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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Stamford neighborhood

Stamford neighborhoods Number of people in state prison from each Stamford neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Cove 39 13,870 13,909 280
Downtown 24 14,850 14,874 161
East Side 22 8,877 8,899 247
Glenbrook‑Belltown 19 10,964 10,983 173
North Stamford 5 14,912 14,917 34
Ridgeway‑Bullshead 30 16,944 16,974 177
Shippan 3 2,366 2,369 127
South End 32 7,641 7,673 417
Springdale 10 9,197 9,207 109
Turn of River‑Newfield 12 12,502 12,514 96
Waterside 21 6,701 6,722 312
West Side 71 13,940 14,011 507
Westover 2 4,912 4,914 41

Sources and methodology

Stamford neighborhoods
This is the Stamford neighborhood statistical area as drawn by the city in 2019.
Number of people in state prison from each Stamford neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each Stamford neighborhood in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Stamford neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Stamford 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 Stamford neighborhood of different population sizes.


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