Incarceration rates by race and ethnicity in prisons (2021) and jails (2019), by state
These graphs are a part of our 50-state incarceration profiles.
- Alabama incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Alaska incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Arizona incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Arkansas incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- California incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Colorado incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Connecticut incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Delaware incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- District of Columbia incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Florida incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Georgia incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Hawaii incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Idaho incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Illinois incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Indiana incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Iowa incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Kansas incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Kentucky incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Louisiana incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Maine incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Maryland incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Massachusetts incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Michigan incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Minnesota incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Mississippi incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Missouri incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Montana incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Nebraska incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Nevada incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- New Hampshire incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- New Jersey incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- New Mexico incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- New York incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- North Carolina incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- North Dakota incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Ohio incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Oklahoma incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Oregon incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Pennsylvania incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Rhode Island incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- South Carolina incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- South Dakota incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Tennessee incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Texas incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Utah incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Vermont incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Virginia incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Washington incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- West Virginia incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Wisconsin incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
- Wyoming incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
Events
- June 7, 2024:
Research Director Wendy Sawyer will take part in a panel discussion during the Association of Health Care Journalists conference. The panel, Incarceration as a public health threat, will focus on the ways mass incarceration harms the health of not only incarcerated people but their communities as well.
Communication Director Mike Wessler will also be in attendance for journalists who want to connect.
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