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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Montana Yellowstone County commissioner district

Yellowstone County commissioner districts Number of people in state prison from each commissioner district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 129 58,686 58,598 220
District 2 124 53,004 53,128 233
District 3 53 54,388 54,441 97

Sources and methodology

Yellowstone County commissioner districts
This is the Yellowstone County commissioner district as drawn in 2021 and provided by the county’s GIS department.
Number of people in state prison from each commissioner district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Yellowstone County commissioner district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Yellowstone County commissioner district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Yellowstone County commissioner 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 Yellowstone County commissioner district of different population sizes.


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