Map of Registered Sex Offenders in the United States • Data obtained via phone survey of the individual sex offender registries in the 50 states, District of Columbia and five United States Territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands The total number of registered sex offenders has been compared to census data to determine the number of sex offenders per 100,000 total population in that state Displayed on each state and territory is the total number of registered sex offenders in red with the number per 100,000 total population just below in parentheses in black Colors indicate the range of where states and territories fall based on the total number of registered offenders per 100,000 total population in that state. This range is explained in the legend of the map. Included in the totals of thirty-eight (38) states or territories are offenders who have been deported, are currently incarcerated, or have moved to another state. The 18 states or territories that do NOT include these types of offenders in their totals are designated by hash marks.
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REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN THE UNITED STATES PER 100,000 POPULATION
Including the District of Columbia and Territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, VI
20,016
(313)
WA
Total - 644,865 (Per 100,000 Population - 215)
1,743
(185)
MT NH -3,896
1,120
(176)
ND
(296)
3,050
(231)
ME MA -10,315
14,487
(391)
OR
14,445
(280)
MN
VT - 2,438
MI
(391)
VT
(160)
NH MA RI - 1,600
3,077
(210)
ID
20,240
(364)
WI
2,467 2,424
(471)
WY
26,740
(139)
(316)
SD
(150)
RI CT - 4,929
42,070
(417)
NY
CT
(141)
2,741 6,386
(256)
NV
5,499
(184)
IA
MI
9,698
(78)
(155)
6,912
(271)
UT
NE
19,695
(153)
IL
9,453
(150)
IN
17,534
(153)
OH
PA MD
NJ - 12,034 NJ DE
(138)
DE - 3,445
9,990
(210)
CO
2,821
(155)
(404)
113,650
(312)
CA
5,911
(214)
KS
6,992
(120)
MO KY
14,815
(194)
VA
6,894
(164)
TN
WV
MD -
4,608
(82)
DC - 750
11,516 14,622
(237)
5,700 2,252
(115)
NM
11,463 8,149
(290)
AR
(130)
NC
(129)
(159)
OK
(190)
Puerto Rico
1,952
(50)
10,614
(246)
3,152
AK (470)
AZ
4,883
(168)
9,793
(213)
AL
15,387
(164)
GA
SC
St. Thomas, VI, and St. John, VI
51,898
(221)
MS
7,931
(185)
LA
Total 48
(44) St. Croix, VI
28 20
Number of Registered Sex Offenders
(Per 100,000 Population) 199 or fewer (31) 200 to 299 (15) 300 or more (10)
Geographic areas that do not include in their totals offenders who have been deported, incarcerated or have moved to another area (18).
TX
47,514
(263)
FL
18
(31)
2,525
(196) HI
117
(138) Northern Mariana Islands American Samoa
Source: State or Territory Sex Offender Registeries States and PR: U.S. Census Bureau, July 2006 Estimates Territories: Central Intelligence Agency, World Fact Book, July 2007 Estimates National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Alexandria, VA Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Inc., Redlands, CA Mapping software donated to NCMEC by ESRI
446
(257) Guam Prepared by: Special Analysis Unit July 17, 2008