In 2016, there were 172,554 prisoners held in US Federal prisons. An estimated 48% of these prisoners were incarcerated on Drug related crimes, 38% on Public Order crimes (such as immigration and weapons), 8% on Violent Crimes (such as homicide, and robbery), and 6% were incarcerated on Property related crimes (such as burglary, and fraud).

The chart below depicts hierarchy, like a tree with branches, the segments in the outer circle are categorized under the segments in the inner circle.

This data was collected from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).