Number of Authorized Positions

Incarcerated Population And Authorized Positions

(As Of July 1 of Each Year)

Year	Number of Authorized Position	Number of Incarcerated Inmates
1968	1,269	3,145
1969	1,557	3,112
1970	1,422	3,326
1971	1,439	3,328
1972	1,422	3,028
1973	1,474	2,769
1974	1,425	2,853
1975	1,452	3,212
1976	1,532	3,221
1977	1,515	3,063
1978	1,543	3,091
1979	1,574	3,594
1980	1,624	4,147
1981	1,653	4,370
1982	2,043	4,870
1983	2,161	5,184
1984	2,377	5,379
1985	2,470	5,790
1986	2,775	6,252
1987	3,121	6,807
1988	3,648	7,316
1989	4,517	8,899
1990	4,733	9,589
1991	5,298	10,814
1992	6,464	11,022
1993	7,293	11,769
1994	7,827	14,125
1995	7,708	14,889
1996	7,410	14,967
1997	7,269	15,588
1998	6,599	15,909
1999	6,902	16,776
2000	6,901	17,459
2001	6,940	17,700
2002	7,082	18,873
2003	7,010	19,121
2004	6,836	18,583
2005	6,774	18,150
2006	6,774	18,568
2007	6,853	18,892
2008	6,958	19,413
2009	6,728	18,891
2010	6,492	18,431
2011	6,493	17,631
2012	6,348	16,591
2013	6,352	16,988
2014	6,352	16,551
2015	6,352	16,025
2016	6,216	15,342
2017	6,117	14,335
2018	6,117	13,370
2019	6,117	13,106
2020	6,117	9,945
2021	6,117	9,020
2022	5,986	9,990
2023	6,198	10,139
2024	5,962	10,584

The chart tracks two measures from 1991 to 2020. Authorized positions remained relatively stable, starting at approximately 5,000 in 1991, peaking near 7,500 around 1994–1995, and gradually declining to approximately 6,000 by 2020. The incarcerated inmate population started at around 10,500 in 1991, rose sharply through the 1990s, peaking at approximately 19,500 around 2008–2009, then declined steadily, dropping sharply to approximately 10,000 by 2020.