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Normalized population density for word "detention" throughout decades:

1880s : 0.0533
1890s : 0.0477
1900s : 0.0289
1910s : 0.0947
1920s : 0.2547
1930s : 0.3061
1940s : 0.3200
1950s : 0.5490
1960s : 0.7059
1970s : 1.0370
1980s : 1.4933
1990s : 0.7795
2000s : 2.1530
2010s : 2.2571