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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Las Vegas City Council Ward

Las Vegas City Council Wards Number of people in state prison from each ward, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Ward 1 386 109,776 110,162 350
Ward 2 149 111,333 111,482 134
Ward 3 694 124,768 125,462 553
Ward 4 155 111,649 111,804 139
Ward 5 786 113,950 114,736 685
Ward 6 139 113,303 113,442 123

Sources and methodology

Las Vegas City Council Wards
This is the Las Vegas City Council Ward as drawn in 2020.
Number of people in state prison from each ward, 2020
This is the number of people from each Las Vegas City Council Ward in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Las Vegas City Council Ward as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Las Vegas City Council Ward 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 Las Vegas City Council Ward of different population sizes.


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