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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 23749 8%
1981 26776 8%
1982 30818 8%
1983 33801 8%
1984 39852 9%
1985 48391 10%
1986 57519 11%
1987 72254 13%
1988 94626 16%
1989 139559 20%
1990 173637 23%
1991 185698 24%
1992 204449 24%
1993 219945 24%
1994 240243 24%
1995 260918 24%
1996 267654 24%
1997 276199 23%
1998 292784 23%
1999 NA NA
2000 NA NA

About the Data
Based on federal estimates of state and federal drug prisoners. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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