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State-By-State Prison Population

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

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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