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

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 5,469,981 adult 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 adult arrests for all offenses: California (824,018), Florida (474,931), Texas (456,865), Tennessee (223,143), and Virginia (192,361).

You can see similar information for juvenile and total 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 adult 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 824018 15.06
Florida 474931 8.68
Texas 456865 8.35
Tennessee 223143 4.08
Virginia 192361 3.52
North Carolina 190260 3.48
Arizona 173801 3.18
New Jersey 159570 2.92
Wisconsin 158542 2.90
Michigan 150845 2.76
New York 145790 2.67
Kentucky 139238 2.55
Washington 137099 2.51
Colorado 136000 2.49
Missouri 130531 2.39
Ohio 127529 2.33
South Carolina 117116 2.14
Louisiana 107783 1.97
Nevada 104177 1.91
Georgia 104160 1.90
Minnesota 102310 1.87
Oregon 93808 1.72
Arkansas 91689 1.68
Oklahoma 78686 1.44
Utah 74940 1.37
Massachusetts 73222 1.34
Indiana 71152 1.30
Iowa 71073 1.30
Connecticut 64693 1.18
South Dakota 44779 0.82
Kansas 42892 0.78
Idaho 41485 0.76
Mississippi 34106 0.62
New Hampshire 33235 0.61
Nebraska 31048 0.57
Maine 30500 0.56
North Dakota 29019 0.53
New Mexico 27882 0.51
Montana 26996 0.49
West Virginia 26268 0.48
Alaska 25301 0.46
Delaware 22774 0.42
Wyoming 18037 0.33
Rhode Island 17966 0.33
Vermont 11119 0.20
Hawaii 10656 0.20
Maryland 7539 0.14
Illinois 5159 0.09
District of Columbia 3830 0.07
Pennsylvania 2048 0.04
Alabama 2010 0.04