# US states by female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), 2023

All 50 values come from Bureau of Justice Statistics for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 states have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `imprisonment_rate_female`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Sentenced female prisoners (sentence of more than 1 year) under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities on December 31, per 100,000 female residents. Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, with Census Bureau resident population estimates for January 1 of the following year.
- Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced female prisoners per 100,000 female U.S. residents (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables) (https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-justice-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics. National Prisoner Statistics: imprisonment rate of sentenced female prisoners per 100,000 female U.S. residents (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables). https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-imprisonment-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Idaho | 152 |
| 2 | Montana | 133 |
| 3 | South Dakota | 125 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 107 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 98 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 96 |
| 7 | Mississippi | 95 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 90 |
| 9 | Arizona | 79 |
| 10 | Texas | 75 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 70 |
| 12 | Indiana | 68 |
| 13 | Louisiana | 67 |
| 13 | Missouri | 67 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 65 |
| 16 | Ohio | 64 |
| 17 | Georgia | 63 |
| 17 | North Dakota | 63 |
| 19 | Nevada | 55 |
| 20 | Alabama | 54 |
| 21 | Kansas | 52 |
| 22 | Florida | 51 |
| 23 | New Mexico | 49 |
| 24 | Colorado | 47 |
| 25 | Iowa | 45 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 44 |
| 27 | Virginia | 43 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 42 |
| 28 | Oregon | 42 |
| 28 | South Carolina | 42 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 40 |
| 32 | Michigan | 34 |
| 33 | Pennsylvania | 32 |
| 34 | Hawaii | 28 |
| 34 | Utah | 28 |
| 36 | Illinois | 24 |
| 37 | Maine | 23 |
| 38 | Washington | 22 |
| 39 | Connecticut | 21 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 21 |
| 41 | Alaska | 20 |
| 41 | California | 20 |
| 41 | Maryland | 20 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 20 |
| 45 | Delaware | 17 |
| 46 | New York | 13 |
| 47 | Vermont | 12 |
| 48 | New Jersey | 10 |
| 49 | Massachusetts | 7 |
| 50 | Rhode Island | 6 |