Table 8. Juvenile Incarceration Rate per 100,000

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	State Ranking		Custody rate per 100,000 juveniles ages 10–upper age and Total in Custody	% Higher Custoday Rate Compared to the Best State
	1	Vermont	72.4 (51 Total)	--
	2	Hawaii	96.7 (129 Total)	33.5%
	3	New Hampshire	150 (198 Total)	107.1%
	4	Mississippi	152.1 (528 Total)	110.0%
	5	Maine	153.1 (222 Total)	111.4%
	6	North Carolina	168.8 (1,203 Total)	133.1%
	7	Maryland	181.2 (1,167 Total)	150.1%
	8	Kentucky	184.9 (837 Total)	155.3%
	9	New Jersey	198.9 (1,941 Total)	174.7%
	10	Connecticut	210.4 (627 Total)	190.5%
	11	Illinois	212.1 (2,715 Total)	192.9%
	12	Massachusetts	215.5 (1,302 Total)	197.6%
	13	Arkansas	216.7 (675 Total)	199.2%
	14	Tennessee	225.6 (1,434 Total)	211.5%
	15	Washington	235.8 (1,656 Total)	225.5%
	16	Montana	245.2 (261 Total)	238.6%
	17	Missouri	246.0 (1,413 Total)	239.7%
	18	Michigan	256.6 (2,706 Total)	254.4%
	19	New Mexico	257.6 (606 Total)	255.7%
	20	Minnesota	259.1 (1,527 Total)	257.8%
	21	Oklahoma	265.0 (1,059 Total)	265.9%
	22	West Virginia	269.0 (498 Total)	271.5%
	23	New York	272.3 (4,308 Total)	276.1%
	24	Georgia	272.7 (2,451 Total)	276.6%
	25	Wisconsin	273.6 (1,524 Total)	277.8%
	26	Arizona	283.6 (1,890 Total)	291.6%
	27	Idaho	287.0 (489 Total)	296.3%
	28	Virginia	288.6 (2376 Total)	298.5%
	29	Rhode Island	294.7 (342 Total)	307.0%
	30	Iowa	298.6 (975 Total)	312.4%
	31	Utah	307.2 (954 Total)	324.2%
	32	Pennsylvania	316.6 (4,341 Total)	337.2%
	33	Ohio	317.8 (4,176 Total)	338.9%
	34	Texas	317.9 (7,662 Total)	338.9%
	35	Oregon	323.1 (1,275 Total)	346.2%
	36	Nebraska	331.3 (672 Total)	357.4%
	37	Kansas	335.7 (1,071 Total)	363.6%
	38	Colorado	344.0 (1,776 Total)	375.0%
	39	South Carolina	345.8 (1,443 Total)	377.4%
	40	North Dakota	346.8 (246 Total)	378.9%
	41	Alabama	350.8 (1,794 Total)	384.3%
	42	Nevada	361.8 (921 Total)	399.6%
	43	Delaware	364.4 (333 Total)	403.2%
	44	Alaska	369.5 (336 Total)	410.2%
	45	Louisiana	386.8 (1,821 Total)	434.1%
	46	California	392.3 (16,782 Total)	441.7%
	47	Indiana	415.4 (3,045 Total)	473.7%
	48	Florida	451.8 (8,208 Total)	523.8%
	49	South Dakota	564.4 (522 Total)	679.4%
	50	Wyoming	606.1 (357 Total)	737.0%

Source - Snyder, Howard N., and Sickmund, Melissa. 2006. Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Chapter 7, Juvenile Offenders in Correctional Facilities. Click here for an Excel presentation. Go to Tab p201.

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