Increase in Incarceration Rate, 1980 - 2000
1. Connecticut
2. New Hampshire
3. North Dakota
4. New Jersey
5. Idaho
6. California
7. Mississippi
8. Oklahoma
9. Pennsylvania
10. Wisconsin
|  | Incarceration Rate, 2000
1. District of Columbia
2. Louisiana
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Mississippi
6. Alabama
7. South Carolina
8. Georgia
9. Nevada
10. Delaware
| | Rankings for all fifty states and Washington DC For sources and explanations on how the data were collected, please see our Methodology page. |
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Growth in Prison Spending Per Capita, 1980 - 2000
1. Ohio
2. Pennsylvania
3. Texas
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Oregon
7. Connecticut
8. Utah
9. Kansas
10. Wisconsin
| | Prison Spending Per Capita, 2000
1. District of Columbia
2. Alaska
3. Oregon
4. Michigan
5. Ohio
6. Maryland
7. Wisconsin
8. New York
9. Arizona
10. Virginia
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Growth in Higher Education Spending Per Capita, 1980 - 2000
1. Minnesota
2. New Jersey
3. Pennsylvania
4. Ohio
5. Georgia
6. Indiana
7. Massachusetts
8. Iowa
9. Nebraska
10. New Mexico
| | Education Spending Per Capita, 2000
1. Minnesota
2. Iowa
3. New Mexico
4. Hawaii
5. North Carolina
6. Wyoming
7. Nebraska
8. Alaska
9. Delaware
10. Texas
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Highest Proportion of Drug Offenders, 1999
1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. California
4. Utah
5. Illinois
6. Oklahoma
7. South Carolina
8. Arizona
9. Tennessee
10. Delaware
| | Greatest Disparity Between White and Nonwhite Incarceration Rates, 2000
1. Pennsylvania
2. District of Columbia
3. Wisconsin
4. Connecticut
5. Minnesota
6. New Jersey
7. New York
8. Maryland
9. Illinois
10. Ohio
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Greatest Disparity Between White and Black Incarceration Rates, 2000
1. Minnesota
2. New Jersey
3. Wisconsin
4. Iowa
5. Connecticut
6. Pennylvania
7. Utah
8. New York
9. District of Columbia
10. Illinois
| | Greatest Disparity Between White and Hispanic Incarceration Rates, 2000
1. New York
2. Connecticut
3. Pennsylvania
4. Massachusetts
5. North Dakota
6. New Jersey
7. Minnesota
8. Maryland
9. Wisconsin
10. New Hampshire
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