Mapped: U.S. States by Cost Per Prisoner

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Mapped: U.S. States by Cost Per Prisoner

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The U.S. has a prison population of over 1.2 million inmates.

In this map, we show the cost per prisoner across U.S. states, using data from USAFacts.

USAFacts sourced spending data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (last updated in June 2023), and prison population data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (last updated November 2023).

Differences in Prison Spending Vary Widely Across States

More than $80 billion is spent annually on prisons in the United States.

A large part of this is used to pay over 4,000 vendors that serve the criminal legal system, including healthcare providers and food suppliers.

At the state level, most of the budget goes for day-to-day operations, including officer salaries.

In high-wage states such as California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, officers receive double the salaries compared to those in lower-wage states like Mississippi, Missouri, and Kentucky.

As a result, spending can vary from just under $23,000 per prisoner in Arkansas to $307,468 in Massachusetts.

StateExpenditure per prisoner (USD) Massachusetts307K Vermont134K New Jersey133K California128K Maine117K Rhode Island117K New York116K Maryland114K New Mexico113K Washington108K Connecticut103K Alaska93K Delaware91K Nebraska88K North Dakota84K West Virginia82K Minnesota80K Oregon79K Colorado76K Wyoming75K New Hampshire74K Utah73K Illinois68K Pennsylvania67K Michigan65K Wisconsin64K Montana64K North Carolina63K Hawaii62K Virginia61K Kansas49K South Dakota49K Ohio44K Idaho42K Iowa42K Florida42K Arizona41K Nevada40K Tennessee39K South Carolina38K Kentucky36K Indiana33K Alabama33K Missouri32K Oklahoma32K Texas31K Georgia30K Louisiana25K Mississippi24K Arkansas23K States With the Highest

Charted: The World’s Highest Homicide Rates, in Each Region

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The World’s Highest Homicide Rates, by Region

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A rise in organized crime and the spread of illegal weapons are fueling violent deaths globally.

While there are varying trends across regions, the worldwide homicide rate reached 5.8 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022. Overall, firearms were the leading cause of these deaths.

This graphic shows the world’s highest homicide rates by region, based on data from UNODC.

Countries With the Highest Homicide Rates

Here are the countries or territories with the highest homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants in each region:

RegionRankCountryHomicide Rate per 100,000 People South America & Caribbean1🇯🇲 Jamaica53.3 2🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines40.4 3🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago39.5 Africa1🇿🇦 South Africa34.0 2🇳🇬 Nigeria21.7 3🇸🇿 Eswatini12.7 North America1🇲🇽 Mexico26.1 2🇧🇲 Bermuda10.9 3🇺🇸 United States of America6.4 Asia1🇮🇶 Iraq (Central Iraq)15.4 2🇲🇳 Mongolia6.2 3🇵🇭 Philippines4.3 Europe1🇷🇺 Russia6.8 2🇱🇮 Liechtenstein5.1 3🇺🇦 Ukraine3.8 Oceania1🇬🇺 Guam4.2 2🇫🇯 Fiji2.2 3🇹🇴 Tonga1.0 World5.8

All data is for 2022 except for South Africa, where data is as of 2020.

The highest homicide rates globally are found in the South America and Caribbean region, with the majority of homicides driven by crime-related activities.

Going further, the region is home to three of the world’s deadliest countries. With a murder rate of 53.3 per 100,000 people, Jamaica’s deadly violence is more than eight times as high as America. In recent years, a surge of illegal firearms have entered the country, with the majority of these weapons smuggled out of the U.S., particularly from Florida.

Following Jamaica are the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. These two countries are known hubs for Venezuelan cocaine traffickers that transit illegal drugs to the U.S. and Europe.

Mexico ranks as the most dangerous country in North America, with more than 30,000

How Homicide Rates by U.S. State Have Changed Since 2012

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How Homicide Rates by State Have Changed Since 2012

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Are the United States getting more dangerous or more safe? The answer partially depends on your metric of choice.

For example, by examining homicide rates by state from 2012 to 2022, it can be seen that rates have increased almost across the board. That said, they are still lower than rates seen in the 1980s and 1990s.

This graphic from USAFacts examines the age-adjusted homicide rates by state from 2012 to 2022, and how they’ve changed. It uses CDC data available for 46 states, with no data available for New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Comparing States by Homicide Rates

From 2012 to 2022, homicide rates increased in every state with available data except for Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. Here are the rates for all 46 available states as well as their 10-year change in percentage:

StateHomicide rate
(2022, age-adjusted per 100,000)10-Year Change
(2012–2022) Mississippi20.7+103% Louisiana19.8+64% Alabama14.9+71% New Mexico14.5+120% Missouri12.8+75% Arkansas11.8+39% South Carolina11.8+44% Maryland11.4+61% Georgia11.3+74% Tennessee11.0+49% Illinois10.9+68% Alaska10.2+104% North Carolina9.2+56% Arizona9.0+45% Pennsylvania8.9+53% Michigan8.6+10% Ohio8.5+49% Indiana8.4+53% Kentucky8.3+48% Oklahoma8.3+14% Nevada7.8+73% Virginia7.8+90% Texas7.6+49% Colorado7.2+85% Florida7.2+11% Delaware7.0+1% South Dakota6.9+188% West Virginia6.2+5% Wisconsin6.0+71% California5.9+13% Kansas5.8+53% Montana5.4+125% Washington5.4+64% Oregon5.1+82% New York4.5+22% Connecticut4.3-2.3% Minnesota3.8+90% New Jersey3.8-20.8% Nebraska3.7+6% Hawaii3.0+100% Iowa2.9+38% Idaho2.7+23% Maine2.6+8% Massachusetts2.5+25% Utah2.2+29% Rhode Island2.0-33.3%
Note: Age-adjusted data helps to compare health data over time or between groups more fairly by accounting for the age differences in populations.

Mississippi had the largest increase in homicide rate,

Visualizing the Companies Online Scammers Impersonate the Most

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The Companies Online Scammers Impersonate the Most

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Globally, online scams cost consumers and businesses billions annually through the use of increasingly sophisticated tactics that steal users’ data.

Often, this involves the use of “phishing”, which is when fraudsters send messages or emails impersonating a legitimate business requesting sensitive information. In fact, this type of attack is one of the most common types of cybercrimes, owing to its high efficacy.

This graphic shows the most commonly impersonated brands by online scammers, based on data from Proofpoint.

Tech Companies Stand as Prime Targets

As the table below shows, the most commonly targeted companies are tech companies, making up six of the top seven impersonated brands by fraudsters in 2023:

CompanyNumber of Messages Impersonating a Company Microsoft68.0M Adobe9.4M DHL8.8M Google6.1M AOL4.4M DocuSign3.5M Amazon3.1M

Ranking as the top company overall, 68 million messages impersonated Microsoft, outpacing second-highest company, Adobe by a wide margin.

Often, these fraudulent emails feature subject lines such as “Outlook Info Replacement” or “Message Failure Delivery Notice”, luring recipients to click on embedded links. These links then take users to a counterfeit website mimicking the Outlook login page, prompting them to input their login details. Ultimately, disclosing these details presents a security risk to individuals and organizations.

Going further, Office 365 was targeted the most across all Microsoft products, being mimicked by 20 million email threats.

This highlights how fraudsters target trusted brands where they can apply tactics of “credential harvesting”. In this way, scammers can target a Microsoft 365 account, for instance, which will give them access to an email account and other personal data.

Ranking in third was DHL, with 8.8 million impersonated messages. By targeting the courier company, fraudsters prey on recipients who may be anticipating details on package deliveries. In many cases, online scammers trick people into clicking on a link that mimics the official website, aiming to steal customers’ login information or

Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles in America

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Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles in America

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Since the onset of the pandemic, the U.S. has experienced a surge in vehicle theft rates. In 2023, more than one million vehicles were reported stolen.

In this infographic, we list the most stolen vehicles in the U.S. last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Kia and Hyundai Top the List

In 2023, the Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Sonata, and Kia Optima topped the list of the most stolen cars in the U.S., breaking the years-long trend of full-size pickups topping the list. Security vulnerabilities in Asian models and social media trends highlighting how to steal these vehicles are some factors for the change.

RankMake/Model2023 Thefts 1Hyundai Elantra48K 2Hyundai Sonata43K 3Kia Optima30K 4Chevrolet Silverado 150024K 5Kia Soul21K 6Honda Accord21K 7Honda Civic20K 8Kia Forte16K 9Ford F-15016K 10Kia Sportage16K

Besides Hyundai and Kia models, the list includes full-size pickups and other mid-size cars, such as the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Honda Accord, Honda Civic, and Ford F-150.

California accounted for the highest number of vehicle thefts nationwide in 2023, with 208,668 vehicles reported stolen. The District of Columbia had the highest theft rate nationwide, with 1,149.71 thefts per 100,000 people, over three times the national theft rate.

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, more than 85% of passenger vehicles reported stolen were subsequently recovered, with 34% recovered within a day.

If you enjoyed this post, check out Mapped: The Most Dangerous Cities in America. This visualization reveals the most dangerous urban areas in the U.S. in terms of how many violent crimes occur for every 1,000 residents.

Visualizing Global Losses from Financial Scams

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Visualizing Global Losses from Financial Scams

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Last year, financial scams led to almost half a trillion dollars in losses worldwide, roughly equal to the GDP of Singapore.

As fintech has advanced globally, cyber-criminals have exploited various platforms in complex attacks. Often, they will steal customers’ account information on digital payment systems and online banking sites as a highly lucrative form of attack.

This graphic shows the scale of financial losses from scams and schemes, based on data from Nasdaq’s Global Financial Crime Report for 2024.

The Most Common Types of Financial Scams

In 2023, there were $485.6 billion lost in total from financial scams, and below we break down the specific scams that generated the biggest losses:

Type of Financial Scam/Scheme
Global Losses (USD) Payments Fraud$386.8B Credit Card Fraud$28.6B Check Fraud$26.6B Advance Fee Scams$19.1B Cyber-enabled Scams$10.0B Impersonation Scams$6.8B Employment Scams$3.9B Confidence Scams$3.8B Total$485.6B Payments Fraud the Top Financial Scam

Payments fraud makes up a staggering 80% of the total. This type of fraud occurs when payment methods are illegally manipulated to deceive or steal from a person or business.

One example of a key risk point for payments fraud are real-time payments. Here, fraudsters exploit payment systems through rerouting fund transfers. Along with this, cyber-criminals will use “banking trojans” as a primary weapon to hack account information. This type of attack lures users to click on a malicious PDF file, website, or app which steals information on a device.

Interestingly, a separate analysis showed that Brazil was the top country in the world for banking trojan scams, with 1.8 million attempted attacks over the course of June 2022 to July 2023.

Going further, business email compromise, a type of payments fraud, was the source of $6.7 billion in losses in 2023. These types of scams involve fraudsters masquerading as legitimate businesses to deceive unsuspecting customers into sending payments into fraudulent accounts.

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