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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 33. Adult Drug Offenders in Custody of State or Federal Prisons, 1989–2001
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All
Offenders
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Prisoners
who are drug offenders (%)
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Estimated
number of drug offenders
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Year
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State
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Federal
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Total State and Federal
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Federal
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State
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1989 |
629,995
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53,387
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683,382
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49.9
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19.1
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120,100
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25,300
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1990 |
684,544
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58,838
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743,382
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53.5
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21.7
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148,600
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30,470
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1991 |
728,605
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63,930
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792,535
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55.9
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21.3
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155,200
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36,782
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1992 |
778,495
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72,071
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850,566
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58.9
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21.6
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168,100
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42,879
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1993 |
828,566
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80,815
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909,381
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59.2
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21.4
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177,000
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48,997
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1994 |
904,647
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85,500
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990,147
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60.5
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21.4
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193,500
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49,507
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1995 |
989,004
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89,538
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1,078,542
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59.9
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21.5
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212,800
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51,737
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1996 |
1,032,440
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95,088
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1,127,528
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60.2
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21.0
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216,900
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55,194
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1997 |
1,074,809
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101,755
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1,176,564
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60.0
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20.7
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221,900
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58,610
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1998 |
1,113,672
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110,793
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1,224,555
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58.7
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20.7
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231,000
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63,011
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19993
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1,156,293
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125,682
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1,281,975
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61.0
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21.1
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244,100
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68,360
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2000 |
1,176,269
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133,921
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1,310,190
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57.3
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20.8
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244,800
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73,389
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2001 |
1,181,128
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143,337
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1,324,465
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Data not available.
1The number
of inmates by offense was estimated and rounded to the nearest
100.
2All
data are for sentenced inmates, regardless of sentence length.
All data is from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Federal
Justice Database. Data for 1990 through 1995 is for December
31; data for 1996 through 2000 is for September 30.
3In
1999, 15 States expanded their reporting criteria to include
inmates held in privately operated facilities. Comparable
number in 1999 are 1,135,194 for State prisons and 121,854
for Federal prisons (for a total of 1,257,048).
Sources:
Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, Prisoners in 2001
(August 2002); Prisoners in 2000 (August 2001);
Prisoners in 1999 (August 2000); Prisoners in 1998
(August 1999); and Prisoners in 1997 (August 1998).
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996
and 1997.
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Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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