Prison population facts

Who is in each state's prisons, from public Department of Corrections records. Counts only; no individual is listed.

People in prison today (supervision offices excluded where the state lists them). Age is based on birth year, as of the end of 2026, so it can be off by up to a year. People the state holds in county jails are not in these records, which can undercount the youngest, most recently sentenced people. Height, weight, hair and eye color appear only where the state publishes them. Names are shown only when at least 10 people share them.