Table 1. Chances of going to State or Federal prison for the first time, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin Cumulative percent of resident population expected to go to State or Federal prison for the first time, by age-- 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 65 Lifetime Total 1.1 2.4 3.3 4 4.4 4.7 4.9 5 5.1 5.1 Sex Male 2.0 4.3 5.9 7.0 7.8 8.2 8.5 8.7 9.0 9.0 Female .1 .3 .6 .8 .9 1 1 1 1.1 1.1 Race/Hispanic origin White* .4 0.9 1.4 1.7 2 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 Male .7 1.7 2.5 3 3.5 3.7 4 4.1 4.3 4.4 Female 0 .2 .3 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 Black* 4.1 8.4 11.6 13.6 14.9 15.4 15.7 15.8 16 16.2 Male 7.9 15.9 21.4 24.6 26.6 27.4 27.8 28 28.3 28.5 Female .3 1.1 2 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 Hispanic 1.5 3.6 5.2 6.3 7.5 8.2 8.8 9.1 9.4 9.4 Male 2.8 6.3 8.8 10.7 12.7 13.9 14.9 15.4 15.9 16 Female .1 .4 .7 .9 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 Note: The cumulative percents represent the chances of being admitted to State or Federal prison for the first time, by age. Estimates were obtained by sequentially applying age-specific first- incarceration rates and mortality rates for each group to a hypothetical population of 100,000 births. (See Methodology.) *Excludes persons of Hispanic origin. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/llgsfp.txt