OMB control number

Census of Jail Inmates

OMB 1121-0100 · DOJ/OJP.

OMB 1121-0100

The 2024-2026 Census of Jails (COJ) will provide current information on inmate populations throughout the country. Data will be used for program planning and policy making for corrections. The COJ is BJS’s primary administrative data collection dedicated to the study of local jails, providing state-level and national statistics on the number of inmates confined in jails, characteristics of the jail population, counts of admissions and releases, and jail facility characteristics. Administered to about 2,900 local jails nationwide and 12 Federal Bureau Prisons (BOP) detention facilities that function as jails, the COJ generates a complete enumeration of all local jails, serving as the sampling frame for BJS’s jail surveys such as the National Inmate Survey (NIS, OMB Control Number 1121-0311) and the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ, OMB Control Number 1121-0098).

The latest form for Census of Jail Inmates expires 2027-05-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Form CJ-9 Census of Jails 2024-2026 Form and Instruction
Form CJ-3 2019 Census of Jails Form and Instruction
attachments_2_19.pdf Supplementary Document
COJ 2024-26 OMB justification Part B.docx Supporting Statement B
COJ 2024-26 OMB justification Part A.docx Supporting Statement A
Census of Jails 2024-2026 Form and Instruction
2019 Census of Jails Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202402-1121-003 Approved without change	Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	2024-03-01
201905-1121-001 Approved without change	Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	2019-05-14
200505-1121-002 Approved with change	Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	2005-05-05
199904-1121-001 Approved without change	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	1999-04-02
199303-1121-003 Approved without change	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	1993-03-25
198906-1121-010 Approved with change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1989-06-28
198904-1121-011 Approved with change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1989-04-27
198807-1121-002 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1988-07-08
198804-1121-001 Approved without change	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	1988-04-19
198304-1121-001 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	1983-04-21

OMB Details

2019 Census of Jails

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Correctional Activities - Criminal Incarceration

Form CJ-3A Addendum	Facility Form	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form CJ-3	Single-Facility Jail Form	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form CJ-3A	Jurisdiction Form	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction

Review document collections for all forms, instructions, and supporting documents - including paper/printable forms.