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2010
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Prisoners in 2009
The BJS released its advanced counts of the numbers of prisoners in the U.S. at the end of 2009. At yearend 2009, state and federal correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,613,656 prisoners, an increase of 0.2% (3,897 prisoners) from year end 2008. This was the smallest annual increase in the current decade and continued the trend of slower growth observed in the prison population since 2006.
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction, December 31, 2000 and 2008, with advanced counts for 2009.
| Number of prisoners | Average annual, 2000-2008 | |||
| Region and jurisdiction | 12/31/2000 | 12/31/2008 | 12/31/2009 | |
| U.S. total | 1,391,261 | 1,609,759 | 1613,656 | 1.8% |
| Federal | 145,416 | 201,280 | 208,118 | 4.1 |
| State | 1,245,845 | 1,408,479 | 1,405,538 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 45,281 | 45,474 | 45,161 | 0.1% |
For the entire report, see Prisoners at Yearend 2009 — Advance Counts
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