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Number of prisoners in the United States 2016, by state

Number of prisoners under federal or state jurisdiction in the U.S. in 2016, by state

The data displays the number of prisoners in the U.S. at the end of 2016, by state. As of December 2016, there were total 28,883 prisoners in the state of Alabama.

Texas	163703
California	130390
Florida	99974
Georgia	53627
Ohio	52175
New York	50716
Pennsylvania	49244
Illinois	43657
Arizona	42320
Michigan	41122
Virginia	37813
North Carolina	35697
Louisiana	35682
Missouri	32461
Alabama	28883
Tennessee	28203
Oklahoma	26871
Indiana	25546
Wisconsin	23377
Kentucky	23022
South Carolina	20858
Maryland	19994
Colorado	19981
New Jersey	19786
Mississippi	19192
Washington	19104
Arkansas	17537
Oregon	15166
Connecticut	14957
Nevada	13757
Minnesota	10592
Kansas	9920
Massachusetts	9403
Iowa	9031
Idaho	8252
West Virginia	7162
New Mexico	7055
Delaware	6585
Utah	6182
Hawaii	5602
Nebraska	5302
Alaska	4434
South Dakota	3831
Montana	3814
Rhode Island	3103
New Hampshire	2818
Maine	2404
Wyoming	2374
North Dakota	1791
Vermont	1735

Number of prisoners in the United States 2016, by state

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