While the Black imprisonment rate has decreased, Black people are still five times as likely as white people to be imprisoned: Imprisonment rates per 100,000 U.S. residents by race and ethnicity, 2009–2019
| Year | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 245 | 1544 | 694 |
| 2010 | 245 | 1500 | 672 |
| 2011 | 240 | 1447 | 660 |
| 2012 | 236 | 1383 | 636 |
| 2013 | 236 | 1354 | 626 |
| 2014 | 233 | 1305 | 605 |
| 2015 | 228 | 1247 | 586 |
| 2016 | 223 | 1206 | 585 |
| 2017 | 221 | 1169 | 569 |
| 2018 | 218 | 1134 | 549 |
| 2019 | 214 | 1096 | 525 |
Note: Race and ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).
Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Justice Statistics Federal Justice Statistics, 2019, Table 6.
Economic Policy Institute analysis of U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Table 6. Imprisonment Rates of U.S. Adults, Based on Sentenced Prisoners under the Jurisdiction of State or Federal Correctional Authorities, By Jurisdiction, Sex, Race or Ethnicity, 2009–2019” (downloadable data table) from Federal Justice Statistics, 2019, October 2021.