StateMaster - State Prisoners > Number of deaths (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Texas:	804
#2	California:	625
#3	Florida:	365
#4	New York:	360
#5	Pennsylvania:	248
#6	Ohio:	229
#7	Michigan:	227
#8	Georgia:	199
#9	Alabama:	172
#10	Illinois:	158
#11	Louisiana:	150
#12	Maryland:	141
#13	Virginia:	140
#14	Arizona:	139
#15	New Jersey:	129
#16	North Carolina:	128
#17	Missouri:	122
#18	South Carolina:	116
#19	Oklahoma:	115
#20	Tennessee:	112
#21	Wisconsin:	99
#22	Indiana:	97
#23	Colorado:	94
#24	Kentucky:	77
#25	Arkansas:	73
#26	Mississippi:	69
#27	Connecticut:	60
#28	Washington:	60
#29	Oregon:	57
#30	Nevada:	52
#31	Massachusetts:	49
#32	Kansas:	43
#33	Delaware:	31
#34	Minnesota:	28
#35	New Mexico:	26
#36	Idaho:	26
#37	West Virginia:	25
#38	Alaska:	22
#39	Iowa:	20
#40	Hawaii:	20
#41	South Dakota:	15
#42	Nebraska:	15
#43	Utah:	14
#44	Maine:	13
#45	Rhode Island:	11
#46	Montana:	11
#47	New Hampshire:	11
#48	Wyoming:	8
#49	Vermont:	6
#50	North Dakota:	4
	Total:	5,815
	Weighted average:	116.3

DEFINITION: Total number of all deaths for prisoners in state correctional facilities. NOTE: this statistic does not include District of Columbia. There were 9 prisoner deaths in 2001 for Washingotn DC. None of the deaths were suicide or homicide.

SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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