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U.S. citizen prisoners: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: U.S. citizen prisoners. All 47 states with data in Non-citizen prisoners by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-03
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Washington: 11,063Idaho: 8,173Montana: 4,951North Dakota: 1,867Minnesota: 7,732Michigan: 32,602Ohio: 44,558Pennsylvania: 33,723New York: 29,381Vermont: 1,227New Hampshire: 1,830Maine: 1,761Arizona: 31,976California: not in this tableNew Mexico: 5,470Texas: 119,027Louisiana: 27,719Mississippi: 10,888Alabama: 15,700Florida: 80,521Georgia: 47,923South Carolina: 15,735North Carolina: 29,565Virginia: 22,132District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 11,361Delaware: 4,251New Jersey: 10,699Connecticut: 10,583Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: 5,231Oregon: not in this tableUtah: 4,458Wyoming: 2,085Nevada: 9,306Colorado: 8,185South Dakota: 3,669Nebraska: 5,713Kansas: 8,793Oklahoma: 20,959Iowa: 8,511Missouri: 23,710Wisconsin: 19,594Illinois: 20,530Kentucky: 18,992Arkansas: 15,977Tennessee: 18,289West Virginia: 5,177Indiana: 22,599Alaska: 4,272Hawaii: 3,173

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1,227 to 4,458
  • Group 2: 4,458 to 8,511
  • Group 3: 8,511 to 15,977
  • Group 4: 15,977 to 27,719
  • Highest: 27,719 to 119,027
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.

1Texas119,027
2Florida80,521
3Georgia47,923
4Ohio44,558
5Pennsylvania33,723
6Michigan32,602
7Arizona31,976
8North Carolina29,565
9New York29,381
10Louisiana27,719
11Missouri23,710
12Indiana22,599
13Virginia22,132
14Oklahoma20,959
15Illinois20,530
16Wisconsin19,594
17Kentucky18,992
18Tennessee18,289
19Arkansas15,977
20South Carolina15,735
21Alabama15,700
22Maryland11,361
23Washington11,063
24Mississippi10,888
25New Jersey10,699
26Connecticut10,583
27Nevada9,306
28Kansas8,793
29Iowa8,511
30Colorado8,185
31Idaho8,173
32Minnesota7,732
33Nebraska5,713
34New Mexico5,470
35Massachusetts5,231
36West Virginia5,177
37Montana4,951
38Utah4,458
39Alaska4,272
40Delaware4,251
41South Dakota3,669
42Hawaii3,173
43Wyoming2,085
44North Dakota1,867
45New Hampshire1,830
46Maine1,761
47Vermont1,227

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 22. Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by u.S. citizen prisoners (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 22; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-u-s-citizen-prisoners/

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