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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each New Haven neighborhood
| New Haven neighborhoods | Number of people in state prison from each New Haven neighborhood, 2020 | Census population, 2020 | Total population, 2020 | Imprisonment rate per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amity | 52 | 4,840 | 4,892 | 1,063 |
| Annex | 52 | 7,126 | 7,178 | 724 |
| Beaver Hills | 48 | 5,373 | 5,421 | 885 |
| Dixwell | 79 | 7,474 | 6,907 | 1,144 |
| Downtown | 11 | 7,714 | 7,725 | 142 |
| Dwight | 40 | 6,825 | 6,865 | 583 |
| East-Rock | 16 | 9,920 | 9,936 | 161 |
| East-Shore | 18 | 5,940 | 5,958 | 302 |
| Edgewood | 58 | 4,478 | 4,536 | 1,279 |
| Fair-Haven | 140 | 15,969 | 16,109 | 869 |
| Fair-Haven Heights | 50 | 8,543 | 8,593 | 582 |
| Hill | 197 | 15,293 | 15,490 | 1,272 |
| Long Wharf | 4 | 133 | 137 | 2,920 |
| Mill River | 23 | 665 | 688 | 3,343 |
| Newhallville | 132 | 7,746 | 7,878 | 1,676 |
| Prospect Hill | 15 | 4,989 | 5,004 | 300 |
| Quinnipiac Meadows | 44 | 5,965 | 6,009 | 732 |
| Westriver | 55 | 3,837 | 3,892 | 1,413 |
| Westrock | 31 | 5,896 | 5,927 | 523 |
| Westville | 18 | 7,692 | 7,710 | 233 |
| Wooster Square | 10 | 2,367 | 2,377 | 421 |
Sources and methodology
- New Haven neighborhoods
- This is the New Haven neighborhood as published by the city.
- Number of people in state prison from each New Haven neighborhood, 2020
- This is the number of people from each New Haven neighborhood in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
- Census population, 2020
- This is the population of the New Haven neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
- Total population, 2020
- This is the total population of the New Haven neighborhood as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the imprisoned population.
- Imprisonment rate per 100,000
- This is the number of imprisoned people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of imprisonment between each New Haven neighborhood of different population sizes.
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