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World Prison Brief USA State by State HA-30-6-99

 

 

Correction

Agency

General Population 2003

Total Prison Population

State Prison Population

Local Jail Population

per 100,000

944 Executions since 1976

Federal

290,809,777

173,059

N/a

N/a

58

 

Vermont

619,107

1,205

N/a

N/a

203

 

Maine

1,305,728

2,745

1,632

1,113

220

 

Minnesota

5,059,375

10,765

5,763

5,002

226

 

North Dakota

633,837

1,520

932

588

239

 

Hawaii

1,257,608

3,479

N/a

N/a

291

 

West Virginia

1,810,354

5,496

3,003

2,493

304

 

New Hampshire

1,287,687

3,830

2,238

1,592

320

 

Rhode Island

1,076,164

3,176

N/a

N/a

321

 

Nebraska

1,739,291

5,740

3,551

2,189

344

 

Massachusetts

6,433,422

21,796

11,022

10,774

353

 

Iowa

2,944,062

10,229

7,231

2,998

356

 

Washington

6,131,445

24,849

14,307

10,542

431

 

Utah

2,351,467

9,239

5,215

4,024

433

 

Montana

917,621

3,998

2,477

1,521

453

 

Alaska

648,818

2,837

2,769

68

459

1

Oregon

3,559,596

15,425

9,142

6,283

464

 

Kansas

2,723,507

12,864

8,486

4,378

484

 

South Dakota

764,309

3,581

2,517

1,064

485

 

Wyoming

501,242

2,338

1,333

1,005

485

 

Illinois

12,653,544

61,235

44,355

16,880

506

 

Indiana

6,195,643

30,025

17,238

12,787

506

 

Connecticut

3,483,372

16,776

N/a

N/a

511

 

Wisconsin

5,472,299

27,218

14,659

12,559

519

 

Colorado

4,550,688

21,043

12,039

9,004

520

 

Pennsylvania

12,365,455

63,490

36,494

29,996

529

 

Idaho

1,366,332

6,634

3,825

2,809

531

 

New Jersey

8,638,396

43,777

26,947

16,830

536

 

Kentucky

4,117,827

21,651

11,278

10,373

546

 

North Carolina

8,407,248

43,243

29,964

13,279

564

4

Ohio

11,435,798

63,444

46,806

16,638

565

7

New York

19,190,115

104,341

71,020

33,411

574

 

Arkansas

2,725,714

15,022

10,190

4,832

588

1

New Mexico

1,874,614

10,330

5,113

5,217

590

 

Missouri

5,704,484

32,300

25,360

6,940

591

 

Michigan

10,079,985

61,882

46,253

15,629

628

 

Maryland

5,508,909

33,650

22,705

10,945

650

1

Tennessee

5,841,748

35,884

16,324

19,629

655

 

Mississippi

2,881,281

18,416

9,530

8,886

664

 

Virginia

7,386,330

48,828

30,593

18,235

713

5

California

35,484,453

239,206

162,064

77,142

721

 

Alabama

4,500,752

33,157

21,739

11,418

757

2

Arizona

5,580,811

36,412

26,092

10,320

761

 

South Carolina

4,147,152

30,000

21,220

8,780

772

 

Nevada

2,241,154

14,057

9,159

4,898

774

2

Florida

17,019,068

119,679

68,599

51,080

790

2

Delaware

817,491

5,958

N/a

N/a

792

 

Oklahoma

3,511,532

27,926

21,083

6,743

825

6

Georgia

8,684,715

74,500

41,665

32,835

956

2

Texas

22,118,509

204,110

146,180

57,930

1,014

22

Louisiana

4,496,334

44,934

19,303

25,631

1,025

 

District of Columbia

563,384

8,226

6,573

1,653

1,594

 

 

290,809,777

1,915,525

 

 

 

55 executions in 2004