1995-96 NC PRISON POPULATION NOTE: NC DOC Totals are taken from the Annual Statistical Report, Fiscal Year 1995-96. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY THE NC DOC FIGURES ARE CURRENT THROUGH 12/31/96; LINC figures are from 1995. The Triangle: LINC 1995 NC DOC Totals, as of December 31,1996 CHATHAM COUNTY 126 114 DURHAM COUNTY 820 912 FRANKLIN COUNTY 206 217 JOHNSTON COUNTY 384 383 ORANGE COUNTY 274 298 WAKE COUNTY 2,016 1,963 Top Ten Counties in NC: 1 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 2,317 2 GUILFORD COUNTY 2,049 3 WAKE COUNTY 2,016 4 FORSYTH COUNTY 1,312 5 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 1,251 6 DURHAM COUNTY 820 7 NEW HANOVER COUNTY 735 8 ALAMANCE COUNTY 712 9 BUNCOMBE COUNTY 711 10 GASTON COUNTY 640 NORTH CAROLINA (total as of 12/31/95) 29,495 NC DOC TOTAL (total as of 12/31/96) 30,924 More information is available on LINC Variable # 1112 1112 PRISONPOP: Resident Prison Population. The resident inmate population for misdemeanants and felons as of December 31 listed under the county of conviction, i.e., the county ordering imprisonment. The state total includes inmates whose information about the county ordering imprisonment is incomplete. Earliest year: 1984 Latest year: 1995 Frequency: Annual Time period: Calendar year Geographic coverage: County and state Source: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: LINC Variable #1112.Additional information on the NC prison population is available in The Research Bulletin, published annually by the Department of Correction, Office of Research and Planning, located in the vertical files in NRD. Sources at the office are Teresa J. Romano, clerk and Tom Sutton, statistician. Phone: 715-5340 NOTE: DOC Population figures for 1997 will be available in summer 1998. LAST UPDATED: June 25, 1997 perickso@nando.com