,671

1,346

22,017

6.1%

Minnesota

8,503

513

9,016

5.7%

Missouri

28,511

1,996

30,507

6.5%

New York

53,935

3,925

57,860

6.8%

North Carolina

37,278

2,450

39,728

6.2%

North Dakota

1,429

75

1,504

5.0%

Oklahoma

23,606

1,875

25,481

7.4%

Oregon

13,157

1,448

14,605

9.9%

Pennsylvania

47,409

4,084

51,493

7.9%

Rhode Island

1,974

157

2,131

7.4%

South Carolina

22,624

1,446

24,070

6.0%

Tennessee

25,665

1,808

27,473

6.6%

Texas

145,225

12,255

157,480

7.8%

Virginia

33,055

2,505

35,560

7.0%

Washington

14,854

1,128

15,982

7.1%

Total

879,755

68,764

948,519

7.2%

Source: National Corrections Reporting Program

Note: Reflects population at year-end 2009.

   

Table A. 5: New Admissions to State Prison by Age and Sentence, 2009

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Age < 55

Age ≥ 55

Total

Less than 12 months

62,487

21.2%

2,204

20.1%

64,691

21.1%

12-60 months

165,408

56.0%

5,882

53.8%

171,290

56.0%

61-120 months

41,853

14.2%

1,546

14.1%

43,399

14.2%

121-240 months

16,296

5.5%

772

7.1%

17,068

5.6%

> 240 months

5,848

2.0%

326

3.0%

6,174

2.0%

Life without parole

290

0.1%

18

0.2%

308

0.1%

Life plus additional years

44

0.0%

5

0.0%

49

0.0%

Life

2,933

1.0%

181

1.7%

3,114

1.0%

Death

39

0.0%

5

0.0%

44

0.0%

Total

295,198

100.0%

10,939

100.0%

306,137

100.0%

Source: National Corrections Reporting Program

Note: Based on 30 states reporting prison admissions data for 2009. Data based on admissions with new sentences and do not include returns to prison for technical parole violations. Table does not include 1,554 persons whose age at admission is unknown.

   

Figure A.1: Proportion of Sentence Served in State Prison for Violent Offenses, 1993-2009

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, annual tables from National Corrections Reporting Program Series, 1993-2009

   

Table A.6: Types of Admissions to State Prison in 2009 by Age

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< 55

≥ 55

Age Unknown

Total

New court commitment

312,124

11,564

2,446

326,134

95.7%

3.5%

0.7%

100%

Parole revocation—new sentence

8,134

305

19

8,458

96.2%

3.6%

0.2%

100%

Mandatory parole release—new sentence

20,065

671

18

20,754

96.7%

3.2%

0.1%

100%

Probation revocation—new sentence

4,806

134

1

4,941

97.3%

2.7%

0.0%

100%

Other (e.g. return on technical parole violation)

160,626

6,452

258

167,336

96.0%

3.9%

0.2%

100%

Total

505,755

19,126

2,742

527,623

95.9%

3.6%

0.5%

100%

Source: National Corrections Reporting Program

Note: Based on 30 states reporting prison admissions data for 2009.

   

Table A.7: Admissions to Federal Prison by Age, 2000-2009

Age at Admission

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

< 21 years

3,190

3,247

2,885

2,796

2,639

2,474

2,589

2,342

2,396

2,333

21-30 years

25,515

26,553

26,106

27,837

28,542

29,510

29,545

26,461

26,495

26,754

31-40 years

20,609

20,823

21,850

23,542

24,519

26,082

26,058

24,043

23,991

25,393

41-50 years

10,806

11,081

11,777

12,779

13,275

14,299

14,633

13,077

12,570

13,388

51-60 years

3,784

3,920

4,115

4,505

4,561

4,784

4,954

4,634

4,815

4,980

61-70 years

880

884

992

1,038

1,106

1,108

1,257

1,209

1,211

1,308

71-80 years

100

116

124

155

167

146

172

144

158

158

> 80 years

5

7

8

9

8

9

13

8

11

15

Unknown

29

23

20

14

34

29

26

15

16

7

Total

64,918

66,654

67,877

72,675

74,851

78,441

79,247

71,933

71,663

74,336

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Federal Justice Statistics Program

Note: Includes only commitments to federal prison for violations of federal criminal law as of year-end; commitments from the District of Columbia Superior Court are excluded.