As of 2021, 20.1 percent of California's prison population were non-U.S. citizens, the highest share of any state in that year. Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, and Arizona rounded out the top five states with the highest share of non-U.S. citizens in prison in that year.
Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population in the United States in 2021, by state
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Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population
Citizenship status is determined from prisoners' own reports upon admittance to prison.
Data for Alaska, Oregon, and Rhode Island has not been reported.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 20, 2022). Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population in the United States in 2021, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356987/non-us-citizen-prisoners-share-total-prison-population-us-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population in the United States in 2021, by state." Chart. December 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356987/non-us-citizen-prisoners-share-total-prison-population-us-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2022). Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population in the United States in 2021, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356987/non-us-citizen-prisoners-share-total-prison-population-us-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Non-u.S. Citizen Prisoners as a Share of The Total Prison Population in The United States in 2021, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356987/non-us-citizen-prisoners-share-total-prison-population-us-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population in the United States in 2021, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356987/non-us-citizen-prisoners-share-total-prison-population-us-state/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Non-U.S. citizen prisoners as a share of the total prison population in the United States in 2021, by state [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356987/non-us-citizen-prisoners-share-total-prison-population-us-state/
