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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each Louisiana congressional district

Congressional districts Number of people in state prison from each congressional district, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 2,537 776,268 777,897 326
District 2 5,502 776,317 779,089 706
District 3 2,666 776,275 778,456 342
District 4 4,304 776,333 775,633 555
District 5 3,840 776,277 763,691 503
District 6 2,170 776,287 777,527 279

Sources and methodology

Congressional districts
This is the Louisiana congressional district as drawn in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each congressional district, 2022
This is the number of people from each congressional district in state prison as of 2022. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the congressional district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the congressional district 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 congressional district of different population sizes.


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