Polaris is the best resources for human trafficking statistics. Below is taken directly for the Polaris website: Polaris.org

Although slavery is commonly thought to be a thing of the past, human traffickers generate hundreds of billions of dollars in profits by trapping millions of people in horrific situations around the world, including here in the U.S. Traffickers use violence, threats, deception, debt bondage, and other manipulative tactics to force people to engage in commercial sex or to provide labor or services against their will. While more research is needed on the scope of human trafficking, below are a few key statistics:

  • The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 40.3 million victims of human trafficking globally.

    • 81% of them are trapped in forced labor.

    • 25% of them are children.

    • 75% are women and girls.

  • The International Labor Organization estimates that forced labor and human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide.

  • The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 139 goods from 75 countries made by forced and child labor.

  • In 2016, an estimated 1 out of 6 endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely child sex trafficking victims.

    • Of those, 86% were in the care of social services or foster care when they ran.

  • There is no official estimate of the total number of human trafficking victims in the U.S. Polaris estimates that the total number of victims nationally reaches into the hundreds of thousands when estimates of both adults and minors and sex trafficking and labor trafficking are aggregated.

Statistics from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and Polaris BeFree Textline

Highest Reported States in US

The Department of State lists the top three states with the most human trafficking activity are California, New York and Texas.

2018 State Department Report on Human Trafficking  find on:

https://www.hsdl.org/c/2018-state-department-report-on-human-trafficking-released/

2021 Human Trafficking Persons Report

https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-trafficking-in-persons-report/

2021 Top 3 States for Human Trafficking

California 1,334

Texas  987

Florida 738

10,583 HT cases reported

13,584  Calls from victims and survivors