US Number of Adult Arrests for Prostitution and commercialized vice Offenses By State in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 12,616 adult arrests made in the US for prostitution and commercialized vice 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 prostitution and commercialized vice offenses: California (4,448), Nevada (2,070), Texas (1,462), Florida (939), and Arizona (363).
You can see similar information for juvenile and total arrests made in the US for Prostitution and commercialized vice 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 prostitution and commercialized vice offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.
| State | Number of Arrests | Percent of US Total (%) |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4448 | 35.26 |
| Nevada | 2070 | 16.41 |
| Texas | 1462 | 11.59 |
| Florida | 939 | 7.44 |
| Arizona | 363 | 2.88 |
| New Jersey | 299 | 2.37 |
| Tennessee | 297 | 2.35 |
| Virginia | 277 | 2.20 |
| Ohio | 246 | 1.95 |
| Washington | 210 | 1.67 |
| Louisiana | 206 | 1.63 |
| Michigan | 202 | 1.60 |
| New York | 167 | 1.32 |
| South Carolina | 166 | 1.32 |
| North Carolina | 148 | 1.17 |
| Wisconsin | 146 | 1.16 |
| Colorado | 113 | 0.90 |
| Massachusetts | 107 | 0.85 |
| Georgia | 104 | 0.82 |
| Utah | 68 | 0.54 |
| Oklahoma | 67 | 0.53 |
| Oregon | 46 | 0.37 |
| Connecticut | 42 | 0.33 |
| Missouri | 39 | 0.31 |
| Maine | 37 | 0.29 |
| Indiana | 36 | 0.28 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 0.27 |
| Delaware | 31 | 0.25 |
| Kansas | 29 | 0.23 |
| Minnesota | 25 | 0.20 |
| Nebraska | 24 | 0.19 |
| New Hampshire | 23 | 0.18 |
| West Virginia | 17 | 0.14 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 0.13 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 0.12 |
| Maryland | 14 | 0.11 |
| North Dakota | 14 | 0.11 |
| Hawaii | 13 | 0.10 |
| Idaho | 11 | 0.09 |
| Iowa | 11 | 0.09 |
| Mississippi | 8 | 0.06 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | 0.06 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 0.04 |
| Montana | 4 | 0.03 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 0.02 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 0.02 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0.01 |
| Illinois | 1 | 0.01 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.01 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0.00 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0.00 |
