Data / Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) / Arizona

Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona

Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona was 448 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics. That is up 2 pts from 2022. That is the 8th highest of 50 states in 2023.

2023, per 100,000 people448
Change on 2022+2 pts
Rank8th of 50US states ranked
Series high5992010
Series low1371978

Next release: Saturday, 20 February 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona, 1978 to 2023

10020030040050060019781985199219992006201320231978: 137 per 100,000 people1979: 142 per 100,000 people1980: 159 per 100,000 people1981: 185 per 100,000 people1982: 209 per 100,000 people1983: 227 per 100,000 people1984: 249 per 100,000 people1985: 260 per 100,000 people1986: 273 per 100,000 people1987: 307 per 100,000 people1988: 328 per 100,000 people1989: 351 per 100,000 people1990: 374 per 100,000 people1991: 392 per 100,000 people1992: 405 per 100,000 people1993: 422 per 100,000 people1994: 448 per 100,000 people1995: 458 per 100,000 people1996: 469 per 100,000 people1997: 472 per 100,000 people1998: 481 per 100,000 people1999: 477 per 100,000 people2000: 492 per 100,000 people2001: 499 per 100,000 people2002: 514 per 100,000 people2003: 532 per 100,000 people2004: 540 per 100,000 people2005: 526 per 100,000 people2006: 542 per 100,000 people2007: 558 per 100,000 people2008: 572 per 100,000 people2009: 584 per 100,000 people2010: 599 per 100,000 people2011: 589 per 100,000 people2012: 583 per 100,000 people2013: 584 per 100,000 people2014: 592 per 100,000 people2015: 596 per 100,000 people2016: 587 per 100,000 people2017: 566 per 100,000 people2018: 560 per 100,000 people2019: 556 per 100,000 people2020: 513 per 100,000 people2021: 454 per 100,000 people2022: 446 per 100,000 people2023: 448 per 100,000 people
per 100,000 people. Source: BJS, National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-02-20.
All 46 values
Periodper 100,000 people
2023448
2022446
2021454
2020513
2019556
2018560
2017566
2016587
2015596
2014592
2013584
2012583
2011589
2010599
2009584
2008572
2007558
2006542
2005526
2004540
2003532
2002514
2001499
2000492
1999477
1998481
1997472
1996469
1995458
1994448
1993422
1992405
1991392
1990374
1989351
1988328
1987307
1986273
1985260
1984249
1983227
1982209
1981185
1980159
1979142
1978137

Compared with United States

Place2023
Arizona448
United States360

Rankings

Definition

Sentenced prisoners (sentence of more than 1 year) under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities on December 31, per 100,000 residents of all ages. Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, with Census Bureau resident population estimates for January 1 of the following year.

Counts only prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year, so it differs from the prison population rate used for other countries (prison_population_rate), which counts everyone held in prison, pre-trial detainees included. Prisoners are counted by the jurisdiction with legal authority over them, wherever they are held, on December 31. The national figure adds the federal system to the states. Local jails are not included, except in Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont, which run one combined prison and jail system. Felons sentenced in the District of Columbia have been the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Prisons since 2001, so the District has values only up to 2000.

How to cite

Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics. National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2026). National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables) (Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), Arizona, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables

MLA 9

National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables), Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), Arizona, 1978 to 2023. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 20 Feb. 2026, https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/imprisonment-rate/arizona. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2026. National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), Arizona, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/imprisonment-rate/arizona.

Harvard

Bureau of Justice Statistics (2026) National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables), Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), Arizona, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/imprisonment-rate/arizona (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_imprisonment_rate_sentenced_prisoners_2023,
  author = {{Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
  title = {{National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables): Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), Arizona, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/imprisonment-rate/arizona. Publisher attribution: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics. National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Bureau of Justice Statistics
TI  - National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables): Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), Arizona, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/02/20
PB  - Bureau of Justice Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/imprisonment-rate/arizona
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/imprisonment-rate/arizona.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics. National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"imprisonment_rate","place":"us-state-04"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=imprisonment_rate&place=us-state-04

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona?

Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona was 448 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics. That is up 2 pts from 2022. That is the 8th highest of 50 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, total (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) in Arizona?

599 per 100,000 people in 2010, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) elsewhere in United States

Related statistics for Arizona

All statistics for Arizona | Arizona in figures