US Prisons.... Interesting finding.

JimDiver · Apr 20, 2000

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000420/us/prisons.html

-California had the highest total number of prisoners, with more than 239,000, while Vermont had the fewest, with only about 1,200.

Dennis Olson · Apr 20, 2000

One needs to adjust the figures to a "standard", such as "prisoners per 100,000 population". CA has LOTS more people than VT, hence the diff.