In 2021, about 574 people per 100,000 inhabitants were imprisoned in the state of Mississippi, the most out of any state. The imprisonment rate stood at 350 people per 100,000 inhabitants in the United States in that year.
Imprisonment rate of state prisoners in the United States in 2021, by state
(per 100,000 population)
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 20, 2022). Imprisonment rate of state prisoners in the United States in 2021, by state (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/302411/state-prisoner-imprisonment-rate-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Imprisonment rate of state prisoners in the United States in 2021, by state (per 100,000 population)." Chart. December 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302411/state-prisoner-imprisonment-rate-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2022). Imprisonment rate of state prisoners in the United States in 2021, by state (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302411/state-prisoner-imprisonment-rate-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Imprisonment Rate of State Prisoners in The United States in 2021, by State (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/302411/state-prisoner-imprisonment-rate-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Imprisonment rate of state prisoners in the United States in 2021, by state (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/302411/state-prisoner-imprisonment-rate-us/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Imprisonment rate of state prisoners in the United States in 2021, by state (per 100,000 population) [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/302411/state-prisoner-imprisonment-rate-us/