Populations at World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States

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The following lists prisoner of war populations in the continental United States during World War II.

US Prisoner of War populations[1]
Month Total POWs German Italian Japanese
May 1942 32 31 - 1
June 1942 33 32 - 1
July 1942 49 39 - 10
August 1942 65 55 - 10
September 1942 177 130 - 47
October 1942 183 130 - 53
November 1942 431 380 - 51
December 1942 1,881 512 1,317 52
January 1943 2,365 990 1,313 62
February 1943 2,444 1,026 1,356 62
March 1943 2,755 1,334 1,359 62
April 1943 5,007 2,146 2,799 62
April 1943 5,007 2,146 2,799 62
May 1943 36,083 22,110 13,911 62
June 1943 53,435 34,161 19,212 62
July 1943 80,558 54,502 25,969 87
August 1943 130,299 94,220 35,986 93
September 1943 163,706 115,358 48,253 95
October 1943 167,748 119,401 48,252 95
November 1943 171,484 122,350 49,039 95
December 1943 172,879 123,440 49,323 116
January 1944 174,822 124,880 49,826 116
February 1944 177,387 127,252 49,993 142
March 1944 183,618 133,135 50,136 347
April 1944 184,502 133,967 50,168 367
May 1944 186,368 135,796 50,164 408
June 1944 196,948 146,101 50,278 569
July 1944 224,863 173,980 50,276 607
August 1944 243,870 192,868 50,272 730
September 1944 300,382 248,205 51,034 1,143
October 1944 [a] 338,055 248,781 51,032 1,242
November 1944 360,455 306,856 51,156 2,443
December 1944 360,281 306,581 51,071 2,629
January 1945 359,687 306,306 50,561 2,820
February 1945 360,996 307,404 50,571 3,021
March 1945 365,954 312,144 50,550 3,260
April 1945 399,518 345,920 50,304 3,294
May 1945 425,871 371,683 50,273 3,915
June 1945 425,806 371,505 50,052 4,249
July 1945 422,130 367,513 49,789 4,828
August 1945 415,919 361,322 49,184 5,413
September 1945 403,311 355,458 42,915 4,938
October 1945 391,145 351,150 35,065 4,930
November 1945 358,419 324,623 29,539 4,257
December 1945 341,016 313,234 25,696 2,086
January 1946 286,611 275,078 11,532 1
February 1946 208,965 208,403 561 1
March 1946 140,606 140,572 33 1
April 1946 84,209 84,177 31 1
May 1946 37,491 37,460 30 1
June 1946 162 141 20 1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The total in this month is 37,000 higher than the individual counts. The numbers do not match in the source. It's likely the German counts are incorrect.

References[edit]

  1. ^ George G. Lewis; John Mehwa (1982). "History of Prisoner of War Utilization by the United States Army 1776-1945" (PDF). Center of Military History, United States Army. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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