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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: Mueller, D. and Kluckow, R. (2025). Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Nellis, A. (2021). The color of justice: Racial disparity in state prisons. The Sentencing Project; Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, T. J., & Kang, W. (2025). Easy access to the census of juveniles in residential placement. National Center for Juvenile Justice; 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.

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
360 43 394 202 448 596 246 290 183 275 382 449 165 490 238 351 274 305 423 617 119 261 96 328 152 652 385 438 295 327 151 125 259 167 275 240 394 545 291 300 122 299 405 341 477 186 124 314 181 328 346 378
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
Latinx/White Disparity
2.2:1 — — 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
87 — 145 210 53 148 61 83 20 109 285 86 82 25 111 52 121 82 87 103 158 30 43 45 77 72 73 110 102 144 155 27 46 100 61 53 51 152 60 151 91 104 115 136 43 96 57 8 101 71 245 77 138
Felony Disenfranchisement Rate
1.7% — 5.95% 0.96% 4.2% 3.77% 0.37% 0.44% 0.21% 0.83% — 6.13% 3.25% 0.23% 2.17% 0.34% 0.57% 1.13% 0.9% 4.66% 1.58% 0 0.37% 0.14% 0.45% 0.23% 3.08% 1.7% 0.63% 0.87% 0.52% 0.21% 0.22% 0.35% 0.23% 0.9% 0.39% 0.57% 1.4% 0.42% 0.41% 0.19% 0.97% 1.92% 7.68% 2.5% 0.34% 0 4.18% 0.28% 1.1% 1.53% 2.17%

Data Sources: Mueller, D. and Kluckow, R. (2025). Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Zeng, Z. & Minton, T.D. (2021). Census of jails, 2005-2019 – Statistical tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Zeng, Z. (2025). Jails report series: 2024 preliminary data release. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Zeng, Z. (2025). Jail inmates in 2023 - Statistical tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Kaeble, D. (2026). Probation and parole in the United States, 2024. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Nellis, A. & Barry, C. (2025). A matter of life: The scope and impact of life and long term imprisonment in the United States. The Sentencing Project.

Data Sources: Mueller, D. and Kluckow, R. (2025). Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Data Source: Mueller, D. and Kluckow, R. (2025). Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical tables. Bureau of Justice Statistics; Nellis, A. (2021). The color of justice: Racial disparity in state prisons. The Sentencing Project.

Data Source: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, T. J., & Kang, W. (2025). Easy access to the census of juveniles in residential placement. National Center for Juvenile Justice.

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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