How Many Prisoners are in Each US State?

gp Number of Prisoners Per 100,000 Population: US State Foreign Nation nation with the closest corresponding prison population 164 Mass. Armenia Minnesota Gabon North Dakota Israel 229 New Hampshire Singapore New Jersey Guyana Utah |Guyana Washington Chile Nebraska Bahrain New York Bahrain 164 Maine |Armenia 167 164 196 223 230 260 | 260 266 275 275 194 225 255 256 267 275 276 285 lowa Iran 284 Rhode Island Costa Rica 314 329 329 | 335 376 319 332 Vermont Lithuania New Mexico Lithuania Kansas Belarus 333 342 California St. Vincent & Grenadines |376 376 365 368 Montana St. Vincent & Grenadines West Virginia St. Vincent & Grenadines Maryland St. Vincent & Grenadines 368 376 391 | 391 370 Illinois Dominica North Carolina Dominica Wisconsin Thailand 379 387 395 398 Pennsylvania | Thailand Oregon Antigua & Barbuda Colorado Panama Wyoming Panama Hawaii Azerbaijan Michigan Guam Ohio Guam South DakotaBahamas 396 398 401 403 405 411 410 411 414 | 413 432 |432 444 444 |475 475 443 448 448 449 Tennessee Bahamas Indiana Russia Virginia Russia South Carolina Belize Idaho Belize 461 462 477 482 483 476 476 | 476 487 Nevada Belize Kentucky Anguilla Connecticut Rwanda Missouri Barbados Florida no close international equivilent Georgia no close international equivilent Arkansas no close international equivilent Arizona no close international equivilent Texas no close international equivilent Alabama no close international equivilent 485 491 491 527 521 548 557 591 643 669 677 | 714 Alaska |St. Kitts & Nevis Oklahoma higher than any nation Mississippi higher than any nation Delaware higher than any nation Louisiana higher than any nation 715 734 740 780 867 Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (US Data), World Bank (International Data) Simran Khosla/ GlobalPost