US Number of Total Arrests for All Offenses By State in 2020

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 5,798,526 total arrests made in the US for all 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 all offenses: California (847,606), Florida (506,402), Texas (489,316), Tennessee (235,233), and Virginia (201,479).

You can see similar information for adult and juvenile arrests made in the US for All 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 all 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 847606 14.62
Florida 506402 8.73
Texas 489316 8.44
Tennessee 235233 4.06
Virginia 201479 3.48
North Carolina 197222 3.40
Arizona 187255 3.23
Wisconsin 179705 3.10
New Jersey 168018 2.90
Michigan 158199 2.73
New York 152107 2.62
Colorado 145095 2.50
Washington 143840 2.48
Kentucky 141158 2.43
Ohio 140837 2.43
Missouri 139175 2.40
South Carolina 122532 2.11
Louisiana 116373 2.01
Minnesota 112814 1.95
Georgia 110543 1.91
Nevada 110516 1.91
Oregon 98495 1.70
Arkansas 96862 1.67
Oklahoma 83796 1.45
Utah 82809 1.43
Iowa 78092 1.35
Massachusetts 76381 1.32
Indiana 75450 1.30
Connecticut 68484 1.18
South Dakota 48621 0.84
Kansas 46140 0.80
Idaho 45397 0.78
Nebraska 35682 0.62
New Hampshire 35548 0.61
Mississippi 35473 0.61
North Dakota 32614 0.56
Maine 32189 0.56
Montana 30254 0.52
New Mexico 28483 0.49
West Virginia 26652 0.46
Alaska 26353 0.45
Delaware 24636 0.43
Wyoming 20581 0.36
Rhode Island 19266 0.33
Vermont 11617 0.20
Hawaii 10996 0.19
Maryland 8248 0.14
Illinois 5615 0.10
District of Columbia 4093 0.07
Pennsylvania 2224 0.04
Alabama 2050 0.04