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Number and percentage of prisoners whose most serious crime was a drug offense.

YEAR TOTAL
DRUG
OFFENDERS		 % OF PRISON
POPULATION
1980 2326 8%
1981 2052 7%
1982 2092 6%
1983 2239 6%
1984 2261 6%
1985 2744 7%
1986 3418 9%
1987 3925 10%
1988 4431 11%
1989 5582 13%
1990 9194 18%
1991 8690 17%
1992 8687 14%
1993 11659 13%
1994 17087 14%
1995 31243 24%
1996 29789 23%
1997 29723 21%
1998 28636 20%
1999 27983 20%
2000 26589 17%

About the Data
The data is incomplete for many states because authorities often do not collect statistics on drug offenders. Source: This state's Department of Corrections.

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Last updated 6/26/01 © FNP