Census of Life-Sentenced Prisoners in U.S., 2024

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V
1	2024	Overall	Overall	Overall	Overall	Lifers as a	Race/Ethnicity	Race/Ethnicity	Race/Ethnicity	Race/Ethnicity	Elderly	Elderly	Elderly	Elderly	Under 25	Under 25	Under 25	Under 25	Women	Women	Women	Women
2		Life with Parole	Life without Parole	Virtual Life	Total Life Population	Percent of Prison Population	Percent White	Percent Black	Percent Latino	Percent Other	LWP	LWOP	Virtual	Total	LWP	LWOP	Virtual	Total	LWP	LWOP	Virtual	Total
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4	NATIONAL (Fed+State)	97,160	56,245	41,398	194,803	16%	32%	45%	16%	3%	37,306	18,686	13,150	69,142	36,095	19,930	12,404	68,429	3,494	1,909	1,426	6,829
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6	FEDERAL	567	3,084	1,548	5,199	3%	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO
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8	STATE	96,593	53,161	39,850	189,604	16%	32%	45%	16%	3%	37,306	18,686	13,150	69,142	36,095	19,930	12,404	68,429	3,494	1,909	1,426	6,829
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10	Alabama	3,684	1,485	781	5,950	29%	33%	66%	DNO	0%	1,697	697	274	2,668	1,109	404	255	1,768	133	63	39	235
11	Alaska	0	0	431	431	10%	12%	46%	2%	40%	0	0	163	163	0	0	145	145	0	0	18	18
12	Arizona	1,218	634	16	1,868	5%	19%	40%	35%	6%	511	21	10	542	513	211	16	740	50	40	0	90
13	Arkansas	684	552	893	2,129	11%	53%	44%	2%	1%	391	212	216	819	239	272	238	749	37	25	25	87
14	California	30,102	5,111	1,809	37,022	39%	31%	20%	41%	8%	10,814	1,642	636	13,092	11,119	2,830	540	14,489	869	178	7	1,054
15	Colorado	1,927	878	837	3,642	21%	24%	44%	26%	6%	765	316	261	1,342	455	347	254	1,056	20	31	23	74
16	Connecticut	29	62	606	697	7%	54%	29%	17%	0%	29	21	313	363	18	29	289	336	0	2	16	18
17	Delaware	71	371	220	662	16%	62%	38%	DNO	0%	67	164	76	307	30	130	62	222	0	7	2	9
18	Florida	3,138	10,915	1,313	15,366	18%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2,705	3,405	679	6,789	1,431	3,854	484	5,769	82	243	26	351
19	Georgia	7,679	1,949	764	10,392	20%	53%	35%	12%	1%	2,369	460	224	3,053	3,622	572	203	4,397	385	67	35	487
20	Hawaii	274	26	19	319	8%	71%	25%	3%	1%	144	14	10	168	72	10	4	86	6	0	0	6
21	Idaho	553	129	46	728	7%	7%	24%	4%	61%	220	69	9	298	116	22	11	149	30	6	1	37
22	Illinois	0	1,613	2,134	3,747	13%	3%	78%	13%	6%	0	898	551	1,449	0	551	985	1,536	0	41	56	97
23	Indiana	56	139	3,794	3,989	17%	66%	24%	10%	1%	56	46	1,093	1,195	19	49	1,092	1,160	2	5	140	147
24	Iowa	27	967	224	1,218	15%	48%	46%	4%	2%	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	27	373	54	454	1	38	13	52
25	Kansas	1,286	42	182	1,510	17%	27%	62%	7%	3%	342	9	75	426	477	10	42	529	65	2	1	68
26	Kentucky	709	153	466	1,328	7%	37%	49%	10%	3%	345	40	200	585	223	29	141	393	41	11	9	61
27	Louisiana	246	3,900	1,400	5,546	20%	29%	68%	2%	1%	97	1,773	399	2,269	178	1,647	540	2,365	23	111	21	155
28	Maine	0	65	59	124	7%	72%	27%	DNO	0%	0	32	28	60	0	15	19	34	0	2	2	4
29	Maryland	2,072	424	1,132	3,628	23%	10%	81%	0%	10%	907	150	257	1,314	1,003	159	279	1,441	56	14	24	94
30	Massachusetts	727	1,052	34	1,813	29%	76%	19%	3%	2%	288	453	23	764	360	471	8	839	26	27	0	53
31	Michigan	728	3,551	561	4,840	15%	34%	41%	22%	4%	500	2,027	196	2,723	267	1,750	258	2,275	22	145	6	173
32	Minnesota	384	167	21	572	7%	66%	30%	2%	3%	157	34	4	195	191	57	4	252	12	8	0	20
33	Mississippi	386	1,718	222	2,326	12%	40%	45%	6%	10%	249	478	37	764	240	628	88	956	9	103	6	118
34	Missouri	1,635	1,103	584	3,322	14%	72%	27%	1%	0%	605	441	249	1,295	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	65	47	10	122
35	Montana	53	50	439	542	19%	48%	48%	2%	1%	17	24	164	205	12	6	81	99	5	1	16	22
36	Nebraska	101	268	686	1,055	18%	5%	83%	1%	11%	28	104	146	278	36	97	182	315	2	14	27	43
37	Nevada	1,884	559	67	2,510	24%	31%	49%	15%	6%	603	263	6	872	659	110	6	775	99	40	7	146
38	New Hampshire	238	78	33	349	18%	25%	45%	26%	5%	105	46	12	163	92	20	14	126	20	4	2	26
39	New Jersey	832	102	525	1,459	11%	7%	83%	6%	4%	493	41	206	740	294	29	203	526	15	3	12	30
40	New Mexico	762	5	21	788	14%	60%	17%	13%	10%	274	1	1	276	291	1	6	298	29	0	1	30
41	New York	6,299	303	204	6,806	21%	9%	31%	52%	8%	2,143	85	122	2,350	2,204	97	48	2,349	158	10	2	170
42	North Carolina	1,329	1,725	886	3,940	13%	55%	18%	24%	3%	997	440	396	1,833	681	679	285	1,645	25	90	11	126
43	North Dakota	45	50	11	106	6%	59%	34%	3%	3%	15	14	4	33	13	5	0	18	4	2	0	6
44	Ohio	7,130	801	1,008	8,939	20%	14%	66%	7%	13%	2,276	195	694	3,165	2,614	185	218	3,017	361	34	12	407
45	Oklahoma	1,990	958	637	3,585	17%	51%	45%	2%	1%	766	317	298	1,381	615	251	58	924	146	63	16	225
46	Oregon	713	234	4	951	8%	35%	49%	6%	9%	276	106	4	386	251	74	0	325	52	11	0	63
47	Pennsylvania	239	5,059	2,981	8,279	21%	11%	71%	13%	5%	25	2,149	876	3,050	221	2,323	926	3,470	7	189	79	275
48	Rhode Island	198	25	15	238	15%	61%	27%	9%	1%	59	14	7	80	66	7	6	79	4	0	0	4
49	South Carolina	718	1,297	331	2,346	14%	39%	36%	24%	5%	549	432	88	1,069	388	398	154	940	26	46	7	79
50	South Dakota	0	172	242	414	11%	67%	31%	1%	1%	0	103	66	169	0	54	68	122	0	3	10	13
51	Tennessee	1,812	301	1,905	4,018	21%	9%	64%	4%	22%	536	95	486	1,117	921	112	748	1,781	127	14	129	270
52	Texas	7,923	1,562	8,873	18,358	14%	56%	41%	2%	0%	3,209	256	3,224	6,689	3,092	514	2,759	6,365	301	83	326	710
53	Utah	2,182	77	0	2,259	35%	39%	32%	27%	1%	558	23	0	581	559	26	0	585	64	2	0	66
54	Vermont	170	14	28	212	11%	7%	57%	21%	14%	69	6	12	87	67	5	11	83	6	3	2	11
55	Virginia	863	1,244	1,374	3,481	16%	6%	90%	0%	3%	DNO	DNO	DNO	DNO	211	304	335	850	17	25	261	303
56	Washington	2,240	533	245	3,018	22%	61%	38%	DNO	1%	604	298	76	978	591	108	90	789	25	18	6	49
57	West Virginia	284	304	165	753	12%	15%	60%	15%	10%	70	140	42	252	5	2	2	9	23	29	8	60
58	Wisconsin	822	381	466	1,669	8%	16%	84%	0%	1%	294	113	182	589	448	92	165	705	37	9	4	50
59	Wyoming	151	53	156	360	16%	47%	39%	10%	4%	82	19	55	156	55	11	28	94	7	0	8	15
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