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Releases, 2023: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Releases, 2023. All 48 states with data in Prison admissions and releases by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 453,242 (United States).

Washington: 11,722Idaho: 3,526Montana: 1,971North Dakota: 1,271Minnesota: 4,582Michigan: 8,126Ohio: 17,340Pennsylvania: 10,791New York: 8,855Vermont: 530New Hampshire: 794Maine: 889Arizona: 11,906California: 32,058New Mexico: 2,123Texas: 58,034Louisiana: 13,075Mississippi: 6,671Alabama: 9,937Florida: 25,288Georgia: 11,798South Carolina: 4,497North Carolina: 14,168Virginia: not in this tableDistrict of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 4,944Delaware: 2,945New Jersey: 5,505Connecticut: 3,176Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: 1,463Oregon: 7,113Utah: 3,162Wyoming: 744Nevada: 4,528Colorado: 5,673South Dakota: 2,848Nebraska: 1,975Kansas: 3,216Oklahoma: 6,431Iowa: 3,832Missouri: 11,420Wisconsin: 4,646Illinois: 17,711Kentucky: 14,824Arkansas: 7,027Tennessee: 10,133West Virginia: 3,065Indiana: 9,121Alaska: 1,622Hawaii: 1,444

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 530 to 1,975
  • Group 2: 1,975 to 4,497
  • Group 3: 4,497 to 7,027
  • Group 4: 7,027 to 11,798
  • Highest: 11,798 to 58,034
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.

1Texas58,034
2California32,058
3Florida25,288
4Illinois17,711
5Ohio17,340
6Kentucky14,824
7North Carolina14,168
8Louisiana13,075
9Arizona11,906
10Georgia11,798
11Washington11,722
12Missouri11,420
13Pennsylvania10,791
14Tennessee10,133
15Alabama9,937
16Indiana9,121
17New York8,855
18Michigan8,126
19Oregon7,113
20Arkansas7,027
21Mississippi6,671
22Oklahoma6,431
23Colorado5,673
24New Jersey5,505
25Maryland4,944
26Wisconsin4,646
27Minnesota4,582
28Nevada4,528
29South Carolina4,497
30Iowa3,832
31Idaho3,526
32Kansas3,216
33Connecticut3,176
34Utah3,162
35West Virginia3,065
36Delaware2,945
37South Dakota2,848
38New Mexico2,123
39Nebraska1,975
40Montana1,971
41Alaska1,622
42Massachusetts1,463
43Hawaii1,444
44North Dakota1,271
45Maine889
46New Hampshire794
47Wyoming744
48Vermont530

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 8 (admissions) and 9 (releases). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by releases, 2023 (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 8 and 9; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-releases-2023/

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