How many people are in jail in the United States in 2022?
How many people are in jails in the United States? The latest data provided by the BJS (Bureau of Justice Statistics) listed a total of 1,691,600 people in jail across all prisons in the United States. If you include the community supervision population, the correction population in the United States is 5.5 million as of 2020. Data for 2022 is not yet available and this is the most recent data provided by the BJS.
| Year | Total correct | CSP* | Incarcerated population |
| 2010 | 7,089,000 | 4,888,500 | 2,279,100 |
| 2011 | 6,994,500 | 4,818,300 | 2,252,500 |
| 2012 | 6,949,800 | 4,790,700 | 2,231,300 |
| 2013 | 6,899,700 | 4,749,800 | 2,222,500 |
| 2014 | 6,856,900 | 4,713,200 | 2,225,100 |
| 2015 | 6,740,300 | 4,650,900 | 2,172,800 |
| 2016 | 6,616,200 | 4,537,100 | 2,165,100 |
| 2017 | 6,549,700 | 4,508,900 | 2,153,600 |
| 2018 | 6,409,200 | 4,399,000 | 2,122,300 |
| 2019 | 6,343,300 | 4,357,700 | 2,086,000 |
| 2020 | 5,500,600 | 3,890,400 | 1,691,600 |