US Number of Adult Arrests for Prostitution and commercialized vice Offenses By State in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 7,698 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: Nevada (1,946), Texas (1,913), Tennessee (363), California (362), and Ohio (337).
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 1946 | 25.28 |
| Texas | 1913 | 24.85 |
| Tennessee | 363 | 4.72 |
| California | 362 | 4.70 |
| Ohio | 337 | 4.38 |
| Virginia | 253 | 3.29 |
| Wisconsin | 228 | 2.96 |
| Oregon | 213 | 2.77 |
| Colorado | 205 | 2.66 |
| Oklahoma | 178 | 2.31 |
| Georgia | 175 | 2.27 |
| Massachusetts | 151 | 1.96 |
| Louisiana | 140 | 1.82 |
| Washington | 133 | 1.73 |
| Michigan | 100 | 1.30 |
| North Carolina | 83 | 1.08 |
| Indiana | 81 | 1.05 |
| New Jersey | 76 | 0.99 |
| Minnesota | 71 | 0.92 |
| Missouri | 71 | 0.92 |
| Arizona | 64 | 0.83 |
| South Carolina | 60 | 0.78 |
| Arkansas | 54 | 0.70 |
| Utah | 49 | 0.64 |
| Maryland | 45 | 0.59 |
| West Virginia | 40 | 0.52 |
| Kansas | 36 | 0.47 |
| Connecticut | 32 | 0.42 |
| Alabama | 30 | 0.39 |
| Hawaii | 30 | 0.39 |
| Nebraska | 29 | 0.38 |
| Iowa | 22 | 0.29 |
| Mississippi | 17 | 0.22 |
| Idaho | 15 | 0.20 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 0.20 |
| New York | 14 | 0.18 |
| New Mexico | 12 | 0.16 |
| Illinois | 11 | 0.14 |
| Delaware | 10 | 0.13 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 0.08 |
| Maine | 5 | 0.07 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 0.07 |
| Vermont | 5 | 0.07 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 0.05 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 0.05 |
| Montana | 3 | 0.04 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0.01 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0.00 |
| Florida | 0 | 0.00 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0.00 |
