On this page, you can sort states (and U.S. territories) by total prison/​jail population, incarceration rate per 100,000 adults, or incarceration rate per 100,000 people of all ages—all statistics as of year-end 2016.
As of 2016, the 10 states with the highest incarceration rates per 100,000 people were:
If you’re looking at where to direct funding for U.S. criminal justice reform:
List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate
On this page, you can sort states (and U.S. territories) by total prison/​jail population, incarceration rate per 100,000 adults, or incarceration rate per 100,000 people of all ages—all statistics as of year-end 2016.
As of 2016, the 10 states with the highest incarceration rates per 100,000 people were:
Oklahoma (990 prisoners/​100k)
Louisiana (970)
Mississippi (960)
Georgia (880)
Alabama (840)
Arkansas (800)
Arizona (790)
Texas (780)
Kentucky (780)
Missouri (730)
National and state-level bail funds for pretrial and immigration detention