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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each Jefferson Parish neighborhood

Jefferson Parish neighborhoods Number of people in state prison from each Jefferson Parish neighborhood, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Airline Park 15 2,887 2,902 517
Airline Park District 4 8 4,877 4,885 164
Avondale 30 4,895 4,925 609
Azalea Garden & Gilmore 22 5,966 5,988 367
Barataria 3 1,057 1,060 283
Bayou Aux Carpes 0 0 0 0
Bayou Segnette 0 0 0 0
Beechgrove & Claiborne Court 33 3,508 3,541 932
Bellemeade & Meadowbrook 36 9,211 9,247 389
Beverly Knoll 1 1,661 1,662 60
Bissonet 22 5,776 5,798 379
Bissonet Plaza 0 1,965 1,965 0
Bonnabel Place & Lake Avenue 11 6,111 6,122 180
Bonnabel Place North 3 3,030 3,033 99
Bonnabel Place South 3 2,211 2,214 136
Bridge City 20 1,116 1,136 1,761
Bridgedale 6 3,174 3,180 189
Bridgedale District 2 8 2,411 2,419 331
Bridgedale East 11 3,888 3,899 282
Bright Playground 5 4,415 4,420 113
Bucktown 7 4,132 4,139 169
Bunche Village 68 5,751 5,819 1,169
Churchill 1 76 77 1,299
City of Gretna 117 17,869 17,893 654
City of Harahan 12 9,158 9,170 131
City of Kenner 323 66,780 67,103 481
City of Westwego 69 8,541 8,610 801
Crownpoint 2 828 830 241
East of Bridgedale 8 3,162 3,170 252
Elmwood Industrial Park 10 4,759 4,769 210
Elmwood Park 2 3,143 3,145 64
Estelle 43 12,721 12,764 337
Fairfield & Taft Park 9 4,593 4,602 196
Gatehouse, Whitney & Atlantis 4 2,638 2,642 151
Golden Heights & Green Briar 25 6,476 6,501 385
Grand Isle 6 1,031 1,037 579
Harvey & Peters Road 35 1,424 1,459 2,399
Hilcrest 13 5,063 5,076 256
Home Place & Bayou Verret Land Co 2 302 304 658
Hydel Manor 112 8,126 8,238 1,360
Jean Lafitte 3 2,007 2,010 149
Jean Lafitte Park 0 324 324 0
Jefferson Heights East 4 1,195 1,199 334
Jefferson Heights West 6 2,162 2,168 277
Lafitte 3 816 819 366
Lake Villa & Beau Lac 2 3,770 3,772 53
Lincolnshire & Bayou Estates 100 7,983 8,083 1,237
Live Oaks & Floral Acres 15 2,444 2,459 610
Lynn Park 9 4,370 4,379 206
M.A. Green 30 4,966 4,996 600
Maned Downs 1 3,319 3,320 30
Maplewood 39 5,140 5,179 753
Marrero & Hope Haven 13 1,058 1,071 1,214
Marrero & Kings Grant 13 5,967 5,980 217
Marrero East 15 1,992 2,007 747
Marrero West 60 4,413 4,473 1,341
Metairie Business District 25 4,944 4,969 503
Metairie Club Garden 0 1,466 1,466 0
Metairie Heights 2 1,377 1,379 145
Modern Farms & Willswood 0 462 462 0
Nine Mile Point 16 2,241 2,257 709
North Airline Park 6 2,793 2,799 214
Old Harvey East 16 1,898 1,914 836
Old Harvey West 11 1,893 1,904 578
Old Metairie 1 3,215 3,216 31
Old Metairie North 10 9,337 9,347 107
Ponchartrain Garden 14 7,595 7,609 184
Pontchartrain Shores 6 5,574 5,580 108
Rio Vista 3 1,361 1,364 220
River Ridge 12 9,784 9,796 123
Rosedale North 13 4,095 4,108 316
Rosedale South 34 10,532 10,566 322
Shrewsbury 17 1,279 1,296 1,312
South New Orleans 45 4,037 4,082 1,102
South of Estelle 0 0 0 0
South Port & Bonnie Park 10 1,393 1,403 713
Stonebridge 28 10,916 10,944 256
Terrytown 122 25,430 25,552 477
Timberlane 4 2,701 2,705 148
Waggaman 31 4,163 4,194 739
Washington Place & Kennedy Heights 47 3,115 3,162 1,486
Westgate 2 2,093 2,095 95
Whitney Heights 1 1,238 1,239 81
Willowdale & Lafreniere 22 6,949 6,971 316
Willowdale & Orleans Village 38 3,941 3,979 955
Willowdate & Green Acres 8 2,322 2,330 343
Woodland West & Spanish Oaks 18 6,317 6,335 284
Woodmere 98 11,193 11,291 868

Sources and methodology

Jefferson Parish neighborhoods
This is the Jefferson Parish’s neighborhoods drawn by the parish and last updated in 2019 (provided by the Jefferson Parish GIS office).
Number of people in state prison from each Jefferson Parish neighborhood, 2022
This is the number of people from each Jefferson Parish neighborhood in state prison as of 2022. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Jefferson Parish neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Jefferson Parish 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 Jefferson Parish neighborhood of different population sizes.


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