Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities per 100,000 U.S. residents, 1978-2013

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The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world and the highest per-capita incarceration rate. There were 655 people incarcerated per 100 thousand population. This is the United States incarceration rate for adults or people tried as adults.