All 4,960 US prisons and jails, from HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release (2025), ranked by prisons and jails per 100,000 residents. Every state links to its own map and CSV: free to cite, embed and download.
| # | State | Per 100k | Total | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montana | 5.36 | 61 | 1.2% | Map + story → |
| 2 | Wyoming | 4.94 | 29 | 0.6% | Map + story → |
| 3 | North Dakota | 4.27 | 34 | 0.7% | Map + story → |
| 4 | Kansas | 4.24 | 126 | 2.5% | Map + story → |
| 5 | West Virginia | 4.12 | 73 | 1.5% | Map + story → |
| 6 | Iowa | 3.95 | 128 | 2.6% | Map + story → |
| 7 | Nebraska | 3.89 | 78 | 1.6% | Map + story → |
| 8 | South Dakota | 3.68 | 34 | 0.7% | Map + story → |
| 9 | Mississippi | 3.57 | 105 | 2.1% | Map + story → |
| 10 | Alaska | 3.51 | 26 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 11 | Arkansas | 3.34 | 103 | 2.1% | Map + story → |
| 12 | Louisiana | 2.94 | 135 | 2.7% | Map + story → |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 2.66 | 109 | 2.2% | Map + story → |
| 14 | Idaho | 2.65 | 53 | 1.1% | Map + story → |
| 15 | Alabama | 2.58 | 133 | 2.7% | Map + story → |
| 16 | Kentucky | 2.46 | 113 | 2.3% | Map + story → |
| 17 | Georgia | 2.41 | 270 | 5.4% | Map + story → |
| 18 | Missouri | 2.16 | 135 | 2.7% | Map + story → |
| 19 | New Mexico | 2.11 | 45 | 0.9% | Map + story → |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 1.93 | 115 | 2.3% | Map + story → |
| 21 | Minnesota | 1.88 | 109 | 2.2% | Map + story → |
| 22 | Tennessee | 1.87 | 135 | 2.7% | Map + story → |
| 23 | Indiana | 1.82 | 126 | 2.5% | Map + story → |
| 24 | Vermont | 1.7 | 11 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 25 | North Carolina | 1.56 | 172 | 3.5% | Map + story → |
| 26 | Virginia | 1.55 | 137 | 2.8% | Map + story → |
| 27 | Colorado | 1.54 | 92 | 1.9% | Map + story → |
| 28 | South Carolina | 1.53 | 84 | 1.7% | Map + story → |
| 29 | Maine | 1.49 | 21 | 0.4% | Map + story → |
| 30 | Texas | 1.43 | 449 | 9.1% | Map + story → |
| 31 | Ohio | 1.39 | 165 | 3.3% | Map + story → |
| 32 | Nevada | 1.32 | 43 | 0.9% | Map + story → |
| 33 | New Hampshire | 1.28 | 18 | 0.4% | Map + story → |
| 34 | Oregon | 1.24 | 53 | 1.1% | Map + story → |
| 35 | Illinois | 1.21 | 154 | 3.1% | Map + story → |
| 36 | Michigan | 1.19 | 121 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 37 | Washington | 1.13 | 90 | 1.8% | Map + story → |
| 38 | Florida | 1.03 | 240 | 4.8% | Map + story → |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | 1 | 131 | 2.6% | Map + story → |
| 40 | Utah | 0.91 | 32 | 0.6% | Map + story → |
| 41 | Arizona | 0.9 | 68 | 1.4% | Map + story → |
| 42 | Hawaii | 0.9 | 13 | 0.3% | Map + story → |
| 43 | Delaware | 0.86 | 9 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 44 | Maryland | 0.85 | 53 | 1.1% | Map + story → |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 0.81 | 9 | 0.2% | Map + story → |
| 46 | California | 0.73 | 288 | 5.8% | Map + story → |
| 47 | New York | 0.67 | 133 | 2.7% | Map + story → |
| 48 | Massachusetts | 0.56 | 40 | 0.8% | Map + story → |
| 49 | New Jersey | 0.43 | 41 | 0.8% | Map + story → |
| 50 | Washington DC | 0.43 | 3 | 0.1% | Map + story → |
| 51 | Connecticut | 0.41 | 15 | 0.3% | Map + story → |
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. Per-capita figures use US Census Bureau 2024 population estimates.
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