New data visualizations and updated tables show the national landscape of persistent racial disparity in state prisons and local jails. Second, we’ve updated over 100 of the key graphics on our state profiles pages showing prison and jail incarceration rates by race and ethnicity, and how the racial composition of each state’s prisons and jails compare to the total state population. These geographic patterns highlight how local and regional criminal justice policies interact with demographic and economic factors to produce varying degrees of racial disparity in incarceration rates across different parts of the united states.
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Inmate race statistics are updated weekly
Last updated on saturday, 16 august 2025
Racial disparities in incarceration cause disproportionate economic, health, and social harms to communities of color Use the charts below to compare incarceration rates for each racial group. As of 2022, black people were more likely than those of other races to be imprisoned in the united states. over the past decade, the adult imprisonment rate declined 35% for hispanic persons
30% for asian, native hawaiian, or other pacific islander persons And 10% for american indian or alaska native persons. The rate of incarceration in 2022 for hispanic persons (800 per 100,000) decreased compared to 2021, while the rates of incarceration for black persons (1,900 per 100,000) and white persons (420 per 100,000) increased. Recent analyses converge on a clear pattern
Black americans—especially black men and youth—remain substantially overrepresented in u.s
