# US states by prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction, 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: `prisoners_under_jurisdiction`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Prisoners of any sentence status under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities on December 31. Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics.
- Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics: prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 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: prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 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/prisoners-under-jurisdiction/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 149,264 |
| 2 | California | 95,962 |
| 3 | Florida | 87,207 |
| 4 | Georgia | 50,425 |
| 5 | Ohio | 46,530 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 38,860 |
| 7 | Arizona | 34,473 |
| 8 | Michigan | 32,986 |
| 9 | New York | 32,583 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 30,685 |
| 11 | Illinois | 29,828 |
| 12 | Louisiana | 28,186 |
| 13 | Virginia | 27,442 |
| 14 | Alabama | 27,181 |
| 15 | Indiana | 25,088 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 24,408 |
| 17 | Missouri | 24,223 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 22,418 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 22,283 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 19,526 |
| 21 | Kentucky | 19,175 |
| 22 | Arkansas | 18,503 |
| 23 | Colorado | 17,459 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 16,453 |
| 25 | Maryland | 16,236 |
| 26 | Washington | 14,441 |
| 27 | Oregon | 12,316 |
| 28 | New Jersey | 11,675 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 11,099 |
| 30 | Nevada | 10,463 |
| 31 | Idaho | 9,829 |
| 32 | Kansas | 9,125 |
| 33 | Iowa | 8,831 |
| 34 | Minnesota | 8,725 |
| 35 | Utah | 6,402 |
| 36 | Massachusetts | 6,002 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 5,931 |
| 38 | West Virginia | 5,800 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 5,586 |
| 40 | Montana | 4,985 |
| 41 | Delaware | 4,867 |
| 42 | Alaska | 4,478 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 3,942 |
| 44 | South Dakota | 3,764 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 2,519 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 2,212 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 2,115 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 1,899 |
| 49 | Maine | 1,873 |
| 50 | Vermont | 1,334 |