Our chart below shows the estimated disenfranchised felon totals for each state and the District of Columbia, as of Dec. 31, 2004. Blank squares indicate that the state does not disenfranchise those population groups.
State
Total Voting Population
Prisoners
Parolees
Probationers
Jail Inmates
Est. Ex-Felons
Total Est. Disenfranchised
Total Est. % of Voting Pop. Disenfranchised
1. Alabama
3,392,779
30,628
9,098
30,387
1,418
178,516
250,046
7.37%
2. Alaska
459,529
4,658
927
5,083
463
11,132
2.42%
3. Arizona
4,061,499
33,103
9,291
55,259
1,315
77,136
176,103
4.34%
4. Arkansas
2,043,701
13,699
15,461
28,532
57,691
2.82%
5. California
26,064,483
167,612
107,580
7,932
283,124
1.09%
6. Colorado
3,397,937
20,537
6,920
1,180
28,636
0.84%
7. Connecticut
2,647,997
19,012
3,090
752
22,854
0.86%
8. Delaware
618,649
6,808
508
10,818
516
28,028
46,677
7.54%
9. District of Columbia
454,981
374
356
730*
0.16%*
10. Florida
13,094,945
84,210
4,694
127,794
5,565
957,423
1,179,687
9.01%
11. Georgia
6,387,956
46,972
23,530
209,442
3,664
283,607
4.44%
12. Hawaii
960,466
6,265
264
6,530
0.68%
13. Idaho
994,305
6,034
2,767
8,265
350
17,416
1.75%
14. Illinois
9,422,938
44,156
1,669
45,825
0.49%
15. Indiana
4,591,742
24,615
1,630
26,245
0.57%
16. Iowa
2,250,634
8,700
3,446
10,632
330
98,311
121,418
5.39%
17. Kansas
2,028,426
9,333
4,146
13,907
477
27,863
1.37%
18. Kentucky
3,123,645
17,470
9,609
29,311
1,183
128,775
186,348
5.97%
19. Louisiana
3,318,779
36,047
25,065
34,366
2,712
98,190
2.96%
20. Maine
1,018,982
0
0.00%
21. Maryland
4,130,817
23,434
14,223
20,482
1,111
52,272
111,521
2.70%
22. Massachusetts
4,946,304
10,140
10,120
0.20%
23. Michigan
7,541,065
48,173
1,615
49,788
0.66%
24. Minnesota
3,810,605
8,675
3,614
25,768
727
38,784
1.02%
25. Mississippi
2,120,013
23,669
1,816
21,967
1,153
97,550
146,155
6.89%
26. Missouri
4,297,142
30,515
17,123
45,305
810
93,752
2.18%
27. Montana
701,847
3,942
203
4,145
0.59%
28. Nebraska
1,298,451
4,024
736
5,385
239
51,612
61,996
4.77%
29. Nevada
1,659,757
10,606
4,287
6,987
547
21,166
43,594
2.63%
30. New Hampshire
981,456
2,417
170
2,587
0.26%
31. New Jersey
6,506,779
26,619
13,950
85,186
1,423
127,178
1.95%
32. New Mexico
1,372,580
6,466
2,953
8,002
658
18,080
1.32%
33. New York
14,657,367
63,372
55,741
2,904
122,018
0.83%
34. North Carolina
6,319,805
34,298
216
37,136
1,463
73,113
1.16%
35. North Dakota
487,010
1,380
86
1,466
0.30%
36. Ohio
8,620,509
43,927
1,560
45,487
0.53%
37. Oklahoma
2,633,289
22,844
4,047
21,962
688
49,541
1.88%
38. Oregon
2,710,424
13,376
852
14,228
0.52%
39. Pennsylvania
9,534,761
41,626
41,626
0.44%
40. Rhode Island
832,115
3,534
400
16,622
237
20,793
2.50%
41. South Carolina
3,123,648
23,719
2,953
20,904
946
48,523
1.55%
42. South Dakota
568,883
3,138
133
3,271
0.58%
43. Tennessee
4,447,269
25,835
7,983
32,288
2,254
25,899
94,258
2.12%
44. Texas
15,878,347
171,918
101,453
243,413
6,103
522,887
3.29%
45. Utah
1,608,540
5,970
5,970
0.37%
46. Vermont
481,661
0
0.00%
47. Virginia
5,587,563
35,172
5,158
37,463
2,153
297,901
377,847
6.76%
48. Washington
4,634,864
16,229
116
120,014
1,173
29,785
167,316
3.61%
49. West Virginia
1,419,453
4,982
1,308
4,159
352
10,800
0.76%
50. Wisconsin
4,139,405
23,134
12,911
24,873
1,423
62,342
1.51%
51. Wyoming
380,169
2,018
586
3,171
118
14,304
20,198
5.31%
TOTALS
217,766,271
1,315,387
477,704
1,344,883
62,878
2,058,678
5,259,530
2.42%
Total Voting Population
Prisoners
Parolees
Probationers
Jail Inmates
Est. Ex-Felons
Total Est. Disenfranchised
Total Est. % of Voting Pop. Disenfranchised
* Does not include the 6,677 D.C. prisoners under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons