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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each New York assembly district

State Assembly districts Number of people in state prison from each assembly district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 170 151,053 151,223 112
District 2 97 131,667 131,764 74
District 3 241 128,356 128,597 187
District 4 121 129,147 129,268 94
District 5 105 126,040 126,145 83
District 6 367 134,233 134,600 273
District 7 100 129,444 129,544 77
District 8 42 127,163 127,205 33
District 9 75 129,605 129,680 58
District 10 118 130,634 130,752 90
District 11 292 131,203 131,495 222
District 12 67 129,342 129,409 52
District 13 81 134,190 134,271 60
District 14 55 129,228 129,283 43
District 15 56 134,199 134,255 42
District 16 41 135,380 135,421 30
District 17 58 128,593 128,651 45
District 18 508 137,770 138,278 367
District 19 45 135,320 135,365 33
District 20 70 136,868 136,938 51
District 21 100 134,940 135,040 74
District 22 109 137,086 137,195 79
District 23 187 133,241 133,428 140
District 24 93 129,233 129,326 72
District 25 47 135,692 135,739 35
District 26 42 130,061 130,103 32
District 27 106 134,045 134,151 79
District 28 58 133,662 133,720 43
District 29 309 136,485 136,794 226
District 30 78 131,619 131,697 59
District 31 389 134,473 134,862 288
District 32 486 141,393 141,879 343
District 33 252 130,574 130,826 193
District 34 111 126,619 126,730 88
District 35 163 134,764 134,927 121
District 36 62 130,032 130,094 48
District 37 186 151,847 151,861 122
District 38 151 131,662 131,813 115
District 39 113 128,903 129,016 88
District 40 69 131,325 131,394 53
District 41 142 131,363 131,505 108
District 42 304 123,728 124,032 245
District 43 373 129,745 130,118 287
District 44 71 128,692 128,763 55
District 45 73 133,807 133,880 55
District 46 192 129,666 129,858 148
District 47 90 135,748 135,838 66
District 48 35 135,951 135,986 26
District 49 69 136,258 136,327 51
District 50 101 156,342 156,443 65
District 51 181 130,853 128,472 141
District 52 103 147,055 147,158 70
District 53 272 131,105 131,377 207
District 54 439 132,758 133,197 330
District 55 789 135,885 136,674 577
District 56 692 137,526 138,218 501
District 57 411 149,340 149,751 274
District 58 302 131,543 131,845 229
District 59 203 131,640 131,843 154
District 60 620 136,687 137,307 452
District 61 433 134,671 135,104 320
District 62 51 128,416 128,467 40
District 63 141 131,178 131,319 107
District 64 83 131,864 131,947 63
District 65 165 141,916 141,314 117
District 66 74 142,433 142,507 52
District 67 58 155,541 155,599 37
District 68 698 136,198 136,896 510
District 69 219 133,972 134,191 163
District 70 769 141,714 142,483 540
District 71 512 134,690 135,202 379
District 72 327 124,886 125,144 261
District 73 39 141,728 141,767 28
District 74 268 138,759 139,027 193
District 75 149 161,096 161,245 92
District 76 25 141,385 141,410 18
District 77 452 132,025 132,477 341
District 78 332 129,010 129,342 257
District 79 559 142,086 142,645 392
District 80 250 133,812 134,062 186
District 81 172 134,044 134,216 128
District 82 150 136,720 136,870 110
District 83 343 134,315 134,658 255
District 84 501 133,276 133,777 375
District 85 377 127,222 127,599 295
District 86 489 132,131 132,620 369
District 87 339 138,017 138,356 245
District 88 68 138,081 138,149 49
District 89 397 143,214 143,611 276
District 90 244 142,298 142,542 171
District 91 82 139,241 139,323 59
District 92 65 139,755 139,820 46
District 93 56 135,724 134,866 42
District 94 45 133,066 133,111 34
District 95 103 130,742 129,484 80
District 96 122 138,965 139,087 88
District 97 134 146,189 146,323 92
District 98 116 154,135 154,251 75
District 99 123 139,898 140,021 88
District 100 456 142,417 140,450 325
District 101 206 131,303 129,037 160
District 102 181 128,527 126,556 143
District 103 259 133,476 133,735 194
District 104 719 126,032 126,751 567
District 105 123 137,803 133,712 92
District 106 249 132,208 132,375 188
District 107 207 131,817 132,024 157
District 108 1,148 137,582 138,730 828
District 109 213 136,803 137,016 155
District 110 272 137,653 137,925 197
District 111 722 131,528 132,250 546
District 112 164 141,580 141,744 116
District 113 268 140,692 140,960 190
District 114 345 133,543 131,547 262
District 115 383 133,127 128,141 299
District 116 333 128,564 127,132 262
District 117 194 135,849 134,801 144
District 118 271 127,319 127,177 213
District 119 679 135,049 131,975 514
District 120 277 129,869 130,146 213
District 121 191 124,966 125,157 153
District 122 241 125,532 125,773 192
District 123 513 133,388 133,901 383
District 124 352 128,530 126,993 277
District 125 193 135,801 135,994 142
District 126 296 131,995 130,348 227
District 127 115 137,230 137,345 84
District 128 783 128,298 129,081 607
District 129 671 135,071 135,742 494
District 130 243 130,136 130,379 186
District 131 322 136,577 136,899 235
District 132 329 129,521 128,251 257
District 133 177 132,042 131,365 135
District 134 163 133,342 133,505 122
District 135 82 138,578 138,660 59
District 136 370 133,516 133,886 276
District 137 1,624 133,936 135,531 1,198
District 138 479 137,520 137,999 347
District 139 252 128,283 127,003 198
District 140 216 130,959 131,175 165
District 141 1,231 140,237 141,468 870
District 142 168 133,950 134,118 125
District 143 128 134,973 135,101 95
District 144 170 133,363 132,806 128
District 145 363 128,932 129,295 281
District 146 66 136,630 136,696 48
District 147 119 136,101 131,074 91
District 148 188 127,053 127,241 148
District 149 309 137,195 137,504 225
District 150 192 127,657 127,221 151

Sources and methodology

State Assembly districts
This is the New York State Assembly district as drawn in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each assembly district, 2020
This is the number of people from each assembly district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the assembly district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the assembly 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 assembly district of different population sizes.


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