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    Posted: 1:52 pm EDT May 22, 2006Updated: 12:09 pm EST February 28, 2008

    WASHINGTON -- Prisons and jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week for a year, putting almost 2.2 million people, or one in every 136 U.S. residents, behind bars by the summer of 2005. Here is how the data breaks down state by state.

    State Total Inmates Rate Per 100,000
    Ala. 40,561 890
    Alaska 4,678 705
    Ariz. 47,974 808
    Ark. 18,693 673
    Calif. 246,317 682
    Colo. 33,955 728
    Conn. 19,087 544
    Del. 6,916 820
    D.C. 3,552 n/a
    Fla. 148,521 835
    Ga. 92,647 1,021
    Hawaii 5,705 447
    Idaho 11,206 784
    Ill. 64,735 507
    Ind. 39,959 637
    Iowa 12,215 412
    Kan. 15,972 582
    Ky. 30,034 720
    La. 51,458 1,138
    Maine 3,608 273
    Md. 35,601 636
    Mass. 22,778 356
    Mich. 67,132 663
    National 2,186,230 738
    Minn. 15,422 300
    Miss. 27,902 955
    Mo. 41,461 715
    Mont. 4,923 526
    Neb. 7,406 421
    Nev. 18,265 756
    N.H. 4,184 319
    N.J. 46,411 532
    N.M. 15,081 782
    N.Y. 92,769 482
    N.C. 53,854 620
    N.D. 2,288 359
    Ohio 64,123 559
    Okla. 32,593 919
    Ore. 19,318 531
    Pa. 75,507 607
    R.I. 3,364 313
    S.C. 35,298 830
    S.D. 4,827 622
    Tenn. 43,678 732
    Texas 223,195 976
    Utah 11,514 466
    Vt. 1,975 317
    Va. 57,444 759
    Wash. 29,225 465
    W.Va. 8,043 443
    Wis. 36,154 653
    Wyo. 3,515 690
    State 2,003,043 676
    Federal 183,187 62
    Total 2,186,230 738

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