| Custody Data (1997-Present) |
| Q: |
How many juveniles are held in residential placement on a given day in the U.S.? |
| A: |
Nationally, fewer than 71,000 juvenile offenders were held in residential placement facilities on February 24, 2010. |
One day count of juveniles in residential placement facilities, 1997-2010
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Number |
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Percent |
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1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2006 |
2007 |
2010 |
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1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2006 |
2007 |
2010 |
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| All facilities |
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| All residents |
116,701 |
120,563 |
117,814 |
109,094 |
104,819 |
98,128 |
79,166 |
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100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
| Juvenile offenders |
105,055 |
107,493 |
104,219 |
96,531 |
92,721 |
86,814 |
70,792 |
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90 |
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89 |
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88 |
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88 |
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88 |
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88 |
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89 |
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| Other residents* |
11,646 |
13,070 |
13,595 |
12,563 |
12,098 |
11,314 |
8,373 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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12 |
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12 |
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11 |
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| Juvenile offenders in |
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| Public facilities |
75,600 |
76,222 |
73,328 |
66,210 |
64,163 |
60,624 |
49,112 |
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65 |
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63 |
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62 |
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61 |
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61 |
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62 |
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62 |
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| State facilities |
46,516 |
47,347 |
43,669 |
37,335 |
34,658 |
31,539 |
24,881 |
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40 |
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39 |
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37 |
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34 |
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33 |
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32 |
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31 |
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| Local facilities |
29,084 |
28,875 |
29,659 |
28,875 |
29,505 |
29,085 |
24,231 |
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25 |
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24 |
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25 |
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26 |
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28 |
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30 |
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31 |
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| Private facilities |
29,455 |
31,271 |
30,891 |
30,321 |
28,558 |
26,190 |
21,681 |
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26 |
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28 |
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* Other residents include youth age 21 or older and those held in the facility but not charged with or adjudicated for an offense.
Notes: The census reference dates were 10/29/1997, 10/27/1999, 10/24/2001, 10/22/2003, 02/22/2006, 10/24/2007, and 02/24/2010.
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- The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) provides a one-day count of all juvenile offenders in public or private residential facilities in the United States. CJRP is generally administered on the last Wednesday of October in odd numbered years. However, a set of unforseen circumstances prevented the 2005 mailout from taking place in October of that year. The census date for that wave of data collection was in February 2006. In 2009, OJJDP did not receive OMB clearance for the October census date, therefore the census date for that wave of data collection was in February 2010.
- The vast majority of residents in juvenile residential placement facilities on February 24, 2010 were juvenile offenders (89%).
- The 1-day count of juvenile offenders in custody fell 34% between 1999 and 2010.
- Juvenile offenders held for delinquency offenses accounted for 86% of all residents and 96% of all juvenile offenders in 2010.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08201.asp?qaDate=2010.
Released on December 09, 2011.
Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2010 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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