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Table: State Imprisonment Rates 2000 & 2008

Friday, 15 January 2010 21:21
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US State Imprisonment Rates 2000 and 2008 per 100,000 Residents.*
Changes in Rates from 2000 to 2008 Ordered from Highest to Lowest
State
12/31/2000 12/31/2008
Change**





2000-2008
West Virginia
211 331
120
Kentucky
373 492
119
Indiana
335 442
107
Florida
462 557
95
Alaska
341 430
89
Alabama
549 634
85
Pennsylvania
307 393
86
Virginia
422 489
67
North Dakota
158 225
67
Colorado
403 467
64
South Dakota
353 412
59
Oregon
316 371
55
Arkansas
458 511
53
Arizona
515 567
52
Louisiana
801 853
52
Minnesota
128 179
51
Mississippi
688 735
47
Idaho
430 474
44
Rhode Island
197 240
43
Ohio
406 449
43
Vermont
218 260
42
Wyoming
349 387
38
Tennessee
399 436
37
New Mexico
279 316
37
New Hampshire
185 220
35
Hawaii
302 332
30
Maine
129 151
22
North Carolina
347 368
21
Washington
251 272
21
Montana
348 368
20
Nebraska
228 247
19
Missouri
494 509
15
Iowa
276 291
15
Connecticut
398 407
9
Michigan
480 488
8
Wisconsin
376 374
-2
California
474 467
-7
Kansas
312 303
-9
Georgia
550 540
-10
South Carolina
532 519
-13
Illinois
371 351
-20
Utah
254 232
-22
Oklahoma
685 661
-24
Maryland
429 403
-26
Nevada
518 486
-32
Massachusetts
252 218
-34
Delaware
513 463
-50
New Jersey
362 298
-64
New York
383 307
-76
Texas
730 639
-91








Other Rankings:








By Region:










Southern States
539 552
13
Western States
423 436
13
Midwestern States
371 392
21
Northeastern States
320 306
-14






All States
432 445
13
U.S. Federal plus All States
478 504
26
(Includes Washington D.C.










*Number of prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year per 100,000 US residents.
**Estimated mathematically so rate may not reflect rounding adjustment.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics: Prisoners in 2008: NCJ 228417 December 2009,
Appendix Table 10. Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities, December 31, 2008 and earlier reports.
Table compiled by Robert Bohall, Virginia Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (www.vacure.org), and may be used or reproduced wihout permission.






Additional observations on the change in the imprisonment rate in Virginia for 2000-2008.







Virginia rank among all states:
8th Highest


Virginia rank among 16 Southern States:
5th Highest








West Virgina, Kentucky, Florida and Alabama had higher increases in the rate than Virginia. Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Maryland, Delaware and Texas lowered their rates of imprisonment 2000-2008.