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2017 National Averages

This data represents the national averages for all data for the year.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
367
Violent Crime Rate
800
Property Crime Rate
4,972
Probationers
1,321
Parolees
267

Populations

Prison Population
26,384
Jail Population
17,528
Parole Population
15,466
Probation Population
72,716

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
20 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
70

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 32,094
Employee Positions
7,074

About Budgets and Employees

Please note that there is no standardized guidelines for reporting budgetary and employee information. While some DOC's are very open with their data, other states and agencies are still on the path to more plainly laying out their agency information. The information here is what our agency was able to gather based on the information available at the time it was released. 

Prison Budget

Employee Positions

About "Rate" Statistics

Each of these three, orange statistics is based on a "rate" of x per 100,000 people. So, if you see "503" on a chart, that should be read as "503 people per 100,000 people."

Incarceration Rate

Property Crime Rate

Violent Crime Rate

Number of State Prison Facilities

Number of Jail Facilities

Jail Population

Probationers

Parolees

Parole Population