One you were handed. One you were never meant to add up. Here they are for all 50 states and D.C. — find yours.
U.S. human trafficking, 2024 — identified vs. estimated
21,622 identified
~199,000 estimated incidents
For every victim we count, roughly nine we don't.
~800kRegistered offenders
242Per 100k residents
11,246Trafficking cases '24
21,622Victims identified '24
The ledger, reordered
Change what you measure and the country rearranges itself. Every bar is a floor, not a ceiling — a low number usually means a state that looks less, not a state that's safer. Search your state to pin it.
Two different problems
Each dot is a state: its offender-registry rate across the bottom, its trafficking-victim rate up the side. If the registry were a trafficking threat-map, the dots would climb together. They don't — these measure different things, and registry rules vary wildly by state.
The full record
All 50 states and D.C. Click any column to sort. Every figure traces to a public source — see the note below.