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Demographic trends in correctional
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Percent of adults under correctional supervision by
race, 1986-97
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Percent of U.S. population in
racial group under correctional supervision |
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| Year |
White |
Black |
Other |
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| 1986 |
1.4% |
5.7% |
0.6% |
| 1987 |
1.4% |
6.2% |
0.6% |
| 1988 |
1.5% |
6.6% |
0.7% |
| 1989 |
1.6% |
7.3% |
0.7% |
| 1990 |
1.7% |
7.6% |
0.7% |
| 1991 |
1.7% |
8.0% |
0.7% |
| 1992 |
1.8% |
8.5% |
0.7% |
| 1993 |
1.8% |
9.0% |
0.8% |
| 1994 |
1.9% |
8.9% |
0.8% |
| 1995 |
2.0% |
8.8% |
1.1% |
| 1996 |
2.0% |
8.9% |
1.2% |
| 1997 |
2.0% |
9.0% |
1.3% |
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| Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional
Surveys (The National Probation Data Survey, National Prisoner
Statistics, Survey of Jails, and The National Parole Data Survey) as
presented in Correctional Populations in the United States, 1997.
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