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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Montana Senate district

Senate Districts Number of people in state prison from each Senate district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 14 19,677 19,691 71
District 2 24 22,666 22,690 106
District 3 6 23,430 23,436 26
District 4 23 23,206 23,229 99
District 5 22 22,279 22,301 99
District 6 15 22,430 22,445 67
District 7 11 21,748 21,759 51
District 8 30 19,511 19,541 154
District 9 10 19,569 18,978 53
District 10 19 21,576 21,445 89
District 11 47 19,544 19,591 240
District 12 78 20,104 20,182 386
District 13 44 20,232 20,276 217
District 14 15 20,141 20,156 74
District 15 16 19,720 19,736 81
District 16 15 20,658 20,673 73
District 17 5 20,219 20,224 25
District 18 19 21,368 21,248 89
District 19 33 20,425 20,376 162
District 20 22 19,983 20,005 110
District 21 12 19,001 19,013 63
District 22 38 21,878 21,916 173
District 23 8 21,760 21,768 37
District 24 47 19,624 19,671 239
District 25 104 19,284 19,171 542
District 26 55 21,954 22,009 250
District 27 14 28,342 28,356 49
District 28 27 21,440 21,467 126
District 29 10 19,941 19,951 50
District 30 8 20,937 20,945 38
District 31 2 25,017 25,019 8
District 32 6 28,041 28,047 21
District 33 20 28,837 28,857 69
District 34 17 24,604 24,621 69
District 35 13 24,323 24,336 53
District 36 6 21,414 21,420 28
District 37 85 20,269 20,354 418
District 38 17 21,357 21,349 80
District 39 30 20,300 18,706 160
District 40 17 22,553 22,570 75
District 41 83 21,908 21,991 377
District 42 59 20,997 21,056 280
District 43 5 21,749 21,754 23
District 44 9 22,425 22,434 40
District 45 16 19,558 19,574 82
District 46 10 21,001 21,011 48
District 47 46 21,319 21,365 215
District 48 54 23,877 23,931 226
District 49 20 21,431 21,451 93
District 50 24 20,598 20,622 116

Sources and methodology

Senate Districts
This is the Montana Senate district for the 2015 - 2023 Legislature.
Number of people in state prison from each Senate district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Senate district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Senate district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the 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 Senate district of different population sizes.


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