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US Incarceration Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants by State

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Incarceration rate by state

U.S. states by incarceration rate under state prison or local jail jurisdiction per 100,000 population. Rates are for year-end 2018. The table below has all 50 states and the

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Incarceration stats by US territory, and percent female

* indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links.

Juvenile detention

Juvenile detention totals from the

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Comparison with other countries

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.'' Chart showing incarceration rates of 50 most populous countries. Another chart showing what the inmates in the USA are in for (does not indicate reasons for probation and parole violations. Those offenses, such as drug tests, etc. change the breakdown of what inmates are in for). On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail.One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008
February 28, 2008. The Pew Center on the States.

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around 212,000 of the 714,000 female prisoners worldwide (women and girls) are incarcerated in the United States.World Female Imprisonment List (fourth edition)
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. In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails.Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015
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and click on the map links and/or the sidebar links to get to the region and country desired. the overall incarceration rate in the US is 639 per 100,000 population of all ages (as of 2018), the incarceration rate of

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is 104 per 100,000 (as of 2018),Canada

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is 130 per 100,000 (as of 2021),United Kingdom: England & Wales

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is 160 per 100,000 (as of 2020).Australia

. Comparing other developed countries, the rate of

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is 122 per 100,000 (as of 2020),Spain

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is 90 per 100,000 (as of 2020),France

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is 69 per 100,000 (as of 2020),Germany

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is 49 per 100,000 (as of 2020),Norway

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is 63 per 100,000 (as of 2018),Netherlands

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is 38 per 100,000 (as of 2019).Japan

. In addition, the United States has striking statistics when observing the racial dimension of mass incarceration. According to

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(in 2010 book), the United States "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of

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Correctional supervision rates 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 one of the header lines at the top. * indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links.

Male and female incarceration and correctional supervision numbers

In 2015 there were 1,942,500 male and 202,600 female inmates in prisons and jails. That is 10.4% female.Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015
By Danielle Kaeble and Lauren Glaze, ''BJS Statisticians.'' Dec. 2016.

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Appendix table 3 on page 14 has male and female counts and rates by state. It says there are 1,942,500 male and 202,600 female inmates in prisons and jails. That is 10.4% female. See the state, federal, and overall total at the bottom of the table. * indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links.

State female incarceration rates compared to countries

Female incarceration rates by country and US state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Female incarceration rates if every US state were a country. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data is available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "Figure 1. 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."

References

External links

Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisionment by US States 1978 - 2012

Crime, Punishment and Ratio of Crime to Punishment Per 100,000 and Rank by Year and between States
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