Every prison and jail in the US: federal, state, local and private. 4,960 in all, counted by state. Free to cite, embed and download.
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Source: HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release, 2025. Each facility at the centre of its boundary. The Prison Policy Initiative counts 5,077 facilities (2026); counts differ by which kinds of facility are included.
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| # | State | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 449 |
| 2 | California | 288 |
| 3 | Georgia | 270 |
| 4 | Florida | 240 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 172 |
| 6 | Ohio | 165 |
| 7 | Illinois | 154 |
| 8 | Virginia | 137 |
| 9 | Louisiana | 135 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 135 |
| 11 | Missouri | 135 |
| 12 | Alabama | 133 |
| 13 | New York | 133 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 131 |
| 15 | Iowa | 128 |
| 16 | Kansas | 126 |
| 17 | Indiana | 126 |
| 18 | Michigan | 121 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 115 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 113 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 109 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 109 |
| 23 | Mississippi | 105 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 103 |
| 25 | Colorado | 92 |
| 26 | Washington | 90 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 84 |
| 28 | Nebraska | 78 |
| 29 | West Virginia | 73 |
| 30 | Arizona | 68 |
| 31 | Montana | 61 |
| 32 | Maryland | 53 |
| 33 | Idaho | 53 |
| 34 | Oregon | 53 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 45 |
| 36 | Nevada | 43 |
| 37 | New Jersey | 41 |
| 38 | Massachusetts | 40 |
| 39 | South Dakota | 34 |
| 40 | North Dakota | 34 |
| 41 | Utah | 32 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 29 |
| 43 | Alaska | 26 |
| 44 | Maine | 21 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 18 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 15 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 13 |
| 48 | Vermont | 11 |
| 49 | Delaware | 9 |
| 50 | Rhode Island | 9 |
| 51 | Washington DC | 3 |
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4,960, from HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release (2025). Each facility at the centre of its boundary. The Prison Policy Initiative counts 5,077 facilities (2026); counts differ by which kinds of facility are included.
TX (449), CA (288), GA (270). The 50-state ranking, by count and per person, is at get-instamaps.com/rankings/prisons-jails.
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