US Number of Adult Arrests for Forgery and counterfeiting Offenses By State in 2020

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 23,409 adult arrests made in the US for forgery and counterfeiting offenses. This value is the total for all US states and DC.

Among all US states, the following were among the top 5 that had high number of adult arrests for forgery and counterfeiting offenses: California (2,730), Texas (2,498), New York (1,324), Tennessee (1,299), and Florida (1,183).

You can see similar information for juvenile and total arrests made in the US for Forgery and counterfeiting offenses. You can also see similar information for different types of offenses.

The interactive chart below shows the number of adult arrests made in the US for forgery and counterfeiting offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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State Number of Arrests Percent of US Total (%)
California 2730 11.66
Texas 2498 10.67
New York 1324 5.66
Tennessee 1299 5.55
Florida 1183 5.05
Virginia 988 4.22
Minnesota 831 3.55
South Carolina 794 3.39
Missouri 719 3.07
Georgia 677 2.89
North Carolina 641 2.74
Arkansas 612 2.61
Arizona 604 2.58
Wisconsin 586 2.50
New Jersey 560 2.39
Indiana 509 2.17
Utah 491 2.10
Colorado 482 2.06
Michigan 480 2.05
Kentucky 474 2.03
Oregon 467 2.00
Washington 463 1.98
Nevada 406 1.73
Oklahoma 389 1.66
Iowa 382 1.63
Louisiana 355 1.52
Connecticut 286 1.22
Ohio 239 1.02
Massachusetts 237 1.01
New Hampshire 161 0.69
West Virginia 160 0.68
North Dakota 156 0.67
Kansas 144 0.62
Nebraska 137 0.59
South Dakota 122 0.52
Delaware 121 0.52
Maine 118 0.50
Montana 113 0.48
Mississippi 99 0.42
Rhode Island 91 0.39
Idaho 58 0.25
Alaska 53 0.23
Vermont 39 0.17
Maryland 28 0.12
Alabama 24 0.10
Pennsylvania 24 0.10
Wyoming 19 0.08
New Mexico 18 0.08
Hawaii 13 0.06
Illinois 5 0.02
District of Columbia 0 0.00