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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Montgomery County neighborhood

Montgomery County neighborhoods Number of people in state prison from each neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Aspen Hill 22 27,499 27,521 80
Barnesville 0 208 208 0
Beallsville 0 294 294 0
Bel Pre/Strathmore 32 26,802 26,834 119
Bethesda 5 79,393 79,398 6
Boyds 1 6,577 6,578 15
Brighton 0 2,184 2,184 0
Brookeville 0 1,071 1,071 0
Burtonsville 10 12,717 12,727 79
Cabin John 0 1,832 1,832 0
Calverton 4 9,158 9,162 44
Cedar Grove 0 887 887 0
Chevy Chase 4 30,488 30,492 13
Clarksburg 15 32,104 32,119 47
Cloverly 7 9,590 9,597 73
Colesville 7 17,570 17,577 40
Damascus 8 14,595 14,603 55
Darnestown 2 6,725 6,727 30
Derwood 5 3,240 3,245 154
Dickerson 2 1,858 1,860 108
Fairland 34 30,051 30,085 113
Forest Glen 5 8,858 8,863 56
Four Corners 3 8,316 8,319 36
Gaithersburg 91 104,857 104,948 87
Garrett Park 0 996 996 0
Germantown 97 86,035 86,132 113
Glen Echo 0 279 279 0
Glenmont 45 40,926 40,971 110
Goshen 5 11,171 11,176 45
Hillandale 2 1,794 1,796 111
Kemp Mill 4 10,980 10,984 36
Kensington 6 21,453 21,459 28
Layhill 1 1,725 1,726 58
Laytonsville 1 1,529 1,530 65
Long Branch 27 27,214 27,241 99
Montgomery Village 33 43,015 43,048 77
Mt. Airy (south) 0 492 492 0
Mt. Airy (north) 1 989 990 101
NIST 0 3 3 0
Norbeck/Norwood 0 3,161 3,161 0
North Bethesda 4 44,829 44,833 9
North Potomac 10 23,902 23,912 42
Northwest Park/Oakview 9 11,968 11,977 75
Olney 15 33,228 33,243 45
Palisades 0 3,751 3,751 0
Poolesville 4 6,536 6,540 61
Potomac 8 39,499 39,507 20
Redland 0 3,083 3,083 0
Rock Creek 10 6,694 6,704 149
Rockville 38 72,415 72,453 52
Rossmoor/Leisure World 4 9,185 9,189 44
Sandy Spring-Ashton 4 6,226 6,230 64
Silver Spring 14 29,964 29,978 47
Spencerville 1 1,832 1,833 55
Takoma Park 14 18,023 18,037 78
Travilah 3 11,036 11,039 27
Upper Rock Creek 0 2,948 2,948 0
Washington Grove 0 503 503 0
West Silver Spring 8 14,065 14,073 57
Wheaton 10 23,334 23,344 43
White Oak 26 24,031 24,057 108
Woodbine 0 27 27 0

Sources and methodology

Montgomery County neighborhoods
This is the neighborhood as updated by Montgomery County in 2018.
Number of people in state prison from each neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each neighborhood in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the 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 neighborhood of different population sizes.


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