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Incarceration Rate (per 100,000 U.S. residents), 2007

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 Incarceration Rate
United States506
Alabama615
Alaska4471
Arizona5542
Arkansas502
California471
Colorado465
Connecticut4101
Delaware4821
District of ColumbiaNA
Florida535
Georgia5632
Hawaii3381
Idaho483
IllinoisNA
Indiana426
Iowa291
Kansas312
Kentucky512
Louisiana865
Maine159
Maryland404
Massachusetts2463
Michigan499
Minnesota181
Mississippi734
Missouri506
Montana356
Nebraska243
Nevada509
New Hampshire222
New Jersey308
New Mexico313
New York322
North Carolina361
North Dakota221
Ohio442
Oklahoma665
Oregon369
Pennsylvania365
Rhode Island2351
South Carolina524
South Dakota413
Tennessee424
Texas669
Utah239
Vermont2601
Virginia490
Washington273
West Virginia333
Wisconsin397
Wyoming394
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Notes: 

Rates based on Census estimates for January 1, 2008.

Sources: 

Prisoners in 2007, Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin (NCJ 224280). U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Accessed 6/17/2009. Available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p07.htm

Definitions: 

NA: Data Not Available.

Footnotes: 
  1. Prisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations.
  2. Population based on custody counts.
  3. In Massachusets, the imprisonment rate includes an estimated 6,200 inmates sentenced to more than a year, but held in local jails.


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