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State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) (most recent) by state
 

Crime Statistics > State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) (most recent) by state


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Rank   States  Amount 
# 1   Louisiana: 3,861.723 per 1 million people 
# 2   Mississippi: 1,582.972 per 1 million people 
# 3   Kentucky: 1,218.19 per 1 million people 
# 4   Tennessee: 1,102.976 per 1 million people 
# 5   Montana: 656.214 per 1 million people 
# 6   Virginia: 594.915 per 1 million people 
# 7   West Virginia: 592.782 per 1 million people 
# 8   Texas: 578.653 per 1 million people 
# 9   Georgia: 564.007 per 1 million people 
# 10   Oklahoma: 509.318 per 1 million people 
# 11   Utah: 481.457 per 1 million people 
# 12   Alabama: 360.919 per 1 million people 
# 13   Indiana: 322.705 per 1 million people 
# 14   New Jersey: 144.3 per 1 million people 
# 15   Colorado: 136.758 per 1 million people 
# 16   Wisconsin: 113.435 per 1 million people 
# 17   South Carolina: 100.821 per 1 million people 
# 18   Minnesota: 94.296 per 1 million people 
# 19   Idaho: 93.066 per 1 million people 
# 20   California: 67.862 per 1 million people 
# 21   North Dakota: 67.538 per 1 million people 
# 22   Nevada: 63.359 per 1 million people 
# 23   South Dakota: 54.128 per 1 million people 
# 24   Arkansas: 44.258 per 1 million people 
# 25   Massachusetts: 36.882 per 1 million people 
# 26   Arizona: 31.317 per 1 million people 
# 27   Maryland: 24.105 per 1 million people 
# 28   New Hampshire: 6.871 per 1 million people 
# 29   Michigan: 5.138 per 1 million people 
# 30   Oregon: 4.944 per 1 million people 
# 31   New York: 2.701 per 1 million people 
# 32   Florida: 2.361 per 1 million people 
# 33   Wyoming: 1.964 per 1 million people 
# 34   Washington: 0.159 per 1 million people 
= 35   Nebraska: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Iowa: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Illinois: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Ohio: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Kansas: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   North Carolina: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Maine: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   New Mexico: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Missouri: 0 per 1 million people 
= 35   Pennsylvania: 0 per 1 million people 
Weighted average: 307.3 per 1 million people  



DEFINITION: State and Federal prisoners held in local jails, yearend 2004 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics via StateMaster

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