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Admissions, 2023: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Admissions, 2023. All 48 states with data in Prison admissions and releases by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 472,278 (United States).

Washington: 12,337Idaho: 4,190Montana: 2,173North Dakota: 1,368Minnesota: 4,640Michigan: 8,737Ohio: 18,558Pennsylvania: 12,297New York: 10,295Vermont: 930New Hampshire: 819Maine: 881Arizona: 12,373California: 28,307New Mexico: 2,568Texas: 67,810Louisiana: 14,395Mississippi: 6,403Alabama: 9,786Florida: 27,097Georgia: 14,779South Carolina: 4,612North Carolina: 15,356Virginia: not in this tableDistrict of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 5,545Delaware: 2,317New Jersey: 5,046Connecticut: 3,511Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: 1,641Oregon: 4,804Utah: 3,599Wyoming: 803Nevada: 4,652Colorado: 6,035South Dakota: 3,162Nebraska: 2,235Kansas: 3,644Oklahoma: 6,219Iowa: 3,769Missouri: 10,726Wisconsin: 5,727Illinois: 17,900Kentucky: 14,647Arkansas: 8,485Tennessee: 9,862West Virginia: 2,992Indiana: 9,771Alaska: 1,602Hawaii: 1,426

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 803 to 2,235
  • Group 2: 2,235 to 4,612
  • Group 3: 4,612 to 6,403
  • Group 4: 6,403 to 12,373
  • Highest: 12,373 to 67,810
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Texas67,810
2California28,307
3Florida27,097
4Ohio18,558
5Illinois17,900
6North Carolina15,356
7Georgia14,779
8Kentucky14,647
9Louisiana14,395
10Arizona12,373
11Washington12,337
12Pennsylvania12,297
13Missouri10,726
14New York10,295
15Tennessee9,862
16Alabama9,786
17Indiana9,771
18Michigan8,737
19Arkansas8,485
20Mississippi6,403
21Oklahoma6,219
22Colorado6,035
23Wisconsin5,727
24Maryland5,545
25New Jersey5,046
26Oregon4,804
27Nevada4,652
28Minnesota4,640
29South Carolina4,612
30Idaho4,190
31Iowa3,769
32Kansas3,644
33Utah3,599
34Connecticut3,511
35South Dakota3,162
36West Virginia2,992
37New Mexico2,568
38Delaware2,317
39Nebraska2,235
40Montana2,173
41Massachusetts1,641
42Alaska1,602
43Hawaii1,426
44North Dakota1,368
45Vermont930
46Maine881
47New Hampshire819
48Wyoming803

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 8 (admissions) and 9 (releases). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by admissions, 2023 (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 8 and 9; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-admissions-2023/

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