State-By-State Prison Population
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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