North Carolina Ranks One of the Highest for Registered Sex Offenders

• Texas

  Amount registered: 99,160 offenders 
  With nearly 100,000 offenders, Texas has the largest list of registered sex offenders in the country.

• California

  Amount registered: 59,886 offenders
  California ranks second with nearly 60,000.

• New York

  Amount registered: 42,611 offenders
  New York had the third-most registered sex offenders, with about 43,000 people in its state registry.

• Michigan

  Amount registered: 39,958 offenders
  In the top ten states for registered sex offenders is the state of Michigan.

• Illinois

  Amount registered: 33,019 offenders

• Oregon

  Amount registered: 32,178 offenders
  Oregon, which ranks sixth for the overall number of sex offenders, ranks first for sex offenders per 100,000 residents. In Oregon, some sex offenders are required to be listed on the state registry for life, and there are more than 25 offenses that can lead to registration. These factors could contribute to its large registry rolls.

• Florida

  Amount registered: 31,922 offenders

• Wisconsin

  Amount registered: 26,106 offenders

• North Carolina

  Amount registered: 26,044 offenders

   

• Pennsylvania

  Amount Registered: 25,196 offenders

• South Carolina

  Amount registered: 15,589 offenders