http://www.missingkids.org/en_US/documents/Sex_Offenders_Map.pdf

Map of Registered Sex Offenders in the United States

Data obtained via a survey of the individual sex offender registries in the 50 states, the

District of Columbia, and five Territories

of the United States (American Samoa, Guam,

Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). In the U.S. Virgin

Islands, Saint Thomas and Saint John share

a sex offender registry, while Saint Croix

maintains its own separate sex offender registry. This brings the total number of registries

surveyed to 57.

The total number of registered sex offenders

has been compared to census data to

determine the number of sex offenders per

100,000 total population in

that state. There

are 4 exceptions to this: American Samoa,

Northern Mariana Islands, Saint Thomas/Saint

John, and Saint Croix. These territories have total populations below 100,000. Therefore,

these territories were calculated at a rate of sex offenders per 10,000 total population.

Displayed on each state and territory is the total number of registered sex offenders in red

with the number per 100,000 total population or per 10,000 total population where

applicable just below in parentheses in black.

Rates were computed by dividing the total number of registered sex offenders

1

by the overall population

2

in that state or territory and multiplying them by 100,000 or 10,000,

respectively.

Colors indicate the total population range in

each state and territory. This range is

explained in the legend of the map. The territories in which sex offenders per 10,000 total population were calculated are also

denoted with a background color.