Jail Inmates in 2022 – Statistical Tables

• NCJ Number: 307086
• Author(s): Zhen Zeng, PhD, BJS Statistician
• Date Published: December 2023
• Publication Series: Jail Inmates, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear
• Publication Type: Publication

Description

This report is the 36th in a series that began in 1982. It describes the number of persons held in local jails, jail incarceration rates, inmate demographics, conviction status and most serious offense, number of admissions to jail, jail capacity, inmate turnover rates, and staff employed in local jails.

Highlights

• At midyear 2022, local jails held 663,100 persons in custody, 4% more than the year before.
• Local jails held 92,900 females at midyear 2022, accounting for 14% of the jail inmate population. From 2021 to 2022, the number of females in jail increased 9%, while the number of males increased 3%.
• From 2012 to 2022, the number of persons age 17 or younger in jail decreased from 5,400 to 1,900, averaging a 10% decline per year.
• The racial and ethnic composition of the jail population remained stable from 2021 to 2022. At midyear 2022, about 48% of all persons held in jail were white, 35% were black, and 14% were Hispanic. American Indian or Alaska Native persons, Asian persons, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander persons, and persons of two or more races together accounted for 3% of the total jail population.