Population by State

Prison Population by State 2025

Prisoners per 100k Population 2022

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State
Total Prisoners 2023
Male Prisoners 2023
Female Prisoners 2023
Texas Flag
Texas146,811135,20811,603
California Flag
California95,82792,0173,810
Florida Flag
Florida87,20781,3265,881
Georgia Flag
Georgia49,81446,2033,611
Ohio Flag
Ohio46,53042,6793,851
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania38,84436,7212,123
Arizona Flag
Arizona33,47330,5132,960
Michigan Flag
Michigan32,98631,2851,701
New York Flag
New York32,56531,2481,317
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina29,99427,6392,355
Illinois Flag
Illinois29,82828,2951,533
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana28,18626,6181,568
Virginia Flag
Virginia27,44225,5451,897
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee24,40822,0172,391
Indiana Flag
Indiana24,11621,7512,365
Missouri Flag
Missouri23,88421,7872,097
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma22,20620,0182,188
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin20,49019,1941,296
Alabama Flag
Alabama20,18118,7651,416
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi19,17417,7271,447
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky19,17116,9692,202
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas18,34916,8151,534
Colorado Flag
Colorado17,08415,7111,373
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina16,22815,0531,175
Maryland Flag
Maryland16,15015,526624
Washington Flag
Washington14,19913,326873
Oregon Flag
Oregon12,30811,407901
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey11,67511,203472
Nevada Flag
Nevada10,4629,592870
Idaho Flag
Idaho9,6898,1911,498
Kansas Flag
Kansas8,9928,231761
Iowa Flag
Iowa8,8038,086717
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota8,7258,134591
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut6,6436,259384
Utah Flag
Utah6,4005,927473
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska5,8595,465394
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia5,8005,181619
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts5,5875,415172
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico5,4754,950525
Montana Flag
Montana4,9854,238747
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota3,7413,172569
Delaware Flag
Delaware2,8592,76990
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii2,3592,158201
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming2,2121,956256
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire2,1151,971144
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota1,8861,645241
Maine Flag
Maine1,6631,498165
Alaska Flag
Alaska1,4851,41570
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island1,3391,30336
Vermont Flag
Vermont80276240
  • Total prisoners in the US in 2022 came to 1,205,087 (157,314 Federal, 1,047,773 State)
  • Per-100k values include four different categories: total (all ages and genders), males only, females only, and over-18 only.
  • Some states do not track every ethnicity and may merge certain locally infrequent ethnicities into a single category. For example, Kentucky combines all Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders into the Other race category.