← Minnesota in the data room ← Full 50-state ranking

Prisons and jails in Minnesota

Minnesota has 109 prisons and jails: 2.2% of the US total of 4,960. That ranks #22 by count and #21 per person (1.88 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#21

national rank (per capita)

109

prisons and jails

1.88

per 100k residents

The data

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.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

Minnesota: 109 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

Put this map on your website — free

Local blogs, news sites, parks pages: embed the live interactive map with one snippet. Attribution stays on, that's the whole deal.

<iframe src="https://get-instamaps.com/embed/rankings/prisons-jails/minnesota" width="100%" height="440" style="border:2px solid #111" loading="lazy" title="Minnesota prisons and jails map — InstaMaps"></iframe>

Named prisons and jails in Minnesota include

Jackson County Jail · Houston County Jail · Freeborn County Detention Center · Nobles County Jail · Martin County Jail · Faribault County Jail · Mower County Jail · Fillmore County Jail · Cottonwood County Jail · Watonwan County Jail · Pipestone County Jail · Olmsted County Work Release Facility

Cite this

"Minnesota has 109 prisons and jails, #22 in the US by count and #21 per person (HIFLD Prison Boundaries, 2025, mapped by InstaMaps)." Free to quote with a link to this page. Population: US Census 2024 estimates.