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Prisoners under jurisdiction, Dec. 31: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Prisoners under jurisdiction, Dec. 31. All 50 states with data in Prisoners and imprisonment rates by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-10-30
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National value: 1,254,224 (United States).

Washington: 14,441Idaho: 9,829Montana: 4,985North Dakota: 1,899Minnesota: 8,725Michigan: 32,986Ohio: 46,530Pennsylvania: 38,860New York: 32,583Vermont: 1,334New Hampshire: 2,115Maine: 1,873Arizona: 34,473California: 95,962New Mexico: 5,586Texas: 149,264Louisiana: 28,186Mississippi: 19,526Alabama: 27,181Florida: 87,207Georgia: 50,425South Carolina: 16,453North Carolina: 30,685Virginia: 27,442District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 16,236Delaware: 4,867New Jersey: 11,675Connecticut: 11,099Rhode Island: 2,519Massachusetts: 6,002Oregon: 12,316Utah: 6,402Wyoming: 2,212Nevada: 10,463Colorado: 17,459South Dakota: 3,764Nebraska: 5,931Kansas: 9,125Oklahoma: 22,283Iowa: 8,831Missouri: 24,223Wisconsin: 22,418Illinois: 29,828Kentucky: 19,175Arkansas: 18,503Tennessee: 24,408West Virginia: 5,800Indiana: 25,088Alaska: 4,478Hawaii: 3,942

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1,334 to 4,985
  • Group 2: 4,985 to 10,463
  • Group 3: 10,463 to 19,526
  • Group 4: 19,526 to 30,685
  • Highest: 30,685 to 149,264
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.

1Texas149,264
2California95,962
3Florida87,207
4Georgia50,425
5Ohio46,530
6Pennsylvania38,860
7Arizona34,473
8Michigan32,986
9New York32,583
10North Carolina30,685
11Illinois29,828
12Louisiana28,186
13Virginia27,442
14Alabama27,181
15Indiana25,088
16Tennessee24,408
17Missouri24,223
18Wisconsin22,418
19Oklahoma22,283
20Mississippi19,526
21Kentucky19,175
22Arkansas18,503
23Colorado17,459
24South Carolina16,453
25Maryland16,236
26Washington14,441
27Oregon12,316
28New Jersey11,675
29Connecticut11,099
30Nevada10,463
31Idaho9,829
32Kansas9,125
33Iowa8,831
34Minnesota8,725
35Utah6,402
36Massachusetts6,002
37Nebraska5,931
38West Virginia5,800
39New Mexico5,586
40Montana4,985
41Delaware4,867
42Alaska4,478
43Hawaii3,942
44South Dakota3,764
45Rhode Island2,519
46Wyoming2,212
47New Hampshire2,115
48North Dakota1,899
49Maine1,873
50Vermont1,334

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), tables 2 and 7. Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by prisoners under jurisdiction, Dec. 31 (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), tables 2 and 7; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-prisoners-under-jurisdiction-dec-31/

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