Oklahoma's incarceration rate
People locked up per 100,000 residents
Source: Prison Policy Initiative, 2024
Oklahoma: 905; United States: 608 people confined per 100,000 residents. Both values use the Prison Policy Initiative all-confinement measure.
Source: Prison Policy Initiative, States of Incarceration 2024 (June 2024; corrected July 11, 2024).
Source report: Prison Policy Initiative · State appendix
World Rankings
Oklahoma positioned among nations by incarceration rate per 100,000 people.
Rate = people incarcerated per 100,000 residents. Source: Prison Policy Initiative, States of Incarceration 2024.
If Oklahoma Were a Country
3x
In Prison Policy Initiative’s June 2024 comparison, Oklahoma’s comprehensive confinement rate is about 3 times Russia’s World Prison Brief country incarceration rate. The measures have different scopes, and Russia’s listed rate uses 2023 data.
OK: 905 vs Russia: 300 per 100K
6x / 14x / 25x
Oklahoma’s rate is 6x the United Kingdom, 14x Germany, and 25x Japan.
UK: 144 | DE: 67 | JP: 36 per 100K
5.5x
Oklahoma locks up people at 5.5 times the rate of China, a nation of 1.4 billion people. China’s entire prison system incarcerates at a lower per-capita rate than one U.S. state.
OK: 905 vs China: 165 per 100K
Among US States
Oklahoma ranks #4 among all 50 states in per-capita incarceration.
#1
1,067
Louisiana
Highest in nation
#2
1,020
Mississippi
Higher than El Salvador
#3
912
Arkansas
+41/100k (2022-2024)
#4
905
Oklahoma
4th highest in nation
#5
751
Texas
Border state
The U.S. national average is 608 per 100,000. Oklahoma’s rate of 905 is 1.5x the national average.
Right now, approximately
23,922
people are locked up in Oklahoma
ODOC population count, December 2025