Data Source: The Bureau of Justice Statistics' Jail Inmates report series & Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool - Prisoners (adult facilities); its Jails in Indian Country series (facilities on tribal lands); and the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement & Juvenile Residential Facility Census Databook (residential placement). (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/youth2025.html.

Prison data for 2024 were not available as of publication, and residential placement estimates for 2005 and 2009 were imputed.