Number of prisoners in the U.S. 2022, by state

Published by
Veera Korhonen,
Dec 12, 2023
As of December 2022, there was a total of 139,631 prisoners in the state of Texas, the most out of any state. California, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio rounded out the top five states with the most prisoners in the United States.

Number of prisoners under federal or state jurisdiction in the United States in 2022, by state

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Release date

November 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Data include both total jail and prison population. Prisons and jails form one integrated system.
Oregon did not submit National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program data in time. Data includes imputed counts for the jurisdictions that did not submit National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data in time to be included in the report.

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