List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate

This table and the one that directly follows it are a comprehensive breakdown of inmates across many categories. The incarceration rate for a state or U.S. territory is calculated from the total of inmates across that location row in both tables. Nationwide totals for each column are at the end of each table. Some U.S. territories are in alphabetical order in the 2 table halves: American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. • Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links. == Numbers in institution types: youth, Indian, civil commitment, forensic psychiatric, immigration, military ==

Further breakdown of inmates across categories. US totals at end of table. • Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links. ==By territory and percentage female ==

• Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in TERRITORY" or "Crime in TERRITORY" links. US territories. Incarceration rate per 100,000 of all ages. Incarceration count. Percent female. Data year is in order by column. == Juvenile detention ==

Juvenile detention totals from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. ==Comparison with other countries==

On January 1, 2008, more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. According to a November 2017 report by the World Prison Brief around 212,000 of the 714,000 female prisoners worldwide (women and girls) are incarcerated in the United States. In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. Comparing English-speaking developed countries; the overall incarceration rate in the U.S. was 531 per 100,000 population of all ages in 2021, England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 in 2023, and Australia was 158 per 100,000 in 2022. Comparing other developed countries, the rate of Spain was 122 per 100,000 in 2020, France was 90 per 100,000 in 2020, Germany was 69 per 100,000 in 2020, Norway was 49 per 100,000 in 2020, Netherlands was 63 per 100,000 in 2018, and Japan was 38 per 100,000 in 2019. The racial aspect of mass incarceration in the United States is striking. According to Michelle Alexander (in 2010 book), the United States "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid." == Correctional supervision by state ==

Chart below has numbers for people in adult facilities, and for people on probation and on parole. The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018. "In community" is community supervision. Rates are per 100,000 adults. == Male and female incarceration and correctional supervision ==

In 2015 there were 1,942,500 male and 202,600 female inmates in prisons and jails. That is 10.4% female. • Note: The state, federal, and U.S. total rows sort, but they come back to the top after further sorting. • Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. 2015 male and female incarceration and correctional supervision numbers. Rate is per 100,000 of all ages. == U.S. states compared to countries ==

File:Female incarceration rates by country and US state.gif|thumb|none|upright=0.5|Female incarceration rates by country and U.S. state. == Female incarceration in U.S. states and countries ==

See second chart at right. Female incarceration rates by country and U.S. state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data are available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "This graph shows the number of women in state prisons, local jails, and federal prisons from each U.S. state per 100,000 people in that state and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with at least a half million in total population." == See also ==