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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each Louisiana State Senate district

State Senate Districts Number of people in state prison from each State Senate district, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 551 115,622 116,169 474
District 2 554 115,780 114,055 486
District 3 723 119,519 120,224 601
District 4 741 117,821 118,562 625
District 5 1,120 123,995 125,068 896
District 6 295 117,595 117,874 250
District 7 823 124,487 124,855 659
District 8 578 120,920 121,498 476
District 9 229 124,537 124,766 184
District 10 310 123,168 123,478 251
District 11 317 114,481 114,486 277
District 12 676 114,171 113,358 596
District 13 400 114,815 114,971 348
District 14 875 120,750 121,625 719
District 15 594 115,848 115,563 514
District 16 142 119,031 119,173 119
District 17 350 114,040 112,618 311
District 18 223 118,250 118,464 188
District 19 559 123,416 123,866 451
District 20 606 123,445 123,839 489
District 21 489 118,105 118,507 413
District 22 406 125,286 125,603 323
District 23 119 125,014 125,133 95
District 24 609 124,799 125,178 487
District 25 377 122,998 123,352 306
District 26 433 124,178 124,559 348
District 27 617 117,231 117,822 524
District 28 491 114,358 111,927 439
District 29 932 119,834 120,105 776
District 30 545 113,737 113,540 480
District 31 469 120,902 121,242 387
District 32 552 114,168 107,968 511
District 33 417 116,896 115,592 361
District 34 697 113,538 110,323 632
District 35 366 117,819 118,088 310
District 36 501 124,512 124,060 404
District 37 430 113,500 113,930 377
District 38 465 124,283 124,748 373
District 39 1,438 124,908 126,104 1,140

Sources and methodology

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


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