# US states by 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`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- 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.
- Source: 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) (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 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/imprisonment-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mississippi | 652 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 617 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 596 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 545 |
| 5 | Idaho | 490 |
| 6 | Texas | 477 |
| 7 | Georgia | 449 |
| 8 | Arizona | 448 |
| 9 | Montana | 438 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 423 |
| 11 | South Dakota | 405 |
| 12 | Alabama | 394 |
| 12 | Ohio | 394 |
| 14 | Missouri | 385 |
| 15 | Florida | 382 |
| 16 | Wyoming | 378 |
| 17 | Indiana | 351 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 346 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 341 |
| 20 | Michigan | 328 |
| 20 | West Virginia | 328 |
| 22 | Nevada | 327 |
| 23 | Virginia | 314 |
| 24 | Kansas | 305 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | 300 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 299 |
| 27 | Nebraska | 295 |
| 28 | Oregon | 291 |
| 29 | Colorado | 290 |
| 30 | Delaware | 275 |
| 30 | North Carolina | 275 |
| 32 | Iowa | 274 |
| 33 | Maryland | 261 |
| 34 | New Mexico | 259 |
| 35 | California | 246 |
| 36 | North Dakota | 240 |
| 37 | Illinois | 238 |
| 38 | Alaska | 202 |
| 39 | Utah | 186 |
| 40 | Connecticut | 183 |
| 41 | Washington | 181 |
| 42 | New York | 167 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 165 |
| 44 | Minnesota | 152 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 151 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 125 |
| 47 | Vermont | 124 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 122 |
| 49 | Maine | 119 |
| 50 | Massachusetts | 96 |