• Whites represent 69% of the general population, 35% of the adult prison population and a white male has a 4.4% chance of going to prison in his lifetime.

• Hispanics represent 12.5% of the population, 16% of the adult prison population and Hispanic males have a 16% chance of going to prison.

• Blacks represent 12.3% of the general population, 46% of federal and state adult prison inmates and a black male has a 28% chance of going to prison in his lifetime.

• Among people on probation, 64% are white, 34% are black and 21% are Hispanic.

• 93% of prison inmates are male and 7% are female.

• Between 1986 and 1991 the number of black women incarcerated on drug offenses increased 828%.

Sources:
The Sentencing Project
Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau