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State Prison Admission Trends 1925-1982
Pamela E. Oliver
July 11, 2011
These graphs are calculated from National Prison Statistics data compiled by Patrick A. Langan for his 1991 report "Race of Prisoners Admitted to State and Federal Institutions, 1926-86," United States Department of Justice. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics and distributed through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. I have corrected some obvious errors in these data which could be identified from numbers that were orders of magnitude wrong and have interpolated where data from adjacent years made interpolation reasonable.
In this era, disparity ratios exceeding 100 arise from very small Black populations for which the rates are highly unstable.
01
23
4di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Alabama prison admission rates and disparity
12
34
5di
spar
ity
010
020
030
040
050
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Arkansas prison admission rates and disparity
45
67
89
disp
arity
010
020
030
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
California prison admission rates and disparity
020
disp
arity
050
010
0015
0020
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Colorado prison admission rates and disparity
46
810
12di
spar
ity
020
040
060
080
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Connecticut prison admission rates and disparity
05
1015
disp
arity
050
010
0015
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Delaware prison admission rates and disparity
2.5
33.
54
4.5
5di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Florida prison admission rates and disparity
01
23
4di
spar
ity
010
020
030
040
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Georgia prison admission rates and disparity
020
040
060
080
0di
spar
ity
010
000
2000
030
000
4000
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Idaho prison admission rates and disparity
45
67
89
disp
arity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Illinois prison admission rates and disparity
46
810
disp
arity
010
020
030
040
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Indiana prison admission rates and disparity
020
4060
disp
arity
010
0020
0030
0040
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Iowa prison admission rates and disparity
46
810
1214
disp
arity
050
010
0015
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Kansas prison admission rates and disparity
34
56
7di
spar
ity
010
020
030
040
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Kentucky prison admission rates and disparity
12
34
5di
spar
ity
050
100
150
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Louisiana prison admission rates and disparity
24
68
10di
spar
ity
020
040
060
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Maryland prison admission rates and disparity
510
1520
25di
spar
ity
010
020
030
040
050
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Massachusetts prison admission rates and disparity
56
78
910
disp
arity
010
020
030
040
050
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Michigan prison admission rates and disparity
020
4060
disp
arity
050
010
0015
0020
0025
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Minnesota prison admission rates and disparity
01
23
4di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Mississippi prison admission rates and disparity
45
67
disp
arity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Missouri prison admission rates and disparity
050
100
150
200
250
disp
arity
010
000
2000
030
000
4000
050
000
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Montana prison admission rates and disparity
510
1520
25di
spar
ity
010
0020
0030
0040
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Nebraska prison admission rates and disparity
24
68
1012
disp
arity
050
010
0015
0020
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Nevada prison admission rates and disparity
050
010
0015
0020
00di
spar
ity
010
000
2000
030
000
4000
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
NewHampshire prison admission rates and disparity
56
78
910
disp
arity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
NewJersey prison admission rates and disparity
010
2030
disp
arity
020
0040
0060
0080
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
NewMexico prison admission rates and disparity
68
1012
14di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
NewYork prison admission rates and disparity
11.
52
2.5
33.
5di
spar
ity
010
020
030
040
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
NorthCarolina prison admission rates and disparity
67
89
1011
disp
arity
010
020
030
040
050
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Ohio prison admission rates and disparity
46
810
disp
arity
020
040
060
080
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Oklahoma prison admission rates and disparity
020
4060
disp
arity
010
0020
0030
0040
0050
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Oregon prison admission rates and disparity
46
810
12di
spar
ity
010
020
030
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Pennsylvania prison admission rates and disparity
05
1015
2025
disp
arity
020
040
060
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
RhodeIsland prison admission rates and disparity
.51
1.5
22.
5di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
SouthCarolina prison admission rates and disparity
020
040
060
080
0di
spar
ity
010
000
2000
030
000
4000
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
SouthDakota prison admission rates and disparity
12
34
5di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
250
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Tennessee prison admission rates and disparity
23
45
disp
arity
010
020
030
040
050
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Texas prison admission rates and disparity
050
100
150
disp
arity
020
0040
0060
0080
0010
000
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Utah prison admission rates and disparity
010
020
030
040
0di
spar
ity
050
000
1000
0015
0000
2000
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Vermont prison admission rates and disparity
34
56
7di
spar
ity
050
100
150
200
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Virginia prison admission rates and disparity
510
1520
2530
disp
arity
050
010
0015
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Washington prison admission rates and disparity
05
1015
20di
spar
ity
050
010
0015
00ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
WestVirginia prison admission rates and disparity
510
1520
disp
arity
010
020
030
040
050
0ra
te p
er
100
,00
0
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Wisconsin prison admission rates and disparity
050
100
disp
arity
020
000
4000
060
000
rate
pe
r 10
0,0
00
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985Year
White Black Disparity
Calculated by Pamela E. Oliver from National Prison Statistics
Wyoming prison admission rates and disparity