US Number of Total 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 23,766 total 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 total arrests for forgery and counterfeiting offenses: California (2,753), Texas (2,553), New York (1,343), Tennessee (1,311), and Florida (1,207).

You can see similar information for adult and juvenile 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 total 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 2753 11.58
Texas 2553 10.74
New York 1343 5.65
Tennessee 1311 5.52
Florida 1207 5.08
Virginia 1002 4.22
Minnesota 846 3.56
South Carolina 798 3.36
Missouri 735 3.09
Georgia 695 2.92
North Carolina 644 2.71
Arkansas 618 2.60
Arizona 610 2.57
Wisconsin 594 2.50
New Jersey 580 2.44
Indiana 515 2.17
Michigan 498 2.10
Utah 493 2.07
Colorado 488 2.05
Kentucky 477 2.01
Oregon 476 2.00
Washington 467 1.97
Nevada 409 1.72
Iowa 393 1.65
Oklahoma 390 1.64
Louisiana 357 1.50
Connecticut 294 1.24
Massachusetts 247 1.04
Ohio 244 1.03
New Hampshire 165 0.69
North Dakota 164 0.69
West Virginia 160 0.67
Kansas 147 0.62
Nebraska 141 0.59
South Dakota 124 0.52
Delaware 122 0.51
Maine 118 0.50
Montana 114 0.48
Mississippi 99 0.42
Rhode Island 93 0.39
Idaho 58 0.24
Alaska 53 0.22
Vermont 39 0.16
Maryland 28 0.12
Alabama 24 0.10
Pennsylvania 24 0.10
New Mexico 19 0.08
Wyoming 19 0.08
Hawaii 13 0.06
Illinois 5 0.02
District of Columbia 0 0.00