Analysis of the Distribution of American Prisoners of War by Work Type and Region as of 1 June 1945*

STATE-West	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FORMS Of LABOR
STATE-West	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FOOD	FARMING	FORESTRY	FOR MILITARY	MISC
ALASKA
ARIZONA	16	16,594		2,542		14,052
CALIFORNIA	40	18,180		7,471		9,938	771
COLORADO	31	13,972		6,961	310	6,701
HAWAII
IDAHO	8	3,374		1,775		1,599
MONTANA
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO	17	4,684		22,320		2,364
OREGON	3	2,055		750		1,305
TEXAS	53	42,341	362	5,059	4,824	28,226	3,870
UTAH	9	6,576	1,590	297		4,389
WASHINGTON	6	6,053		590		5,463
WYOMING	7	3,342		757	250	2,335
TOTAL	190	117,171	1,952	28,522	5,384	76,672	4,641
STATE-North East	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FORMS OF LABOR
STATE-North East	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FOOD	FARMING	FORESTRY	FOR MILITARY	MISC
CONNECTICUT	1	254				254
DELAWARE	9	3,491	748	566		1,070	1,107
MAINE	4	4,729		1,967	1,966	398	398
MASSACHUSETTS	4	6,717				4,869	1,848
NEW HAMPSHIRE	1	244			244
RHODE ISLAND	1	182				182
VERMONT
TOTAL	20	15,617	748	2,533	2,210	6,773	3,353
STATE-South	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FORMS OF LABOR
STATE-South	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FOOD	FARMING	FORESTRY	FOR MILITARY	MISC
ALABAMA	13	30,817		5,661	6,379	18,776
ARKANSAS	31	5,400		3,066	249	2,085
FLORIDA	19	6,782	887	560	451	4,765	119
GEORGIA	23	11,381	248	2,643	1,946	5,517	1,027
KENTUCKY	6	6,276				6,276
LOUISIANA	31	16,570	1,422	6,172	1,253	7,623	100
MISSISSIPPI	17	16,064		3,147	1,958	10,959
NORTH CAROLINA	13	9,502		1,483	2,484	5,035	502
SOUTH CAROLINA	20	8,258		1,357	3,867	3,034
TENNESSEE	7	22,868		376	465	22,027
TOTAL	180	133,918	2,557	24,465	19,051	86,097	1,748
STATE-Mid- Atlantic	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FORMS OF LABOR
STATE-Mid- Atlantic	# OF CAMPS	TOTAL # OF PRISONERS	FOOD	FARMING	FORESTRY	FOR MILITARY	MISC
VIRGINIA	23	17,136	589	872	4,850	9,878	1,003
MARYLAND	15	9,492	2619	1,059	1,185	3,120	1,509
NEW JERSEY	5	4,723	2012			2,325	386
NEW YORK	18	7,097	2829	433	290	3,429	116
PENNSYLVANIA	15	4,882	530	661	1,063	1,458	1,114
WEST VIRGINIA	3	973			41	932
TOTAL	79	44,303	8579	3025	7429	21,142	4,128

*These figures were analyzed from data provided by the United States Army in the document “Prisoner of War Camps, by Location and Principal.” The breakdown by work type is only an approximation as the prisoners shifted between kinds of work and the numbers were listed in combinations for some camps. For example, a camp in Soledad, CA listed principal work types as “agriculture” and “other” between a population of 469. For this analysis, population’s like Soledad’s were divided evenly between the areas for an average of workers by type.