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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and diluted earnings per share

Basic and diluted income from continuing operations per common share was calculated for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014 as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2015				March 31, 2014
Net income	$	28,756			$	27,996
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	21				(6		)
Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.	28,777				27,990
Basic earnings per share attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.:
Weighted average shares outstanding	73,549				71,449
Per share amount	$	0.39			$	0.39
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.:
Weighted average shares outstanding	73,549				71,449
Dilutive effect of equity incentive plans	335				446
Weighted average shares assuming dilution	73,884				71,895
Per share amount	$	0.39			$	0.39

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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