Freedom#95 of 102 · Added July 22, 2026
Incarceration
People behind bars per 100,000 residents
Data: Prison Policy Initiative, States of Incarceration 2024, 2024 ↗nhmaps.com/65
New Hampshire keeps fewer people behind bars than almost anywhere in America.
People incarcerated per 100,000 residents (all confinement types) (people per 100,000 residents)
Map: Map: Tiny Frame (data: Prison Policy Initiative) ↗Data: Prison Policy Initiative, States of Incarceration 2024, 2024 ↗Found via @GregMooreNH ↗
View the data (50 states)
| # | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | 241 |
| 2 | Vermont | 245 |
| 3 | Rhode Island | 254 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 270 |
| 5 | Maine | 272 |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 278 |
| 7 | New York | 317 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 323 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 326 |
| 10 | Hawaii | 367 |
| 11 | Washington | 373 |
| 12 | Utah | 396 |
| 13 | Illinois | 433 |
| 14 | Maryland | 475 |
| 15 | California | 494 |
| 15 | Oregon | 494 |
| 17 | Michigan | 535 |
| 18 | Delaware | 539 |
| 19 | Iowa | 550 |
| 20 | Colorado | 556 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 559 |
| 22 | North Dakota | 560 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 589 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 591 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 606 |
| 26 | Nevada | 610 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 615 |
| 28 | Ohio | 621 |
| 29 | New Mexico | 647 |
| 30 | Kansas | 648 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 674 |
| 32 | Virginia | 679 |
| 33 | Florida | 705 |
| 34 | Arizona | 710 |
| 35 | Missouri | 713 |
| 36 | Idaho | 720 |
| 37 | Indiana | 721 |
| 38 | Alaska | 744 |
| 39 | Texas | 751 |
| 40 | Montana | 758 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 785 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 812 |
| 43 | Tennessee | 817 |
| 44 | Georgia | 887 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 889 |
| 46 | Alabama | 898 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | 905 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 912 |
| 49 | Mississippi | 1020 |
| 50 | Louisiana | 1067 |