Table 1.
COVID-19 Outcomes of Incarcerated People Compared to the General Population
| State | Tests per 1000 | Positive Cases per 1000 | Fatalities per 1000 Cases | Test Positivity Rate (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Population | Prison Population | General Population | Prison Population | General Population | Prison Population | General Population | Prison Population | |
| Alabama | 110 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| Alaska | 213 | 400 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Arizona | 101 | 109 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 13 |
| Arkansas | 131 | 406 | 10 | 149 | 11 | 8 | 37 | |
| California | 147 | 443 | 9 | 55 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Colorado | 71 | 357 | 7 | 36 | 46 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| Connecticut | 169 | 13 | 122 | 92 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Delaware | 147 | 13 | 55 | 40 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Florida | 127 | 308 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
| Georgia | 109 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Hawaii | 69 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Idaho | 75 | 180 | 7 | 76 | 9 | 9 | 42 | |
| Illinois | 164 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 37 |
| Indiana | 87 | 79 | 8 | 27 | 52 | 3 | 9 | 35 |
| Iowa | 123 | 450 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Kansas | 82 | 7 | 93 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Kentucky | 103 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Louisiana | 215 | 55 | 18 | 22 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 41 |
| Maine | 95 | 588 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 0 | |
| Maryland | 112 | 1024 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Massachusetts | 143 | 1010 | 16 | 54 | 74 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| Michigan | 137 | 1017 | 8 | 103 | 80 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Minnesota | 140 | 1531 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Mississippi | 120 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 31 |
| Missouri | 84 | 618 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Montana | 116 | 404 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nebraska | 114 | 162 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | |
| Nevada | 118 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 8 | |||
| New Hampshire | 101 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 2 | |
| New Jersey | 196 | 714 | 20 | 159 | 89 | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| New Mexico | 205 | 218 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| New York | 249 | 99 | 21 | 13 | 80 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| North Carolina | 122 | 268 | 9 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| North Dakota | 166 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ohio | 91 | 346 | 6 | 105 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 30 |
| Oklahoma | 113 | 164 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| Oregon | 72 | 112 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | 154 | 8 | 6 | 68 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Puerto Ricoa | 64 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |||
| Rhode Island | 166 | 701 | 17 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 102 | 12 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 12 | ||
| South Dakota | 106 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 161 | 894 | 10 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Texas | 91 | 912 | 10 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
| Utah | 135 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Vermont | 126 | 1031 | 2 | 34 | 42 | 2 | 3 | |
| Virginia | 99 | 9 | 42 | 27 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Washington | 94 | 156 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| West Virginia | 122 | 771 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wisconsin | 125 | 1068 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | |
| Wyoming | 74 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||
| BOP | 172 | 52 | 11 | 30 | ||||
| ICEb | 607 | 157 | 1 | 26 | ||||
a Puerto Rico general population data is from the same census source as all general population data; Puerto Rico prison population data is from The Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2012, available at: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=144). The prison population in 2012 was 12,244.
b Immigrantion and Customs Enforcement population data is available at: https://www.ice.gov/detention-management). The population as of July 11, 2020 was 22,340.