TABLE 2 -- Prison & Jail Incarceration Rates, 2005
Rate of Incarceration per 100,000 Population
* Incarceration rates based on data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prison and Jail
Inmates at Midyear 2005. New Mexico and Wyoming have been excluded due to lack of data
on race and ethnicity.
State White Black Hispanic
Alabama 542 1916 /
Alaska 500 2163 380
Arizona 590 3294 1075
Arkansas 478 1846 288
California 460 2992 782
Colorado 525 3491 1042
Connecticut 211 2532 1401
Delaware 396 2517 683
District of Columbia 56 1065 267
Florida 588 2615 382
Georgia 623 2068 576
Hawaii 453 851 185
Idaho 675 2869 1654
Illinois 223 2020 415
Indiana 463 2526 579
Iowa 309 4200 764
Kansas 443 3096 /
Kentucky 561 2793 757
Louisiana 523 2452 244
Maine 262 1992 /
Maryland 288 1579 /
Massachusetts 201 1635 1229
Michigan 412 2262 397
Minnesota 212 1937 /
Mississippi 503 1742 611
State White Black Hispanic
Missouri 487 2556 587
Montana 433 3569 846
NATIONAL 412 2290 742
Nebraska 290 2418 739
Nevada 627 2916 621
New Hampshire 289 2666 1063
New Jersey 190 2352 630
New York 174 1627 778
North Carolina 320 1727 /
North Dakota 267 2683 848
Ohio 344 2196 613
Oklahoma 740 3252 832
Oregon 502 2930 573
Pennsylvania 305 2792 1714
Rhode Island 191 1838 631
South Carolina 415 1856 476
South Dakota 470 4710 /
Tennessee 487 2006 561
Texas 667 3162 830
Utah 392 3588 838
Vermont 304 3797 /
Virginia 396 2331 487
Washington 393 2522 527
West Virginia 392 2188 211
Wisconsin 415 4416 /
PAGE 7 STATE RATES OF INCARCERATION BY RACE & ETHNICITY
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