Table 11. Incarceration Rate
per 1,000 Adults
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	State Ranking		Incarceration Rate per 1,000 Adults and Total Prison Population	% Higher Incarceration Rate Compared to the Best State
	1	Maine	2.13 (2,120)	--
	2	Massachusetts	2.33 (11,032)	9.2%
	3	Minnesota	2.45 (9,108)	14.9%
	4	North Dakota	2.89 (1,363)	35.6%
	5	New Hampshire	2.93 (2,805)	37.7%
	6	Nebraska	3.48 (4,407)	63.5%
	7	Washington	3.83 (17,561)	80.0%
	8	Utah	3.99 (6,430)	87.2%
	9	Iowa	4.09 (8,875)	92.0%
	10	West Virginia	4.13 (5,733)	94.2%
	11	New Jersey	4.31 (27,371)	102.4%
	12	Kansas	4.47 (8,816)	110.2%
	13	New York	4.49 (63,315)	111.0%
	14	Vermont	4.76 (2,215)	123.5%
	15	New Mexico	4.83 (6,639)	126.8%
	16	Pennsylvania	4.86 (44,397)	128.3%
	17	Illinois	4.92 (45,106)	131.3%
	18	Rhode Island	5.04 (3,996)	136.6%
	19	Oregon	5.14 (13,707)	141.5%
	20	Montana	5.15 (3,572)	141.8%
	21	Wyoming	5.61 (2,114)	163.6%
	22	Maryland	5.69 (22,945)	167.2%
	23	Wisconsin	5.79 (23,431)	171.8%
	24	Indiana	5.85 (26,091)	174.8%
	25	Ohio	5.86 (49,166 Total)	175.3%
	26	Tennessee	5.90 (25,745 Total)	177.0%
	27	South Dakota	6.08 (3,359 Total)	185.5%
	28	North Carolina	6.08 (37,460 Total)	185.5%
	29	Hawaii	6.42 (5,967 Total)	201.4%
	30	Kentucky	6.54 (20,000 Total)	207.2%
	31	Virginia	6.75 (36,688 Total)	217.2%
	32	Colorado	6.76 (22,481 Total)	217.5%
	33	Arkansas	6.85 (13,729 Total)	221.6%
	34	California	6.88 (175,512 Total)	223.2%
	35	Michigan	7.03 (51,577 Total)	230.2%
	36	Florida	7.15 (92,969 Total)	235.7%
	37	Missouri	7.17 (30,167 Total)	236.5%
	38	Idaho	7.20 (7,124 Total)	238.3%
	39	Nevada	7.59 (12,901 Total)	256.3%
	40	South Carolina	7.76 (23,616 Total)	264.3%
	41	Connecticut	8.05 (20,566 Total)	277.9%
	42	Georgia	8.41 (52,792 Total)	294.8%
	43	Alabama	8.49 (28,241 Total)	298.8%
	44	Arizona	8.77 (35,892 Total)	311.9%
	45	Mississippi	10.23 (21,068 Total)	380.4%
	46	Oklahoma	10.26 (26,243 Total)	381.7%
	47	Texas	10.99 (172,116 Total)	416.1%
	48	Alaska	11.31 (5,069 Total)	431.1%
	49	Louisiana	11.49 (37,012 Total)	439.6%
	50	Delaware	11.77 (7,206 Total)	452.6%

Source - Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Prisoners under State or Federal Jurisdiction". Click here for more information. Rate calculated by dividing prison population numbers by the US Census Bureau adult population data from the 2006 American Community Survey.