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Detailed Data Tool

An expanded data set with an interactive tool that allows you to compare state-level incarceration data for youth and adults, including racial/ethnic disparities and estimates on the impact of felony disenfranchisement.

At a Glance

Data Sources: Carson, E. A. (2023). Prisoners in 2022. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Nellis, A. (2021). The Color of Justice: Racial Disparity in State Prisons. The Sentencing Project; Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Puzzanchera, C., and Kang, W. (2023) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement."; Uggen, C., Larson, R., Shannon, S., & Stewart, R. (2022). Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights, The Sentencing Project.

State U.S. Total Federal prisons Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Select a state to get started Select a state to get started
Imprisonment Rate
Per 100k residents
355 44 390 205 446 574 250 288 170 272 377 435 174 460 236 349 264 292 437 596 107 252 94 323 151 661 381 414 284 322 149 137 231 159 268 230 385 563 295 292 124 302 370 334 452 176 126 312 174 331 311 369
Black/White Disparity
4.8:1 2.8:1 4.7:1 4.9:1 3.5:1 9.2:1 6.6:1 9.4:1 5.3:1 4.1:1 2.8:1 2.4:1 4.4:1 7.8:1 4.6:1 9.3:1 6.3:1 2.9:1 3.8:1 8.8:1 5:1 7:1 6.7:1 9.9:1 2.6:1 3.6:1 7.5:1 8.9:1 4.1:1 5:1 12.5:1 5.8:1 7.8:1 3.9:1 5.2:1 5.7:1 4.4:1 5.2:1 7.7:1 8.5:1 3.8:1 5.9:1 3.4:1 3.5:1 7.6:1 12.3:1 4.4:1 5.5:1 3.8:1 11.9:1 5:1
Latino/White Disparity
1.3:1 0.6:1 1.7:1 0.6:1 2.0:1 2.2:1 3.7:1 0.1:1 0.7:1 0.6:1 0.4:1 1.4:1 1.5:1 0.7:1 1.4:1 1.4:1 0.4:1 0.0:1 3.6:1 0.8:1 4.0:1 0.3:1 1.9:1 0.5:1 0.5:1 0.6:1 1.9:1 0.8:1 1.8:1 2.0:1 1.8:1 3.0:1 0.9:1 2.3:1 1.1:1 0.9:1 1.0:1 2.3:1 2.6:1 0.7:1 1.5:1 0.5:1 1.1:1 1.8:1 0.2:1 0.4:1 1.2:1 0.3:1 2.1:1 1.4:1
Youth Custody Rate
Per 100k youth
74 130 195 46 90 58 78 18 138 165 61 71 20 117 39 113 77 106 63 144 22 31 32 82 62 56 109 89 93 104 10 40 87 40 38 48 122 59 146 80 73 78 99 42 89 37 0 64 51 202 79 269
Felony Disenfranchisement Rate
1.7% 6% 1% 4.2% 3.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.8% 6.1% 3.3% 0.2% 2.2% 0.3% 0.6% 1.1% 0.9% 4.7% 1.6% 0 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.2% 3.1% 1.7% 0.6% 0.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.9% 0.4% 0.6% 1.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 1% 1.9% 7.7% 2.5% 0.3% 0 4.2% 0.3% 1.1% 1.5% 1.5%

Data Sources: Carson, E. A. (2020). Prisoners in 2020. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Nellis, A. (2021). The Color of Justice: Racial Disparity in State Prisons. The Sentencing Project; Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Puzzanchera, C., & Kang, W. (2021) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement."; Uggen, C., Larson, R., Shannon, S., & Stewart, R. (2022). Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights, The Sentencing Project; Zeng, Z. & Minton, T.D. (2021). Census of Jails, 2005-2019. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Data Sources: Carson, E. A. (2021). Prisoners in 2020--Statistical Tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Data Source: Nellis, A. (2021). The Color of Justice: Racial Disparity in State Prisons. The Sentencing Project.

Data Source: Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Puzzanchera, C., & Kang, W. (2021) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement."

Data Source: Uggen, C., Larson, R., Shannon, S., Stewart, R., & Hauf, M. (2024). Locked Out 2024: Four Million Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction, The Sentencing Project

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