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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each Lafayette Parish Council district

Lafayette Parish Council districts Number of people in state prison from each Lafayette Parish Council district, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 88 49,311 49,399 178
District 2 75 48,998 49,073 153
District 3 53 52,030 52,083 102
District 4 50 50,995 51,045 98
District 5 273 46,636 46,709 584

Sources and methodology

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


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