In 2010, 8% Of The Total U.S. Population Had A Felony Conviction History
As of 2010, about 8.1% of the entire United States population had a history of a felony conviction at some point between 1948 and 2010, with about 1.9% currently in prison, and the remaining 6.2% living in the community. The population includes 19 million felons; about 4.5 million were in prison and 14.4 million were former felons living in the community.
Among the adult male population in 2010, about 12.8% have a history of felony conviction, with 3.3% in prison and 9.5% living in the community. Among adult African-American males in . . .