Probation and Parole in the United States, 2024

• NCJ Number: 311290
• Author(s): Danielle Kaeble
• Date Published: April 2026
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Publication; Statistics
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Part of the BJS Probation and Parole Populations publication series.

Abstract

This report presents the characteristics of the U.S. community supervision population such as sex, race or ethnicity, and most serious offense. It also provides statistics on movements onto and off community supervision and details types of exits, such as completing one’s term of supervision, being incarcerated, absconding, or other unsatisfactory outcomes while in the community.

This report is the 33rd in a series that began in 1981. Findings are based on data from BJS’s Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey.

Highlights

• At yearend 2024, an estimated 3,681,900 adults were under community supervision (probation or parole).
• Among comparable agencies, the community supervision population decreased 15,000 (down 0.4%) from January 1 to December 31, 2024.
• From yearend 2014 to yearend 2024, among comparable agencies, the total adult community supervision population declined 24%.
• The probation population decreased during 2024 for the first time since 2021, from 3,036,700 on January 1 to 3,030,500 on December 31.