"This list is the proprietary property of MotherJones.com. Any public or private use of the list must be attributed. To access from a home or office computer, save this page onto your desktop and then open the file with any spreadsheet or database program that handles tab delimited text files." "Source: each state's Department of Corrections; federal totals from Bureau of Justice Statistics. Data are for all years provided by authorities. last updated June 18, 2001 Drug prisoners per year (number of inmates whose primary offense is a drug offense) 1980 81 82 83 84 1985 86 87 88 89 1990 91 92 93 94 1995 96 97 98 99 2000 2001 AL 3686 3941 4311 AL AK 115 204 199 231 214 182 AK AZ 347 376 483 594 619 738 941 1186 1492 1975 2672 2916 3009 3462 4172 4449 4686 4812 5413 5575 5341 AZ AR 1144 1199 1208 1105 1629 1330 1346 1659 1784 1963 AR CA 1778 1800 2304 2966 3625 5116 8052 11230 15959 21251 23853 23539 24799 27581 29718 33513 37495 42282 44188 45455 CA CO 474 802 974 1033 1114 1463 1812 2441 2800 CO CT 468 2499 3450 4275 CT DE 59 67 95 102 104 151 203 247 351 402 476 660 710 744 710 664 630 726 716 DE DC DC FL 1289 1290 1701 1975 2017 2480 2901 4441 5229 7796 10074 9904 9341 9914 9919 11085 10928 10332 10465 11439 12620 FL GA 755 847 1046 1242 1432 1486 1433 1654 2050 3346 3657 3974 4015 4542 5674 5922 5851 5814 6239 6725 7372 GA HI 31 35 43 58 94 111 121 168 165 171 178 206 258 223 211 236 267 350 462 523 HI ID 358 472 566 677 854 1069 ID IL 534 683 673 1176 1400 1954 3180 4725 5327 5822 6925 7874 8415 9093 9848 11088 11397 11468 IL IN 2099 2195 2382 2590 2812 3438 3767 4016 4247 IN IA 62 65 70 83 75 49 366 562 679 773 936 1109 1315 1393 1611 IA KS 142 178 261 273 376 479 650 743 731 871 952 1001 1242 1391 1426 1478 1584 1664 KS KY 231 249 285 340 407 806 1075 1360 1452 1434 1915 2170 2462 3077 3166 3088 KY LA 11124 LA ME ME MD 510 576 599 763 985 1332 2168 2457 2441 2516 2566 2666 2955 2861 3709 4419 4868 MD MA 112 106 211 257 197 316 438 623 883 1103 1502 1816 1939 1973 1931 2002 1942 2079 2119 2212 2135 MA MI 5758 MI MN 110 219 245 308 372 475 472 505 541 628 851 903 1066 MN MS 5464 MS MO 198 539 4059 4897 MO MT MT NE 105 69 72 103 147 181 304 470 524 502 498 431 444 515 552 614 636 607 NE NV 1378 1652 1595 1632 1814 1833 2060 NV NH 307 285 270 298 277 NH NJ 378 423 958 654 897 1362 2028 2554 3801 5142 5818 7370 7788 7956 8904 8969 9063 10385 NJ NM 986 NM NY 1983 2234 2684 3187 3884 4655 5959 8454 11329 15940 18459 19852 21312 22184 23082 23345 23511 22670 22389 22266 NY NC 731 992 1225 1135 1197 1399 1695 2199 3277 4018 4727 5908 6257 6333 4628 4884 4494 4483 4512 4559 NC ND 13% 18% 23% ND OH 1239 1540 2944 4701 5556 5926 5950 5913 6237 6288 6186 OH OK 2745 3221 3401 3787 4280 4646 4935 5455 5938 OK OR 416 400 472 463 567 648 708 693 726 OR PA 311 333 437 462 614 730 1194 3161 3972 4404 4450 4811 5349 5218 4846 4890 5005 PA RI RI SC 473 440 554 671 731 907 1022 1253 1467 2194 3126 3793 4020 4141 4413 4596 4889 4906 4893 5054 5033 SC SD 319 SD TN 2263 2300 2616 2820 3090 3346 4061 4126 3802 TN TX 2326 2052 2092 2239 2261 2744 3418 3925 4431 5582 9194 8690 8687 11659 17087 31243 29789 29723 28636 27983 26589 TX UT 293 379 348 360 371 451 514 735 934 1170 1223 1212 1824 UT VT 9 7 21 VT VA 1508 2825 3241 3436 4280 5349 5053 4705 4649 VA WA 110 110 160 181 173 202 318 608 995 1259 1820 2314 2698 2676 2793 3044 2996 3035 3118 3208 WA WV 204 WV WI 2503 WI WY 139 274 WY Federal 4749 5076 5518 7201 8152 9491 12119 14354 15526 19459 25037 30498 36349 42945 46743 48118 50754 54099 55984 60399 63898 Federal All states* 19000 21700 25300 26600 31700 38900 45400 57900 79100 120100 148600 155200 168100 177000 193500 212800 216900 222100 236800 All states US total** 23749 26776 30818 33801 39852 48391 57519 72254 94626 139559 173637 185698 204449 219945 240243 260918 267654 276199 292784 US total *based on Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates **BJS estimates of state drug prisoners plus federal drug prisoners Percent of all inmates who are drug prisoners ('0' indicates no data for that year) 1980 81 82 83 84 1985 86 87 88 89 1990 91 92 93 94 1995 96 97 98 99 2000 AL 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 17% 17% 17% AL AK 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 10% 9% 9% 8% 7% 0% AK AZ 8% 7% 8% 9% 8% 9% 10% 11% 13% 16% 19% 20% 19% 20% 22% 22% 22% 22% 23% 23% 22% AZ AR 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 15% 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19% 20% 20% 23% 23% 17% TN TX 8% 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% 9% 10% 11% 13% 18% 17% 14% 13% 14% 24% 23% 21% 20% 20% 17% TX UT 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 15% 16% 14% 14% 14% 16% 17% 21% 23% 27% 28% 27% 34% UT VT 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% VT VA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 9% 9% 0% 13% 14% 13% 16% 20% 18% 16% 16% 0% VA WA 3% 2% 3% 3% 0% 3% 3% 5% 10% 14% 16% 20% 23% 26% 25% 24% 24% 23% 21% 21% 22% WA WV 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 6% 0% WV WI 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 12% WI WY 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 17% 0% 0% WY Federal 23% 23% 23% 27% 30% 29% 33% 36% 36% 41% 50% 54% 55% 58% 59% 58% 57% 57% 54% 55% 54% Federal US total** 8% 8% 8% 8% 9% 10% 11% 13% 16% 20% 23% 24% 24% 24% 24% 24% 24% 23% 23% US total 1980 81 82 83 84 1985 86 87 88 89 1990 91 92 93 94 1995 96 97 98 99 2000