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New court commitments: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: New court commitments. All 47 states with data in Prison admissions and releases by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 350,628 (United States).

Washington: 4,441Idaho: 3,185Montana: 1,627North Dakota: 1,209Minnesota: 3,135Michigan: 5,402Ohio: 12,885Pennsylvania: 6,741New York: 9,117Vermont: not in this tableNew Hampshire: 427Maine: 854Arizona: 8,288California: 24,429New Mexico: 1,511Texas: 45,344Louisiana: 10,910Mississippi: 4,778Alabama: 7,885Florida: 26,536Georgia: 13,459South Carolina: 4,013North Carolina: 11,444Virginia: not in this tableDistrict of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 4,374Delaware: 1,870New Jersey: 3,829Connecticut: 3,137Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: 1,425Oregon: 2,997Utah: 1,409Wyoming: 660Nevada: 3,387Colorado: 4,368South Dakota: 1,520Nebraska: 1,852Kansas: 2,724Oklahoma: 6,068Iowa: 2,674Missouri: 5,849Wisconsin: 3,778Illinois: 12,979Kentucky: 10,033Arkansas: 4,301Tennessee: 6,120West Virginia: 1,506Indiana: 8,513Alaska: 1,491Hawaii: 1,007

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 427 to 1,511
  • Group 2: 1,511 to 3,137
  • Group 3: 3,137 to 4,778
  • Group 4: 4,778 to 9,117
  • Highest: 9,117 to 45,344
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.

1Texas45,344
2Florida26,536
3California24,429
4Georgia13,459
5Illinois12,979
6Ohio12,885
7North Carolina11,444
8Louisiana10,910
9Kentucky10,033
10New York9,117
11Indiana8,513
12Arizona8,288
13Alabama7,885
14Pennsylvania6,741
15Tennessee6,120
16Oklahoma6,068
17Missouri5,849
18Michigan5,402
19Mississippi4,778
20Washington4,441
21Maryland4,374
22Colorado4,368
23Arkansas4,301
24South Carolina4,013
25New Jersey3,829
26Wisconsin3,778
27Nevada3,387
28Idaho3,185
29Connecticut3,137
30Minnesota3,135
31Oregon2,997
32Kansas2,724
33Iowa2,674
34Delaware1,870
35Nebraska1,852
36Montana1,627
37South Dakota1,520
38New Mexico1,511
39West Virginia1,506
40Alaska1,491
41Massachusetts1,425
42Utah1,409
43North Dakota1,209
44Hawaii1,007
45Maine854
46Wyoming660
47New Hampshire427

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 new court commitments (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-new-court-commitments/

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