Table 8: Criminal Justice (Prisoners Per 100,000 Population; Inverse Rank)
 
STATE INVERSE RANK INMATES/ 100,000
ALABAMA 44 492
ALASKA 32 379
ARIZONA 43 481
ARKANSAS 30 357
CALIFORNIA 41 451
COLORADO 26 322
CONNECTICUT 24 314
DELAWARE 38 428
FLORIDA 39 439
GEORGIA 42 462
HAWAII 15 249
IDAHO 25 319
ILLINOIS 27 327
INDIANA 19 287
IOWA 10 222
KANSAS 21 301
KENTUCKY 28 331
LOUISIANA 49 615
MAINE 3 112
MARYLAND 36 412
MASSACHUSETTS 22 302
MICHIGAN 40 440
MINNESOTA 2 110
MISSISSIPPI 45 498
MISSOURI 35 409
MONTANA 14 235
NEBRASKA 8 194
NEVADA 46 502
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 177
NEW JERSEY 29 343
NEW MEXICO 16 261
NEW YORK 33 383
NORTH CAROLINA 32 379
NORTH DAKOTA 1 101
OHIO 37 413
OKLAHOMA 48 591
OREGON 12 226
PENNSYLVANIA 18 286
RHODE ISLAND 9 205
SOUTH CAROLINA 47 532
SOUTH DAKOTA 17 281
TENNESSEE 20 292
TEXAS 50 686
UTAH 7 194
VERMONT 4 137
VIRGINIA 34 404
WASHINGTON 11 224
WEST VIRGINIA 5 150
WISCONSIN 13 230
WYOMING 23 307
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