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US states by female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners)

Oklahoma had the highest female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners) of 50 states in 2014, at 142 per 100,000 people. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 12 per 100,000 people. The median was 51 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 65 per 100,000 people. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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Highest142Oklahoma
Lowest12Rhode Island
Median5150 states
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Map of states, 2014

Alabama: 98 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 44 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 104 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 92 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 32 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 71 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 35 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 44 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 71 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 67 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 44 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 125 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 44 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 86 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 47 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 50 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 108 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 87 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 21 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 29 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 15 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 42 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 27 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 78 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 100 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 76 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 45 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 76 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 36 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 22 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 63 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 23 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 48 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 51 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 71 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 142 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 63 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 41 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 12 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 51 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 96 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 77 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 93 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 45 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 33 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 71 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 40 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 89 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 45 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 97 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2014. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: BJS, 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). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2014

Oklahoma: 142 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma142Idaho: 125 per 100,000 peopleIdaho125Kentucky: 108 per 100,000 peopleKentucky108Arizona: 104 per 100,000 peopleArizona104Missouri: 100 per 100,000 peopleMissouri100Alabama: 98 per 100,000 peopleAlabama98Wyoming: 97 per 100,000 peopleWyoming97South Dakota: 96 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota96Texas: 93 per 100,000 peopleTexas93Arkansas: 92 per 100,000 peopleArkansas92West Virginia: 89 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia89Louisiana: 87 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana87Indiana: 86 per 100,000 peopleIndiana86Mississippi: 78 per 100,000 peopleMississippi78Tennessee: 77 per 100,000 peopleTennessee77Nevada: 76 per 100,000 peopleNevada76Montana: 76 per 100,000 peopleMontana76Florida: 71 per 100,000 peopleFlorida71Ohio: 71 per 100,000 peopleOhio71Virginia: 71 per 100,000 peopleVirginia71Colorado: 71 per 100,000 peopleColorado71Georgia: 67 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia67Oregon: 63 per 100,000 peopleOregon63New Mexico: 63 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico63South Carolina: 51 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina51North Dakota: 51 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota51Kansas: 50 per 100,000 peopleKansas50North Carolina: 48 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina48Iowa: 47 per 100,000 peopleIowa47Nebraska: 45 per 100,000 peopleNebraska45Wisconsin: 45 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin45Utah: 45 per 100,000 peopleUtah45Alaska: 44 per 100,000 peopleAlaska44Illinois: 44 per 100,000 peopleIllinois44Delaware: 44 per 100,000 peopleDelaware44Hawaii: 44 per 100,000 peopleHawaii44Michigan: 42 per 100,000 peopleMichigan42Pennsylvania: 41 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania41Washington: 40 per 100,000 peopleWashington40New Hampshire: 36 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire36Connecticut: 35 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut35Vermont: 33 per 100,000 peopleVermont33California: 32 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia32Maryland: 29 per 100,000 peopleMaryland29Minnesota: 27 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota27New York: 23 per 100,000 peopleNew York23New Jersey: 22 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey22Maine: 21 per 100,000 peopleMaine21Massachusetts: 15 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts15Rhode Island: 12 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island12Oklahoma: 142 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma142Idaho: 125 per 100,000 peopleIdaho125Kentucky: 108 per 100,000 peopleKentucky108Arizona: 104 per 100,000 peopleArizona104Missouri: 100 per 100,000 peopleMissouri100Alabama: 98 per 100,000 peopleAlabama98Wyoming: 97 per 100,000 peopleWyoming97South Dakota: 96 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota96Texas: 93 per 100,000 peopleTexas93Arkansas: 92 per 100,000 peopleArkansas92West Virginia: 89 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia89Louisiana: 87 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana87Indiana: 86 per 100,000 peopleIndiana86Mississippi: 78 per 100,000 peopleMississippi78Tennessee: 77 per 100,000 peopleTennessee77Nevada: 76 per 100,000 peopleNevada76Montana: 76 per 100,000 peopleMontana76Florida: 71 per 100,000 peopleFlorida71Ohio: 71 per 100,000 peopleOhio71Virginia: 71 per 100,000 peopleVirginia71Colorado: 71 per 100,000 peopleColorado71Georgia: 67 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia67Oregon: 63 per 100,000 peopleOregon63New Mexico: 63 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico63South Carolina: 51 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina51North Dakota: 51 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota51Kansas: 50 per 100,000 peopleKansas50North Carolina: 48 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina48Iowa: 47 per 100,000 peopleIowa47Nebraska: 45 per 100,000 peopleNebraska45Wisconsin: 45 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin45Utah: 45 per 100,000 peopleUtah45Alaska: 44 per 100,000 peopleAlaska44Illinois: 44 per 100,000 peopleIllinois44Delaware: 44 per 100,000 peopleDelaware44Hawaii: 44 per 100,000 peopleHawaii44Michigan: 42 per 100,000 peopleMichigan42Pennsylvania: 41 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania41Washington: 40 per 100,000 peopleWashington40New Hampshire: 36 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire36Connecticut: 35 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut35Vermont: 33 per 100,000 peopleVermont33California: 32 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia32Maryland: 29 per 100,000 peopleMaryland29Minnesota: 27 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota27New York: 23 per 100,000 peopleNew York23New Jersey: 22 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey22Maine: 21 per 100,000 peopleMaine21Massachusetts: 15 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts15Rhode Island: 12 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island12
per 100,000 people. Source: BJS, 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2014
per 100,000 people		Change on 2013
1Oklahoma142+1.9 pts
2Idaho125-6.6 pts
3Kentucky108+10.3 pts
4Arizona104+3.4 pts
5Missouri100+10.2 pts
6Alabama98-5.3 pts
7Wyoming97+5.7 pts
8South Dakota96-8.5 pts
9Texas93+3.4 pts
10Arkansas92+4.6 pts
11West Virginia89+3.1 pts
12Louisiana87-6.9 pts
13Indiana86+0.9 pts
14Mississippi78-13.6 pts
15Tennessee77+4.1 pts
16Nevada76-1.5 pts
17Montana76-5.3 pts
18Florida71-1 pts
19Ohio71+0.9 pts
20Virginia71+3.5 pts
21Colorado71+2.3 pts
22Georgia67-1.8 pts
23Oregon63-1.3 pts
24New Mexico63+1.9 pts
25South Carolina51-1.1 pts
26North Dakota51+9.6 pts
27Kansas50+2.7 pts
28North Carolina48+3.6 pts
29Iowa47+2.1 pts
30Nebraska45+6.9 pts
31Wisconsin45+4.6 pts
32Utah45-0.7 pts
33Alaska44-29.1 pts
34Illinois44-0.4 pts
35Delaware44-4.4 pts
36Hawaii44-5.7 pts
37Michigan42+1.2 pts
38Pennsylvania41+0.5 pts
39Washington40-0.6 pts
40New Hampshire36+4.7 pts
41Connecticut35-1.6 pts
42Vermont33+2.8 pts
43California32-0 pts
44Maryland29-0.1 pts
45Minnesota27+0.3 pts
46New York23-0.3 pts
47New Jersey22-0.2 pts
48Maine21+0.9 pts
49Massachusetts15-0.6 pts
50Rhode Island12-2 pts

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About this ranking

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.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. 1 states with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2026). 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) (US states by female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), 2014) [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 female prisoners per 100,000 female U.S. residents (CSAT quick table and Prisoners in YYYY statistical tables), US states by female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), 2014. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 20 Feb. 2026, https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-imprisonment-rate/us-states?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2026. 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). US states by female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-imprisonment-rate/us-states?period=2014.

Harvard

Bureau of Justice Statistics (2026) 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), US states by female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners), 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2023-statistical-tables, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-imprisonment-rate/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-imprisonment-rate/us-states?period=2014. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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Which state has the highest female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners)?

Oklahoma, with 142 per 100,000 people in 2014, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Which state has the lowest female imprisonment rate (sentenced prisoners)?

Rhode Island, with 12 per 100,000 people in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 states have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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