Mapped: How Many People Are ICE Detaining?

Alan Kennedy
2025-04-11 17:17:00
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Mapped: How Many People Are ICE Detaining?

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Homeland Security umbrella. Its duty is to enforce federal laws regarding border control, customs, trade, and immigration. However, today, ICE detentions have been at the center of a national conversation due to aggressive deportations.

This chart, created by USAFacts, explores the average daily population of ICE detention centers in February 2025.

Who Are ICE?

ICE, established in 2002 as a Department of Homeland Security division, enforces U.S. customs and trade laws. It also manages programs to identify, arrest, and unlawfully remove people in the country.

ICE controls 122 detainee holding centers nationwide, a quarter of which are in states along the US-Mexico border. 

However, the most populated centers include the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez, Mississippi (2,148 average daily detainees in February 2025); the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas (1,666); and the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia (1,559).

Many ICE detentions occurred in February 2025. Below is a table showing the average daily population in ICE detention centers during that month.

Detention Center Name	State	Average Daily Population (rounded)
Adams County Det Center	MS	2148
Adelanto Ice Processing Center	CA	24
Alamance County Detention Facility	NC	20
Alexandria Staging Facility	LA	305
Allen Parish Public Safety Complex	LA	175
Atlanta Us Pen	GA	5
Baker County Sheriff Dept.	FL	242
Bluebonnet Detention Facility	TX	770
Boone County Jail	KY	133
Broward County Jail	FL	1
Broward Transitional Center	FL	656
Buffalo Service Processing Center	NY	554
Calhoun County Correctional Center	MI	139
Caroline Detention Facility	VA	273
Cca, Florence Correctional Center	AZ	376
Central Louisiana Ice Processing Center (Clipc)	LA	1182
Chase County Jail	KS	83
Chippewa County Ssm	MI	23
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility	VT	2
Cibola County Correctional Center	NM	163
Clay County Justice Center	IN	227
Clinton County Correctional Facility	PA	78
Clinton County Jail	NY	4
Coastal Bend Detention Facility	TX	3
Collier County Naples Jail Center	FL	11
Cumberland County Jail	ME	40
Dakota County Jail	NE	3
Denver Contract Detention Facility	CO	1138
Department Of Corrections Hagatna	GU	4
Desert View Annex	CA	409
Dodge County Jail	WI	110
East Hidalgo Detention Center	TX	2
Eden Detention Ctr	TX	110
El Paso Service Processing Center	TX	720
El Valle Detention Facility	TX	854
Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility	NJ	276
Eloy Federal Contract Facility	AZ	1321
Fayette County Detention Center	KY	1
Fdc Philadelphia	PA	3
Florence Service Processing Center	AZ	376
Florence Staging Facility	AZ	173
Folkston Annex Ipc	GA	258
Folkston Main Ipc	GA	593
Freeborn County Adult Detention Center	MN	74
Geauga County Jail	OH	51
Golden State Annex	CA	503
Grand Forks County Correctional Facility	ND	1
Grayson County Jail	KY	5
Guaynabo Mdc (San Juan)	PR	6
Hancock County Public Safety Complex	MS	13
Henderson Detention	NV	66
Honolulu Federal Detention Center	HI	20
Houston Contract Detention Facility	TX	833
Iah Secure Adult Detention Facility (Polk)	TX	802
Imperial Regional Detention Facility	CA	675
Jackson Parish Correctional Center	LA	971
Jefferson County Jail	ID	3
Joe Corley Processing Ctr	TX	813
Jtf Camp Six	FL	6
Kandiyohi County Jail	MN	140
Karnes County Correctional Center	TX	1
Karnes County Immigration Processing Center	TX	1081
Kay Co Justice Facility	OK	87
Knox County Detention Facility	TN	9
Krome North Service Processing Center	FL	551
Laredo Processing Center	TX	346
Leavenworth Us Penitentiary	KS	2
Lexington County Jail	SC	3
Limestone County Detention Center	TX	20
Lubbock County Detention Center	TX	1
Madison County Jail	MS	2
Marion County Jail	IN	2
Mesa Verde Ice Processing Center	CA	51
Miami Federal Detention	FL	15
Migrant Ops Center Main A	FL	3
Monroe County Detention-Dorm	MI	71
Montgomery Ice Processing Center	TX	1228
Moshannon Valley Processing Center	PA	1208
Nevada Southern Detention Center	NV	253
New Hanover County Jail	NC	1
Northwest Ice Processsing Center	WA	787
Oldham County Jail	KY	2
Orange County Jail (Fl)	FL	7
Orange County Jail (Ny)	NY	81
Otay Mesa Detention Center	CA	1391
Otero County Processing Center	NM	819
Phelps County Jail	NE	27
Pickens County Det Ctr	AL	34
Pike County Jail	PA	182
Pine Prairie Ice Processing Center	LA	627
Pinellas County Jail	FL	6
Plymouth County Correctional Facility	MA	390
Polk County Jail	IA	32
Port Isabel Spc	TX	986
Pottawattamie County Jail	IA	33
Prairieland Detention Center	TX	606
Prince Edward County (Farmville)	VA	462
Richwood Correctional Center	LA	788
Rio Grande Detention Center	TX	623
River Correctional Center	LA	553
Robert A Deyton Detention Facility	GA	3
Saipan Department Of Corrections (Susupe)	MP	4
Salt Lake County Metro Jail	UT	6
San Juan Staging	PR	3
San Luis Regional Detention Center	AZ	44
Seneca County Jail	OH	62
Sherburne County Jail	MN	12
South Central Regional Jail	WV	5
South Louisiana Ice Processing Center	LA	820
South Texas Ice Processing Center	TX	1666
St. Clair County Jail	MI	74
Stewart Detention Center	GA	1559
Strafford County Corrections	NH	86
Sweetwater County Jail	WY	1
T Don Hutto Detention Center	TX	423
Torrance/Estancia, Nm	NM	380
Tulsa County Jail (David L. Moss Justice Ctr)	OK	6
Washington County Detention Center	AR	3
Washoe County Jail	NV	9
Webb County Detention Center (Cca)	TX	298
Winn Correctional Center	LA	1491
Wyatt Detention Center	RI	111

ICE Detentions in Recent Years

Between October 2014 and November 2024, ICE detentions totaled 3.62 million, which involved physically transferring people to detention facilities.

Book-ins were highest in 2019, at 510,850. But, they were at a 10-year low in 2020—the first year of the pandemic—at 182,870. Mexican citizens comprised the largest share of people booked (31.1%), followed by Guatemalans (17.1%) and Hondurans (12.8%).

Between October 2018 and November 2024, about 29.0% of detainees had a criminal record in the United States. In the previous year, among those detainees with criminal records, 43.8% were convicted of misdemeanors, 35.2% of felonies, and 17.0% of aggravated felonies.

A National Conversation

ICE aims to enforce the U.S. federal border control laws regarding customs, trade, and immigration. However, the agency has been at the center of a national conversation over the aggressive deportations of many foreign nationals.

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