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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.
The ten states with the highest prison populations in the country are Texas (1535,906), California (97,328), Florida (81,027), Georgia (47,141), Ohio (45,036), Pennsylvania (39,357), Arizona (37,731), New York (34,128), Michigan (33,617), and Virginia (31,838).
5 lip 2024 · As of December 2022, there was a total of 139,631 prisoners in the state of Texas, the most out of any state. California, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio rounded out the top five states with the...
15 paź 2024 · Nine states and the BOP increased their total prison populations by over 1,000 persons from yearend 2021 to yearend 2022. State correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,039,500 persons sentenced to at least 1 year in prison in 2022, while the BOP had legal authority over 146,100 persons with similar sentences.
23 paź 2024 · Number of state and federal prisoners in private facilities in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by prison location
26 maj 2009 · Produces annual national- and state-level data on the number of prisoners in state and federal prison facilities. Aggregate data are collected on race and sex of prison inmates, inmates held in private facilities and local jails, system capacity, noncitizens, and persons age 17 or younger.
In 2022, there are two million people in prisons and jails throughout the United States. Regarding percentage rations, roughly 0.7% of Americans are currently sitting in jail, with the state of Oklahoma having the highest incarceration rates in America.
