{
 "dataset": "ALPR cameras tagged in OpenStreetMap, by US state",
 "collected": "2026-07-17",
 "source": "OpenStreetMap via Overpass API",
 "osm_tag": "surveillance:type=ALPR",
 "population_source": "US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 state population estimates (NST-EST2024)",
 "total_cameras": 116655,
 "states": 51,
 "national_rate_per_100k": 34.3,
 "caveat": "Counts reflect BOTH deployment and volunteer mapping effort. Not a census of installed hardware.",
 "license": "OpenStreetMap data is ODbL. This aggregation is free to reuse with attribution.",
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   "pop": 11180878,
   "per100k": 70.41
  },
  {
   "state": "Kansas",
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   "pop": 2970606,
   "per100k": 62.82
  },
  {
   "state": "Ohio",
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   "pop": 11883304,
   "per100k": 50.16
  },
  {
   "state": "Illinois",
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   "pop": 12710158,
   "per100k": 48.76
  },
  {
   "state": "Missouri",
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   "per100k": 46.83
  },
  {
   "state": "Indiana",
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  },
  {
   "state": "Texas",
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   "pop": 31290831,
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  {
   "state": "California",
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  {
   "state": "Alabama",
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  {
   "state": "Colorado",
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  {
   "state": "Tennessee",
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  {
   "state": "New Mexico",
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  {
   "state": "Louisiana",
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  {
   "state": "Delaware",
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  {
   "state": "Kentucky",
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  {
   "state": "Florida",
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  {
   "state": "Wisconsin",
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  {
   "state": "Michigan",
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  {
   "state": "Virginia",
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   "pop": 8811195,
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  {
   "state": "Oklahoma",
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  {
   "state": "Arizona",
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  {
   "state": "Arkansas",
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  {
   "state": "South Carolina",
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  {
   "state": "North Carolina",
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  {
   "state": "Utah",
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  {
   "state": "Mississippi",
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  {
   "state": "Iowa",
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  {
   "state": "Rhode Island",
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  {
   "state": "Washington",
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  {
   "state": "Nebraska",
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  {
   "state": "Connecticut",
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  {
   "state": "Minnesota",
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  {
   "state": "Nevada",
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  {
   "state": "New York",
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  {
   "state": "Idaho",
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  {
   "state": "North Dakota",
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   "pop": 796568,
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  {
   "state": "Pennsylvania",
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   "pop": 13078751,
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  },
  {
   "state": "New Jersey",
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   "pop": 9500851,
   "per100k": 15.41
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  {
   "state": "Massachusetts",
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  {
   "state": "South Dakota",
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  {
   "state": "Maryland",
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  {
   "state": "District of Columbia",
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  {
   "state": "West Virginia",
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   "pop": 1769979,
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  {
   "state": "Oregon",
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  {
   "state": "Wyoming",
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  {
   "state": "New Hampshire",
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  {
   "state": "Vermont",
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  {
   "state": "Montana",
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  {
   "state": "Maine",
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  {
   "state": "Hawaii",
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  {
   "state": "Alaska",
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   "per100k": 0.0
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 ]
}