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Number of people in prison from each Baltimore Community Statistical Areas
| Community Statistical Area (CSA) | Population, Census 2010 | Number of people in state prison from that CSA, 2010 | Incarceration rate per 100,000 (state prison only) | Annual cost to incarcerate residents in state prison | Jail population from that CSA in 2010 (report estimates) | Estimate of the combined prison and jail population from this CSA in 2010 | Incarceration rate per 100,000 (state prison and city jail) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale/Irvington/S. Hilton | 16,217 | 280 | 1,727 | $10,360,000 | 129 | 409 | 2,521 |
| Beechfield/Ten Hills/West Hills | 12,264 | 96 | 783 | $3,552,000 | 44 | 140 | 1,143 |
| Belair-Edison | 17,416 | 252 | 1,447 | $9,324,000 | 116 | 368 | 2,113 |
| Brooklyn/Curtis Bay/Hawkins Point | 14,243 | 129 | 906 | $4,773,000 | 59 | 188 | 1,322 |
| Canton | 8,100 | 21 | 259 | $777,000 | 10 | 31 | 379 |
| Cedonia/Frankford | 23,557 | 219 | 930 | $8,103,000 | 101 | 320 | 1,357 |
| Cherry Hill | 8,202 | 154 | 1,878 | $5,698,000 | 71 | 225 | 2,741 |
| Chinquapin Park/Belvedere | 7,756 | 70 | 903 | $2,590,000 | 32 | 102 | 1,318 |
| Claremont/Armistead | 8,231 | 88 | 1,069 | $3,256,000 | 40 | 128 | 1,561 |
| Clifton-Berea | 9,874 | 298 | 3,018 | $11,026,000 | 137 | 435 | 4,406 |
| Cross-Country/Cheswolde | 13,034 | 14 | 107 | $518,000 | 6 | 20 | 157 |
| Dickeyville/Franklintown | 4,101 | 41 | 1,000 | $1,517,000 | 19 | 60 | 1,460 |
| Dorchester/Ashburton | 11,786 | 155 | 1,315 | $5,735,000 | 71 | 226 | 1,920 |
| Downtown/Seton Hill | 6,446 | 44 | 683 | $1,628,000 | 20 | 64 | 997 |
| Edmondson Village | 7,900 | 134 | 1,696 | $4,958,000 | 62 | 196 | 2,476 |
| Fells Point | 9,039 | 33 | 365 | $1,221,000 | 15 | 48 | 533 |
| Forest Park/Walbrook | 9,849 | 167 | 1,696 | $6,179,000 | 77 | 244 | 2,476 |
| Glen-Fallstaff | 14,914 | 88 | 590 | $3,256,000 | 40 | 128 | 861 |
| Greater Charles Village/Barclay | 16,391 | 130 | 793 | $4,810,000 | 60 | 190 | 1,158 |
| Greater Govans | 10,681 | 150 | 1,404 | $5,550,000 | 69 | 219 | 2,050 |
| Greater Mondawmin | 9,322 | 172 | 1,845 | $6,364,000 | 79 | 251 | 2,694 |
| Greater Roland Park/Poplar Hill | 7,377 | 3 | 41 | $111,000 | 1 | 4 | 59 |
| Greater Rosemont | 19,259 | 411 | 2,134 | $15,207,000 | 189 | 600 | 3,116 |
| Greenmount East | 8,184 | 258 | 3,152 | $9,546,000 | 119 | 377 | 4,603 |
| Hamilton | 13,002 | 66 | 508 | $2,442,000 | 30 | 96 | 741 |
| Harbor East/Little Italy | 5,407 | 52 | 962 | $1,924,000 | 24 | 76 | 1,404 |
| Harford/Echodale | 16,839 | 80 | 475 | $2,960,000 | 37 | 117 | 694 |
| Highlandtown | 7,250 | 49 | 676 | $1,813,000 | 23 | 72 | 987 |
| Howard Park/West Arlington | 10,873 | 125 | 1,150 | $4,625,000 | 58 | 183 | 1,678 |
| Inner Harbor/Federal Hill | 12,855 | 34 | 264 | $1,258,000 | 16 | 50 | 386 |
| Lauraville | 12,273 | 73 | 595 | $2,701,000 | 34 | 107 | 868 |
| Loch Raven | 15,311 | 94 | 614 | $3,478,000 | 43 | 137 | 896 |
| Madison/East End | 7,781 | 281 | 3,611 | $10,397,000 | 129 | 410 | 5,273 |
| Medfield/Hampden/Woodberry/Remington | 17,388 | 82 | 472 | $3,034,000 | 38 | 120 | 689 |
| Midtown | 15,020 | 65 | 433 | $2,405,000 | 30 | 95 | 632 |
| Midway/Coldstream | 9,624 | 290 | 3,013 | $10,730,000 | 133 | 423 | 4,399 |
| Morrell Park/Violetville | 8,964 | 52 | 580 | $1,924,000 | 24 | 76 | 847 |
| Mount Washington/Coldspring | 5,168 | 4 | 77 | $148,000 | 2 | 6 | 113 |
| North Baltimore/Guilford/Homeland | 17,464 | 15 | 86 | $555,000 | 7 | 22 | 125 |
| Northwood | 16,643 | 145 | 871 | $5,365,000 | 67 | 212 | 1,272 |
| Oldtown/Middle East | 10,021 | 244 | 2,435 | $9,028,000 | 112 | 356 | 3,555 |
| Orangeville/East Highlandtown | 9,131 | 68 | 745 | $2,516,000 | 31 | 99 | 1,087 |
| Patterson Park North & East | 14,549 | 191 | 1,313 | $7,067,000 | 88 | 279 | 1,917 |
| Penn North/Reservoir Hill | 9,668 | 206 | 2,131 | $7,622,000 | 95 | 301 | 3,111 |
| Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop | 11,816 | 241 | 2,040 | $8,917,000 | 111 | 352 | 2,978 |
| Poppleton/The Terraces/Hollins Market | 5,086 | 107 | 2,104 | $3,959,000 | 49 | 156 | 3,072 |
| Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park | 14,896 | 458 | 3,075 | $16,946,000 | 211 | 669 | 4,489 |
| South Baltimore | 6,406 | 18 | 281 | $666,000 | 8 | 26 | 410 |
| Southeastern | 6,260 | 73 | 1,166 | $2,701,000 | 34 | 107 | 1,703 |
| Southern Park Heights | 13,284 | 294 | 2,213 | $10,878,000 | 135 | 429 | 3,231 |
| Southwest Baltimore | 17,885 | 413 | 2,309 | $15,281,000 | 190 | 603 | 3,371 |
| The Waverlies | 7,753 | 109 | 1,406 | $4,033,000 | 50 | 159 | 2,053 |
| Upton/Druid Heights | 10,342 | 269 | 2,601 | $9,953,000 | 124 | 393 | 3,798 |
| Washington Village/Pigtown | 5,503 | 67 | 1,218 | $2,479,000 | 31 | 98 | 1,778 |
| Westport/Mount Winans/Lakeland | 7,119 | 120 | 1,686 | $4,440,000 | 55 | 175 | 2,461 |
Sources and methodology
- Community Statistical Area (CSA)
- The Baltimore Data Collaborative and the Baltimore City Department of Planning divided Baltimore into 55 CSAs. These 55 units combine Census Bureau geographies together in ways that match Baltimore’s understanding of community boundaries, and are used in social planning.
- Population, Census 2010
- The number of people from each CSA, calculated based on population data reported in the 2010 Census.
- Number of people in state prison from that CSA, 2010
- See the methodology section of the report for how we calculated how many people were in state prison in 2010 from that Community Statistical Area.
- Incarceration rate per 100,000 (state prison only)
- This is the number of people incarcerated in state prison divided by the population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between community statistical areas of different population sizes.
- Annual cost to incarcerate residents in state prison
- The cost of incarcerating a single person from a community was estimated by multiplying the population of the CSA by a figure ($37,200) provided by the Department of Legislative Services and used in the 2014 Maryland legislative session in their Fiscal and Policy notes on legislative initiatives that might affect corrections.
- Jail population from that CSA in 2010 (report estimates)
- The number of people in jail from each CSA was estimated by multiplying the number of people incarcerated in state prison from each CSA by 0.46, which is the ratio between: 1) the number of people from Baltimore (city-wide) incarcerated in a Maryland state prison and 2) the number of people incarcerated in Baltimore's jail.
- Estimate of the combined prison and jail population from this CSA in 2010
- This is the sum of the state prison population column and the colum with our estimates of the jail population.
- Incarceration rate per 100,000 (state prison and city jail)
- This is the number of incarcerated people in both prisons and our jail estimate divided by the population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between community statistical areas of different population sizes.
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