The Geography of Punishment:

How Huge Sentencing Enhancement Zones Harm Communities, Fail to Protect Children

by Aleks Kajstura, Peter Wagner and William Goldberg
Prison Policy Initiative
July 2008
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Appendix D. Rural/Urban percentages of Hampden County cities and towns.
	Percent rural	Percent urban	Area in square miles	Population per square mile
Agawam	7.5%	92.5%	24.23	1,162
Blandford	100.0%	0%	53.55	23
Brimfield	100.0%	0%	35.21	95
Chester	100.0%	0%	37.12	35
Chicopee	1.5%	98.5%	23.9	2,287
East Longmeadow	1.8%	98.2%	13.01	1,084
Granville	100.0%	0%	42.96	35
Hampden	45.8%	54.2%	19.65	263
Holland	100.0%	0%	13.09	184
Holyoke	3.5%	96.5%	22.82	1,746
Longmeadow	0%	100.0%	9.51	1,645
Ludlow	9.5%	90.5%	28.23	692
Monson	74.4%	25.6%	44.82	187
Montgomery	100.0%	0%	15.18	43
Palmer	41.0%	59.0%	32.02	390
Russell	94.9%	5.1%	17.88	93
Southwick	44.5%	55.5%	31.7	279
Springfield	0%	100.0%	33.2	4,574
Tolland	100.0%	0%	32.77	13
Wales	95.5%	4.5%	15.96	109
Westfield	8.9%	91.1%	47.31	590
West Springfield	0.4%	99.6%	17.54	2,285
Wilbraham	17.2%	82.8%	22.42	601
Hampden County	9.7%	90.3%	634.07	717

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