List of US states in order of their numbers of colleges versus jails and prisons.

Wyoming has just 4 colleges, but it has 28 incarceration facilities. Wyoming has 600% more incarceration facilities than places of higher learning. In Wyoming, jails and prisons outnumber colleges by a factor of seven!

Wyoming..........4....28.......600%
Mississippi......18...92......411%
Alaska..............6.....27......350%
Alabama..........35...147....320%
Louisiana........30...120....300%
Oklahoma........31...117....277%
Idaho...............13....46.....254%
Arkansas.........27....95.....252%
Nebraska.........22....73.....232%
Georgia............69....217...214%
Kansas.............34...106....212%
Montana...........14....42....200%
Iowa..................38...105...176%
New Mexico......15....39...160%
Kentucky...........38....96...153%
Nevada.............16....36....125%
North Carolina..73...157..115%
Texas...............149..313..110%
Tennessee.......61... 123..102%
Colorado...........41....81.....98%
Wisconsin.........51....100...96%
South Dakota....17....32.....88%
Missouri............74....139...88%
Indiana..............60....110...83%
Minnesota.........51....92.....80%
North Dakota....15.....27....80%
Florida..............129..230...78%
Michigan...........61...108...77%
South Carolina...42...71....69%
Oregon...............33...50....52%
Maryland............35...49....40%
Utah...................21....29....38%
Virginia..............71....97....37%
Illinois................98...120...22%
Washington.......63....71....13%
Ohio..................119..133..12%
Arizona...............36...36.....0%
New Hampshire..17..16...-6%
Maine.................21..19...-10%
West Virginia.....27...24...-11%
Hawaii...............10....8.....-20%
Pennsylvania ...134..97....-28%
Delaware...........6......4.....-33%
Rhode Island.....13....7.....-46%
Vermont............15....8.....-47%
California.........280..147..-48%
Connecticut.......27...14...-48%
New York..........236..116..-51%
New Jersey........63...28...-56%
Massachusetts..87...35...-60%

Best educated state:
The state where the most people are educated to a bachelors degree level or above is Massachusetts. It has a rate of 42,811 people with a degree per 100,000 of the population. Massachusetts has 87 colleges and 35 jails and prisons meaning there are 60% fewer jails and prisons than colleges.

Most incarcerated state:
The state with the highest number of incarcerations is Louisiana, it has an incarceration rate of 680 per 100,000 people. Louisiana also has the 5th biggest difference between the number of colleges and the number of jails and prisons at 300%.

Most Prisons:
Texas is home to the greatest number of prisons and jails in the USA. With 313 prisons it has 110% more places of incarceration than colleges.

Most colleges:
California has 280 colleges, and 147 jails and prisons. California is one of only 13 states that have more colleges than places of incarceration.

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