Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 337):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 64 rows and 9 columns.

For years ending December 31. Minus sign (-) indicates decrease

Footnotes

1. U.S. total includes Federal prisoners not distributed by state.
   This total includes all immates held in public and private adult correctional facilities.
2. Includes both jail and prison inmates (state has combined jail and prison system).
3. Numbers are for custody rather than jurisdiction counts.
4. The transfer of responsibility for sentenced felons from the District of Columbia
   to the federal system was completed by the year end 2001.
5. The District of Columbia inmates sentenced to more than 1 year are now under
   the responsibility of the Bureau of Prisons.