Jail population rate
People held in this county's own jails, per 100,000 residents aged 15 to 64. The middle county is 416. It counts everyone in the jail, including people held for other counties, for US Marshals and for immigration enforcement. So a small county with a large regional jail can be in the tens of thousands: Issaquena County, Mississippi is 26,667. Read it as what happens inside the county, not as what its own residents do.
Reported for2,902areas, in 45 states — none in AK, CT, DE, HI, PR, RI, VT
Link to density0.06not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.25Moran’s I: only weakly, little map pattern
Typerateper 100,000 aged 15-64
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
Nothing to draw here: this measure has no state figures. Its publisher reports it for counties. This site does not add county numbers up into state figures, since a home-made figure could clash with one an agency publishes itself. The chart above covers the whole country, year by year.
Where it comes from
· Vera Incarceration Trends total_jail_pop_rate
People held in this county's jails on an average day. Most of them are waiting for trial, not serving a sentence after being found guilty. Rates are per 100,000 residents aged 15 to 64, not per 100,000 people. Time period: from the jail series the Bureau of Justice Statistics collected until 2019, which is also the last year Vera publishes county prison data.
Combining areas: an average weighted by total population.
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Jail population rate and Share White, not HispanicWhere Jail population rate is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | -0.12 | -0.12 |
| Jail population rate and Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | +0.20 | +0.16 |
| Jail population rate and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | +0.04 | +0.05 |
| Jail population rate and Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | -0.11 | +0.02 |
| Jail population rate and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | +0.04 | -0.01 |
Highest and lowest
Of 2,902 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Issaquena County, MS — 26,667
- East Carroll Parish, LA — 24,660
- Tensas Parish, LA — 23,055
- Tallahatchie County, MS — 21,934
- Brooks County, TX — 19,563
Lowest
The middle area reports 416. The middle half of counties falls between 260 and 638 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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