Grouped bar chart showing drops in imprisonment rates for Black, White and Latinx between 2000 and 2021. In the year 2021, the imprisonment rates are as follows: 901 for Black, 763 for Native American, 434 for Latino, 181 for White and 72 for Asian.
Imprisonment rate is the number of people sentenced and imprisoned under state or federal jurisdiction per 100,000 residents.

Data on Native American and Asian prisoners is not available for 2000. Asian, Black, Native American and White populations exclude Latinx populations.

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau
Chart: Jasmine MithaniThe 19th・19thnews.org