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State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails

Prisoners under state jurisdiction held in privately operated prisons or in local jails on December 31, 2023, with each as a share of the jurisdiction's prison population, as published. The United States row includes federal prisoners. Footnoted state values follow BJS's notes in the source tables (for example, some states report custody rather than jurisdiction counts, or estimate a value); values BJS marks as not available are blank.

Reference period
2023
Licence
Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
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State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails: In private prisons43 areas ranked by In private prisons. Highest: Florida (11,637); lowest: Arkansas (0).FloridaFlorida: 11,63711,637ArizonaArizona: 9,8429,842TexasTexas: 9,8219,821GeorgiaGeorgia: 7,6587,658TennesseeTennessee: 6,6406,640OhioOhio: 6,4666,466IndianaIndiana: 3,9013,901ColoradoColorado: 2,7452,745OklahomaOklahoma: 2,7412,741MontanaMontana: 2,4272,427MississippiMississippi: 2,2372,237New MexicoNew Mexico: 1,6331,633VirginiaVirginia: 1,2481,248New JerseyNew Jersey: 994994HawaiiHawaii: 876876KentuckyKentucky: 834834IdahoIdaho: 598598WyomingWyoming: 549549ConnecticutConnecticut: 538538PennsylvaniaPennsylvania: 419419IllinoisIllinois: 352352AlaskaAlaska: 330330North DakotaNorth Dakota: 273273AlabamaAlabama: 221221VermontVermont: 126126South CarolinaSouth Carolina: 8585South DakotaSouth Dakota: 4242North CarolinaNorth Carolina: 2727ArkansasArkansas: 00CaliforniaCalifornia: 00IowaIowa: 00KansasKansas: 00LouisianaLouisiana: 00MarylandMaryland: 00MinnesotaMinnesota: 00MissouriMissouri: 00NebraskaNebraska: 00NevadaNevada: 00New YorkNew York: 00OregonOregon: 00UtahUtah: 00WashingtonWashington: 00West VirginiaWest Virginia: 00
State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails: In private prisons43 areas ranked by In private prisons. Highest: Florida (11,637); lowest: Arkansas (0).FloridaFlorida: 11,63711,637ArizonaArizona: 9,8429,842TexasTexas: 9,8219,821GeorgiaGeorgia: 7,6587,658TennesseeTennessee: 6,6406,640OhioOhio: 6,4666,466IndianaIndiana: 3,9013,901ColoradoColorado: 2,7452,745OklahomaOklahoma: 2,7412,741MontanaMontana: 2,4272,427MississippiMississippi: 2,2372,237New MexicoNew Mexico: 1,6331,633VirginiaVirginia: 1,2481,248New JerseyNew Jersey: 994994HawaiiHawaii: 876876KentuckyKentucky: 834834IdahoIdaho: 598598WyomingWyoming: 549549ConnecticutConnecticut: 538538PennsylvaniaPennsylvania: 419419IllinoisIllinois: 352352AlaskaAlaska: 330330North DakotaNorth Dakota: 273273AlabamaAlabama: 221221VermontVermont: 126126South CarolinaSouth Carolina: 8585South DakotaSouth Dakota: 4242North CarolinaNorth Carolina: 2727ArkansasArkansas: 00CaliforniaCalifornia: 00IowaIowa: 00KansasKansas: 00LouisianaLouisiana: 00MarylandMaryland: 00MinnesotaMinnesota: 00MissouriMissouri: 00NebraskaNebraska: 00NevadaNevada: 00New YorkNew York: 00OregonOregon: 00UtahUtah: 00WashingtonWashington: 00West VirginiaWest Virginia: 00
In private prisons, 2023, sorted high to low. 43 areas ranked by In private prisons. Highest: Florida (11,637); lowest: Arkansas (0). Not shown (no value in the source): Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Wisconsin. Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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United States88,6187.165,5525.2
Alabama2210.81,6135.9
Alaska3307.4591.3
Arizona9,84228.500
Arkansas002,02410.9
California0000
Colorado2,74515.7840.5
Connecticut5384.800
Delaware
Florida11,63713.37590.9
Georgia7,65815.24,5138.9
Hawaii87622.200
Idaho5986.18829
Illinois3521.200
Indiana3,90115.55622.2
Iowa00520.6
Kansas0060.1
Kentucky8344.37,96741.5
Louisiana0014,85052.7
Maine00
Maryland001390.9
Massachusetts731.2
Michigan00
Minnesota004715.4
Mississippi2,23711.55,77229.6
Missouri0000
Montana2,42748.755611.2
Nebraska00440.7
Nevada00100.1
New Hampshire592.8
New Jersey9948.51681.4
New Mexico1,63329.200
New York0000
North Carolina270.1
North Dakota27314.4854.5
Ohio6,46613.900
Oklahoma2,74112.300
Oregon0030
Pennsylvania4191.100
Rhode Island
South Carolina850.52991.8
South Dakota421.1822.2
Tennessee6,64027.25,61323
Texas9,8216.612,0268.1
Utah001,56524.4
Vermont1269.400
Virginia1,2484.53,59113.1
Washington001551.1
West Virginia0061510.6
Wisconsin1730.8
Wyoming54924.8552.5

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

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Source agency
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Dataset
Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 14
Table
State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails (United States, 2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 14. Retrieved 2026-11-03 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-private-prisons-jails/