Black men are still imprisoned at a higher rate, but there has been a significant decline
Imprisonment rates for men by race and ethnicity, 2000 and 2021
Grouped bar chart showing Black non-Latino men have seen a large decline in imprisonment rates between 2000 and 2021 (3,457 per 100,000 compared with 1,807 per 100,000). In both 2000 and 2021 Black men were imprisoned at the highest rate compared with White non-Latino men, Latinos and all men.
