, Hispanic origin, and age, 2001+

Number of adults ever incarcerated in a State or Federal prison,
by age--

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 or
older

Gender
Male 385,000 1,157,000 1,460,000 1,014,000 492,000 529,000
Female 24,000 129,000 205,000 118,000 47,000 59,000

Race/Hispanic origin
White* 112,000 391,000 628,000 497,000 271,000 304,000
Male 104,000 351,000 555,000 452,000 248,000 269,000
Female 8,000 41,000 73,000 45,000 23,000 35,000

Black* 181,000 567,000 681,000 406,000 162,000 169,000
Male 172,000 509,000 597,000 361,000 146,000 151,000
Female 9,000 58,000 84,000 45,000 16,000 18,000

Hispanic 99,000 295,000 309,000 181,000 69,000 46,000
Male 93,000 271,000 279,000 165,000 63,000 41,000
Female 6,000 24,000 3,0000 16,000 6,000 5,000

Note: Estimates were rounded to the nearest 1,000. See _Methodology_
for estimation procedures."

*Excludes persons of Hispanic origin.

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+Regardless of gender, race or Hispanic origin, prevalence rates
highest among persons age 35 to 44+

Although there was wide variation by race, Hispanic origin, and gender,
within each subgroup, persons ages 35 to 44 had the highest percents
ever incarcerated in 2001. Among men, the percent ever incarcerated
rose for each age group to a peak of 6.5% of those ages 35 to 44 and
then declined to 3.1% of those age 65 or older (table 7).

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+Table 7. Percent of adult population ever incarcerated in a State or
Federal prison, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, ang age, 2001+

Percent of adult population ever incarcerated in a State
or Federal prison, by age--"

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 or older

Gender
Male 2.7% 6.0% 6.5% 5.3% 4.0% 3.1%
Female 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.