This article has lists of U.S. states and U.S. territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rates. There are also counts of inmates for various categories. The data is from the United States Department of Justice and other sources. The incarceration numbers include sentenced and unsentenced inmates from many categories.

Incarceration rates and totals; numbers in state, federal, and local institutions

This table and the one that directly follows it are a comprehensive breakdown of inmates across many categories. The incarceration rate for a state or U.S. territory is calculated from the total of inmates across that location row in both tables. Nationwide totals for each column are at the end of each table. See tooltips, and scroll past table for detailed sourcing.

Some U.S. territories are in alphabetical order in the 2 table halves: American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links.

+ Incarceration rates per 100,000. Counts. Data is from various years. Latest data available as of June 2024.LocationIncarceration rate Total incarcerated State population State prisons Federal Local jails 898 45,573 5,073,903 26,421 3,607 14,727 744 5,456 733,276 4,778 498 12 606 301 49,710 301 N/A N/A 710 52,329 7,365,684 33,865 3,567 13,541 912 27,795 3,046,404 17,625 2,522 7,165 494 192,694 39,040,616 97,608 12,172 75,061 556 32,495 5,841,039 17,168 1,811 12,719 326 11,747 3,608,706 10,506 949 N/A 539 5,492 1,019,459 4,954 361 N/A 705 156,734 22,245,521 84,678 13,370 55,826 881 96,171 10,913,150 48,439 6,897 40,085 502 772 153,836 678 94 N/A 367 5,283 1,439,399 4,149 834 N/A 720 13,965 1,938,996 9,110 950 3,508 433 54,474 12,582,515 29,634 6,386 16,493 721 49,241 6,832,274 25,286 3,436 19,416 550 17,598 3,199,693 8,473 3,744 4,950 648 19,022 2,936,716 8,709 1,537 8,065 889 40,107 4,511,563 19,744 3,182 16,844 1,067 48,973 4,588,023 27,296 2,538 18,183 272 3,777 1,389,338 1,675 452 1,623 475 29,304 6,163,981 15,637 4,068 8,455 241 16,798 6,982,740 6,001 1,279 9,129 535 53,683 10,033,281 32,374 4,477 15,875 323 18,457 5,714,300 8,636 2,003 6,343 1,020 29,980 2,938,928 19,802 2,041 7,829 713 44,016 6,177,168 23,911 6,747 11,576 758 8,508 1,122,878 4,691 1,214 2,206 591 11,635 1,968,060 5,649 1,390 4,119 610 19,370 3,177,421 10,304 1,311 7,211 278 3,886 1,399,003 2,086 426 1,332 270 25,016 9,260,817 12,657 2,337 8,775 647 13,676 2,113,476 4,970 1,746 6,549 317 62,339 19,673,200 31,148 8,859 20,448 559 59,753 10,695,965 29,627 9,164 20,360 560 4,363 778,912 1,817 901 1,434 400 189 47,329 170 19 N/A 621 72,989 11,759,697 45,313 4,728 20,582 905 36,388 4,019,271 22,941 2,350 10,625 494 20,942 4,239,379 12,518 1,182 5,991 589 76,355 12,972,091 37,910 5,726 31,303 341 10,995 3,220,113 7,067 3,928 N/A 254 2,779 1,093,842 2,393 260 N/A 606 32,038 5,282,955 16,318 3,712 11,177 812 7,386 909,869 3,444 1,327 2,003 817 57,625 7,048,976 23,735 7,044 26,463 751 225,480 30,029,848 139,631 23,244 58,489 651 567 87,146 417 150 N/A 396 13,381 3,381,236 6,009 1,313 5,765 245 1,583 647,110 1,360 219 N/A 679 58,917 8,679,099 27,162 4,722 25,229 373 29,065 7,784,477 13,772 2,438 11,567 816 5,473 670,949 N/A 3,445 1,817 674 11,954 1,774,035 5,873 1,289 4,372 615 36,199 5,890,543 20,873 1,615 12,741 785 4,568 581,629 2,154 615 1,558 U.S. total 608 2,048,524 336,829,545 1,079,467 219,140 649,181

Numbers in institution types: youth, Indian, civil commitment, forensic psychiatric, immigration, military

Further breakdown of inmates across categories. US totals at end of table.

Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links.

+ U.S. states and territories. Number of inmates by category. Data is from various years. Latest data available as of June 2024.LocationYouth Indian Country jails Civil commitment Forensic psychiatric Immigration Military 678 N/A N/A 140 N/A N/A 156 2 N/A 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 351 774 88 143 N/A N/A 297 N/A N/A 186 N/A N/A 2,385 N/A 946 4,522 N/A N/A 462 45 N/A 290 N/A N/A 63 N/A N/A 229 N/A N/A 135 N/A N/A 42 N/A N/A 1,221 N/A 531 1,108 N/A N/A 750 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 N/A N/A 273 N/A N/A 264 61 N/A 72 N/A N/A 516 N/A 493 952 N/A N/A 837 N/A N/A 266 N/A N/A 267 N/A 164 N/A N/A N/A 351 N/A 256 104 N/A N/A 297 N/A N/A 40 N/A N/A 717 N/A N/A 239 N/A N/A 27 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 198 N/A N/A 946 N/A N/A 204 N/A 104 81 N/A N/A 723 11 N/A 223 N/A N/A 378 81 740 276 N/A N/A 186 44 N/A 78 N/A N/A 612 N/A 280 890 N/A N/A 99 244 N/A 54 N/A N/A 207 8 150 112 N/A N/A 342 3 N/A 199 N/A N/A 12 N/A 0 30 N/A N/A 378 N/A 419 450 N/A N/A 198 125 N/A 88 N/A N/A 741 N/A 386 757 N/A N/A 411 0 N/A 191 N/A N/A 39 137 27 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,476 N/A N/A 890 N/A N/A 261 11 N/A 200 N/A N/A 597 N/A N/A 654 N/A N/A 1,002 N/A 55 359 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 72 N/A N/A 54 N/A N/A 414 N/A 204 213 N/A N/A 99 487 N/A 26 N/A N/A 300 N/A N/A 83 N/A N/A 2,730 N/A 447 939 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 168 N/A N/A 126 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 4 N/A N/A 558 N/A 406 840 N/A N/A 396 187 102 603 N/A N/A 78 N/A N/A 133 N/A N/A 345 N/A N/A 75 N/A N/A 417 44 187 322 N/A N/A 171 28 N/A 42 N/A N/A U.S. total 24,891 2,292 6,051 18,562 47,835 1,105

By territory and percentage female

Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in TERRITORY" or "Crime in TERRITORY" links. US territories. Incarceration rate per 100,000 of all ages. Incarceration count. Percent female. Data year is in order by column.US territories. From World Prison Brief. Prisonstudies.org pages: American Samoa. Guam. Northern Mariana Islands. Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands.

+ TerritoryRateCountPercent femaleData year 345 193 4.1% 2017, 2017, 2017 411 690 7.2% 2019, 2019, 2017 313 175 5.8% 2019, 2019, 2007 278 8,884 3.6% 2019, 2019, 2017 394 412 2.7% 2020, 2020, 2011

Juvenile detention

Juvenile detention totals from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C.. "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement". Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Click "National Crosstabs" at the top, and then choose the census years. Click "Show table" to get the total number of juvenile inmates for those years. Or go here for all the years. And here.

+ Juvenile detention in the US Year Male Female Total 1997 90,771 14,284 105,055 1999 92,985 14,508 107,493 2001 89,115 15,104 104,219 2003 81,975 14,556 96,531 2006 78,998 13,723 92,721 2007 75,017 11,797 86,814 2010 61,359 9,434 70,793 2011 53,079 8,344 61,423 2013 46,421 7,727 54,148 2015 40,750 7,293 48,043 2017 36,982 6,598 43,580 2019 31,064 5,415 36,479 2021 21,340 3,554 24,894

Comparison with other countries

On January 1, 2008, more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail.One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008. February 28, 2008. The Pew Center on the States.Liptak, Adam (28 Feb 2008). 1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says. New York Times. Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. It is no longer the highest rate.

The United States has one of the highest rates of female incarceration. See the appendix for a detailed data breakdown. According to a November 2017 report by the World Prison Brief around 212,000 of the 714,000 female prisoners worldwide (women and girls) are incarcerated in the United States.World Female Imprisonment List (fourth edition). Nov. 9, 2017. World Prison Brief. In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails.United States of America. By World Prison Brief.Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015. By Danielle Kaeble and Lauren Glaze, BJS Statisticians. Dec. 2016. Bureau of Justice Statistics. See PDF. Appendix table 3 on page 15 says there are 1,942,500 male and 202,600 female inmates in prisons and jails. That is 10.4% female.

Comparing English-speaking developed countries;Highest to Lowest. World Prison Brief (WPB). Use dropdown menu to choose lists of countries by region, or the whole world. Use menu to select highest-to-lowest lists of prison population totals, prison population rates, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. Column headings in WPB tables can be clicked to reorder columns lowest to highest, or alphabetically. For detailed information for each country click on any country name in lists. See also the WPB main data page and click on the map links and/or the sidebar links to get to the region and country desired. the overall incarceration rate in the U.S. was 531 per 100,000 population of all ages in 2021, the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 in 2020,Canada. World Prison Brief. England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 in 2023,United Kingdom: England & Wales. World Prison Brief. and Australia was 158 per 100,000 in 2022.Australia. World Prison Brief. Comparing other developed countries, the rate of Spain was 122 per 100,000 in 2020,Spain. World Prison Brief. France was 90 per 100,000 in 2020,France. World Prison Brief. Germany was 69 per 100,000 in 2020,Germany. World Prison Brief. Norway was 49 per 100,000 in 2020,Norway. World Prison Brief. Netherlands was 63 per 100,000 in 2018,Netherlands. World Prison Brief. and Japan was 38 per 100,000 in 2019.Japan. World Prison Brief.

The racial aspect of mass incarceration in the United States is striking. According to Michelle Alexander (in 2010 book), the United States "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid."

Correctional supervision by state

Chart below has numbers for people in adult facilities, and for people on probation and on parole. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018 (NCJ 252157). Published August 2020 by U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Laura M. Maruschak, Todd D. Minton, BJS statisticians. See PDF. Appendix table 1 on page 11 has rates and counts by state. The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line.

Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links.

Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018. "In community" is community supervision. Rates are per 100,000 adults.