I’m not gonna lie this isn’t beautiful it’s more just sad
Nelluc_ on
Now do private prisons to see which states will be the last to legalize marijuana.
Chaoticgaythey on
I was going to ask how the south could afford to keep ~1% of its total population imprisoned and then I remembered how much money the rest of us have to send them every year
Garad- on
I guess American teachers aren’t wrong when they say several of you will be going to jail
1% of the total population being ACTIVELY in jail in a couple of states is bonkers
mark-haus on
1% prison population is a failure no matter the circumstances
BillRides1969 on
We’re #1 at something!!! wait…
adrop62 on
Another embarrassing metric for the bible-belt.
Rannrann123 on
Every stat map of America is exactly the same
Arkheno on
Isn’t Delaware a tax evasion paradise?
blazershorts on
Here we go again with the race statistics
Particular_Ad_1435 on
Hey South Dakota, you doing alright?
lucidzfl on
I live in vermont and they just don’t arrest anyone, ever, for anything. There’s like 3 cops in Burlington lol
Cephylis on
In Germany it’s 69… No, I did not forget a zero.
SkyRattlers on
Since we all enjoy data that is not misleading, I have to ask….how have you factored in that many prisoners are not held in the state where they committed the crime?
Fast-Coast-3456 on
0.5-1% of population in prision is crazy. Must be the highest rate in the world.
In most european countries is about 0.1%.
idkwhatimbrewin on
It’s always the states you most expect
Hot-Science8569 on
Guess Utah is so low because deputies there do not take prisoners.
Scared-Box8941 on
The southern states… not that surprising when you go down the rabbit hole of how did they replace slave labor after slavery ended? Well buddies, most owners refused to pay wages so they began cheaply rented out… you guessed it. PRISONERS
Myopic_Cat on
For comparison, some stats from a few other western countries:
USA 541
Australia 167
UK (England & Wales) 140
France 115
South Korea 103
Canada 90
Germany 68
Finland 52
Japan 33
This is an interesting map. Genuinely sorta thought provoking.
Born-Flounder8140 on
New Hampshire – Live Free of Die…?
Into-the-stream on
As a point of comparison, the average incarceration rate in Canada per 100,000 people has hovered between 40 to 50 for the last several years: [https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510015501](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510015501)
CaroCogitatus on
Well, now I understand better why conservatives think America is a country awash in violent crime.
It is, *for their states*.
larkfield2655 on
And those states STILL have the highest homicide rates.
TheHaxinDuck on
Someone needs to make a gif of all of these state heatmaps back to back to visually show they are all what you’d expect
mr_ji on
Here’s a picture of a white guy in a Spirit Halloween prisoner costume for some reason.
Vamael on
Jarvis, overlay the map with percentage of population that is black.
![Prisoners per 100k people [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ros7a7ousdqf1-1536x1536.png "Prisoners per 100k people [OC]")
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I’m not gonna lie this isn’t beautiful it’s more just sad
Now do private prisons to see which states will be the last to legalize marijuana.
I was going to ask how the south could afford to keep ~1% of its total population imprisoned and then I remembered how much money the rest of us have to send them every year
I guess American teachers aren’t wrong when they say several of you will be going to jail
1% of the total population being ACTIVELY in jail in a couple of states is bonkers
1% prison population is a failure no matter the circumstances
We’re #1 at something!!! wait…
Another embarrassing metric for the bible-belt.
Every stat map of America is exactly the same
Isn’t Delaware a tax evasion paradise?
Here we go again with the race statistics
Hey South Dakota, you doing alright?
I live in vermont and they just don’t arrest anyone, ever, for anything. There’s like 3 cops in Burlington lol
In Germany it’s 69… No, I did not forget a zero.
Since we all enjoy data that is not misleading, I have to ask….how have you factored in that many prisoners are not held in the state where they committed the crime?
0.5-1% of population in prision is crazy. Must be the highest rate in the world.
In most european countries is about 0.1%.
It’s always the states you most expect
Guess Utah is so low because deputies there do not take prisoners.
The southern states… not that surprising when you go down the rabbit hole of how did they replace slave labor after slavery ended? Well buddies, most owners refused to pay wages so they began cheaply rented out… you guessed it. PRISONERS
For comparison, some stats from a few other western countries:
USA 541
Australia 167
UK (England & Wales) 140
France 115
South Korea 103
Canada 90
Germany 68
Finland 52
Japan 33
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate)
This is an interesting map. Genuinely sorta thought provoking.
New Hampshire – Live Free of Die…?
As a point of comparison, the average incarceration rate in Canada per 100,000 people has hovered between 40 to 50 for the last several years: [https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510015501](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510015501)
Well, now I understand better why conservatives think America is a country awash in violent crime.
It is, *for their states*.
And those states STILL have the highest homicide rates.
Someone needs to make a gif of all of these state heatmaps back to back to visually show they are all what you’d expect
Here’s a picture of a white guy in a Spirit Halloween prisoner costume for some reason.
Jarvis, overlay the map with percentage of population that is black.