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Prison admissions and releases by state

Admissions and releases of sentenced prisoners under state jurisdiction during 2023: new court commitments and returns for conditional-supervision (parole or probation) violations, and unconditional releases, conditional releases and deaths. The United States row includes federal prisoners. Footnoted state values follow BJS's notes in the source tables (for example, some states report custody rather than jurisdiction counts, or estimate a value); values BJS marks as not available are blank.

Reference period
2023
Licence
Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
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Prison admissions and releases by state: Admissions, 202348 areas ranked by Admissions, 2023. Highest: Texas (67,810); lowest: Wyoming (803).TexasTexas: 67,81067,810CaliforniaCalifornia: 28,30728,307FloridaFlorida: 27,09727,097OhioOhio: 18,55818,558IllinoisIllinois: 17,90017,900North CarolinaNorth Carolina: 15,35615,356GeorgiaGeorgia: 14,77914,779KentuckyKentucky: 14,64714,647LouisianaLouisiana: 14,39514,395ArizonaArizona: 12,37312,373WashingtonWashington: 12,33712,337PennsylvaniaPennsylvania: 12,29712,297MissouriMissouri: 10,72610,726New YorkNew York: 10,29510,295TennesseeTennessee: 9,8629,862AlabamaAlabama: 9,7869,786IndianaIndiana: 9,7719,771MichiganMichigan: 8,7378,737ArkansasArkansas: 8,4858,485MississippiMississippi: 6,4036,403OklahomaOklahoma: 6,2196,219ColoradoColorado: 6,0356,035WisconsinWisconsin: 5,7275,727MarylandMaryland: 5,5455,545New JerseyNew Jersey: 5,0465,046OregonOregon: 4,8044,804NevadaNevada: 4,6524,652MinnesotaMinnesota: 4,6404,640South CarolinaSouth Carolina: 4,6124,612IdahoIdaho: 4,1904,190IowaIowa: 3,7693,769KansasKansas: 3,6443,644UtahUtah: 3,5993,599ConnecticutConnecticut: 3,5113,511South DakotaSouth Dakota: 3,1623,162West VirginiaWest Virginia: 2,9922,992New MexicoNew Mexico: 2,5682,568DelawareDelaware: 2,3172,317NebraskaNebraska: 2,2352,235MontanaMontana: 2,1732,173MassachusettsMassachusetts: 1,6411,641AlaskaAlaska: 1,6021,602HawaiiHawaii: 1,4261,426North DakotaNorth Dakota: 1,3681,368VermontVermont: 930930MaineMaine: 881881New HampshireNew Hampshire: 819819WyomingWyoming: 803803
Prison admissions and releases by state: Admissions, 202348 areas ranked by Admissions, 2023. Highest: Texas (67,810); lowest: Wyoming (803).TexasTexas: 67,81067,810CaliforniaCalifornia: 28,30728,307FloridaFlorida: 27,09727,097OhioOhio: 18,55818,558IllinoisIllinois: 17,90017,900North CarolinaNorth Carolina: 15,35615,356GeorgiaGeorgia: 14,77914,779KentuckyKentucky: 14,64714,647LouisianaLouisiana: 14,39514,395ArizonaArizona: 12,37312,373WashingtonWashington: 12,33712,337PennsylvaniaPennsylvania: 12,29712,297MissouriMissouri: 10,72610,726New YorkNew York: 10,29510,295TennesseeTennessee: 9,8629,862AlabamaAlabama: 9,7869,786IndianaIndiana: 9,7719,771MichiganMichigan: 8,7378,737ArkansasArkansas: 8,4858,485MississippiMississippi: 6,4036,403OklahomaOklahoma: 6,2196,219ColoradoColorado: 6,0356,035WisconsinWisconsin: 5,7275,727MarylandMaryland: 5,5455,545New JerseyNew Jersey: 5,0465,046OregonOregon: 4,8044,804NevadaNevada: 4,6524,652MinnesotaMinnesota: 4,6404,640South CarolinaSouth Carolina: 4,6124,612IdahoIdaho: 4,1904,190IowaIowa: 3,7693,769KansasKansas: 3,6443,644UtahUtah: 3,5993,599ConnecticutConnecticut: 3,5113,511South DakotaSouth Dakota: 3,1623,162West VirginiaWest Virginia: 2,9922,992New MexicoNew Mexico: 2,5682,568DelawareDelaware: 2,3172,317NebraskaNebraska: 2,2352,235MontanaMontana: 2,1732,173MassachusettsMassachusetts: 1,6411,641AlaskaAlaska: 1,6021,602HawaiiHawaii: 1,4261,426North DakotaNorth Dakota: 1,3681,368VermontVermont: 930930MaineMaine: 881881New HampshireNew Hampshire: 819819WyomingWyoming: 803803
Admissions, 2023, 2023, sorted high to low. 48 areas ranked by Admissions, 2023. Highest: Texas (67,810); lowest: Wyoming (803). Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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United States472,278350,628111,385453,242106,603317,4904,896
Alabama9,7867,8853489,9372,0556,963323
Alaska1,6021,4911111,6221,0825346
Arizona12,3738,2884,03011,9061,8229,974109
Arkansas8,4854,3014,1847,0275996,33692
California28,30724,4293,87832,05820831,374404
Colorado6,0354,3681,6625,6737234,89540
Connecticut3,5113,1373663,1761,2801,8845
Delaware2,3171,8703902,9451062,72910
Florida27,09726,5366825,28814,8269,986460
Georgia14,77913,4591,31811,7987,2874,281230
Hawaii1,4261,0074191,44436638112
Idaho4,1903,1851,0053,5265522,95420
Illinois17,90012,9794,86017,7113,03114,49481
Indiana9,7718,5131,2089,1217248,045104
Iowa3,7692,6741,0953,8328322,96627
Kansas3,6442,7248603,2161333,04042
Kentucky14,64710,0334,44014,8243,76110,76952
Louisiana14,39510,9103,41213,07594311,946128
Maine881854278893275620
Maryland5,5454,3741,1704,9441,4653,42354
Massachusetts1,6411,4252091,46365679116
Michigan8,7375,4021,4688,1263335,537121
Minnesota4,6403,1351,5054,5823004,18993
Mississippi6,4034,7781,6256,6715505,90867
Missouri10,7265,8494,87511,42079610,428136
Montana2,1731,6275391,9711951,75519
Nebraska2,2351,8523811,9756951,26119
Nevada4,6523,3871,2654,5281,0353,44647
New Hampshire81942739279414563611
New Jersey5,0463,8291,2175,5052,7462,70447
New Mexico2,5681,5117502,1235361,56021
New York10,2959,1171,1158,8553378,299104
North Carolina15,35611,4443,91214,1681,44712,594127
North Dakota1,3681,2091591,2711241,1441
Ohio18,55812,8855,44217,3405,65711,502160
Oklahoma6,2196,0681466,4312,7853,517129
Oregon4,8042,9971,5087,113376,74349
Pennsylvania12,2976,7415,44110,7911,9828,620157
South Carolina4,6124,0135944,4971,5092,90382
South Dakota3,1621,5201,3462,8482062,3398
Tennessee9,8626,1203,74210,1333,6636,349121
Texas67,81045,34419,08258,0347,53947,991563
Utah3,5991,4092,1903,1623072,83817
Vermont9305301074194
Washington12,3374,4417,89011,7221,38310,28254
West Virginia2,9921,5061,3423,0655532,35930
Wisconsin5,7273,7781,9464,646904,48652
Wyoming8036601437442005359

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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Source agency
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Dataset
Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 8 and 9
Table
Prison admissions and releases by state
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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https://quadranac.com/tables/us-prison-admissions-releases/

Prison admissions and releases by state (United States, 2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 8 and 9. Retrieved 2026-11-03 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-prison-admissions-releases/