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Rated capacity: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Rated capacity. All 29 states with data in Prison capacity and crowding 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
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (opens in a new tab)
Washington: not in this tableIdaho: not in this tableMontana: 2,267North Dakota: 1,509Minnesota: not in this tableMichigan: 35,284Ohio: not in this tablePennsylvania: not in this tableNew York: 43,125Vermont: 1,579New Hampshire: 2,760Maine: 2,636Arizona: 39,093California: not in this tableNew Mexico: 3,779Texas: 132,760Louisiana: 17,956Mississippi: 13,249Alabama: not in this tableFlorida: not in this tableGeorgia: 56,598South Carolina: not in this tableNorth Carolina: 35,420Virginia: not in this tableDistrict of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: not in this tableDelaware: 5,514New Jersey: 11,558Connecticut: not in this tableRhode Island: 3,989Massachusetts: not in this tableOregon: 14,570Utah: not in this tableWyoming: 2,054Nevada: 14,180Colorado: not in this tableSouth Dakota: not in this tableNebraska: not in this tableKansas: 10,730Oklahoma: 19,083Iowa: 6,990Missouri: not in this tableWisconsin: not in this tableIllinois: 39,192Kentucky: 12,796Arkansas: 16,291Tennessee: 14,347West Virginia: 5,801Indiana: not in this tableAlaska: 5,285Hawaii: not in this table

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1,509 to 2,760
  • Group 2: 2,760 to 6,990
  • Group 3: 6,990 to 14,347
  • Group 4: 14,347 to 35,420
  • Highest: 35,420 to 132,760
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.

1Texas132,760
2Georgia56,598
3New York43,125
4Illinois39,192
5Arizona39,093
6North Carolina35,420
7Michigan35,284
8Oklahoma19,083
9Louisiana17,956
10Arkansas16,291
11Oregon14,570
12Tennessee14,347
13Nevada14,180
14Mississippi13,249
15Kentucky12,796
16New Jersey11,558
17Kansas10,730
18Iowa6,990
19West Virginia5,801
20Delaware5,514
21Alaska5,285
22Rhode Island3,989
23New Mexico3,779
24New Hampshire2,760
25Maine2,636
26Montana2,267
27Wyoming2,054
28Vermont1,579
29North Dakota1,509

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 21. Reference period: 2023.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by rated capacity (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 21; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-rated-capacity/

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