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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Reno City Council Ward

Reno City Council Wards Number of people in state prison from each Reno City Council Ward, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Ward 1 227 53,231 53,458 425
Ward 2 61 55,703 55,764 109
Ward 3 369 57,545 57,836 638
Ward 4 115 59,947 60,062 191
Ward 5 99 55,262 55,361 179

Sources and methodology

Reno City Council Wards
This is the Reno City Council Ward as drawn in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each Reno City Council Ward, 2020
This is the number of people from each Reno 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 Reno City Council Ward as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Reno 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 Reno City Council Ward of different population sizes.


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