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In private prisons: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: In private prisons. All 43 states with data in State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 88,618 (United States).

Washington: 0Idaho: 598Montana: 2,427North Dakota: 273Minnesota: 0Michigan: not in this tableOhio: 6,466Pennsylvania: 419New York: 0Vermont: 126New Hampshire: not in this tableMaine: not in this tableArizona: 9,842California: 0New Mexico: 1,633Texas: 9,821Louisiana: 0Mississippi: 2,237Alabama: 221Florida: 11,637Georgia: 7,658South Carolina: 85North Carolina: 27Virginia: 1,248District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 0Delaware: not in this tableNew Jersey: 994Connecticut: 538Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: not in this tableOregon: 0Utah: 0Wyoming: 549Nevada: 0Colorado: 2,745South Dakota: 42Nebraska: 0Kansas: 0Oklahoma: 2,741Iowa: 0Missouri: 0Wisconsin: not in this tableIllinois: 352Kentucky: 834Arkansas: 0Tennessee: 6,640West Virginia: 0Indiana: 3,901Alaska: 330Hawaii: 876

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0 to 0
  • Group 2: 0 to 85
  • Group 3: 85 to 549
  • Group 4: 549 to 2,741
  • Highest: 2,741 to 11,637
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Florida11,637
2Arizona9,842
3Texas9,821
4Georgia7,658
5Tennessee6,640
6Ohio6,466
7Indiana3,901
8Colorado2,745
9Oklahoma2,741
10Montana2,427
11Mississippi2,237
12New Mexico1,633
13Virginia1,248
14New Jersey994
15Hawaii876
16Kentucky834
17Idaho598
18Wyoming549
19Connecticut538
20Pennsylvania419
21Illinois352
22Alaska330
23North Dakota273
24Alabama221
25Vermont126
26South Carolina85
27South Dakota42
28North Carolina27
29Arkansas0
29California0
29Iowa0
29Kansas0
29Louisiana0
29Maryland0
29Minnesota0
29Missouri0
29Nebraska0
29Nevada0
29New York0
29Oregon0
29Utah0
29Washington0
29West Virginia0

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 14. Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by in private prisons (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 14; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-in-private-prisons/

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