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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Maryland congressional district

Congressional districts Number of people in state prison from each congressional district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 2,228 772,748 771,925 289
District 2 1,433 770,906 771,926 186
District 3 922 771,733 771,925 119
District 4 1,348 770,577 771,925 175
District 5 1,039 774,641 771,924 135
District 6 1,039 777,845 771,926 135
District 7 6,833 767,247 771,926 885
District 8 399 771,527 771,926 52

Sources and methodology

Congressional districts
This is the Maryland congressional district as drawn in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each congressional district, 2020
This is the number of people from each congressional district in state prison as of 2020. 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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