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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each NYC City Council district

NYC City Council districts Number of people in state prison from each city council district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 154 185,331 184,718 83
District 2 322 173,399 173,721 185
District 3 155 202,572 202,727 76
District 4 70 184,083 184,153 38
District 5 62 181,432 181,494 34
District 6 104 181,471 181,575 57
District 7 547 164,945 165,492 331
District 8 843 176,895 177,738 474
District 9 1,035 177,568 178,603 580
District 10 363 158,511 158,805 229
District 11 246 170,560 170,806 144
District 12 408 178,505 178,913 228
District 13 200 167,849 168,049 119
District 14 536 168,535 169,071 317
District 15 578 174,158 174,736 331
District 16 619 170,109 170,728 363
District 17 584 173,373 173,957 336
District 18 454 181,384 181,838 250
District 19 71 169,531 169,602 42
District 20 87 171,792 171,879 51
District 21 239 170,939 171,178 140
District 22 125 159,486 159,611 78
District 23 84 162,168 162,252 52
District 24 142 165,862 166,004 86
District 25 112 171,118 171,230 65
District 26 166 183,932 183,926 90
District 27 473 172,729 173,202 273
District 28 484 182,507 182,991 264
District 29 75 164,248 164,323 46
District 30 123 166,977 167,100 74
District 31 530 177,361 177,891 298
District 32 168 165,611 165,779 101
District 33 141 207,729 207,870 68
District 34 336 166,776 167,112 201
District 35 441 177,485 177,926 248
District 36 798 167,677 168,475 474
District 37 510 163,010 163,520 312
District 38 206 178,196 175,840 117
District 39 83 174,201 174,284 48
District 40 419 155,155 155,574 269
District 41 798 163,150 163,948 487
District 42 743 167,500 168,243 442
District 43 90 184,407 184,497 49
District 44 55 172,026 172,081 32
District 45 277 156,735 157,012 176
District 46 278 176,985 177,263 157
District 47 252 177,963 178,215 141
District 48 80 180,580 180,660 44
District 49 526 171,182 171,708 306
District 50 108 165,074 165,182 65
District 51 62 159,491 159,553 39

Sources and methodology

NYC City Council districts
This is the New York City Council district as updated in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each city council district, 2020
This is the number of people from each city council district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the city council district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the city council 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 city council district of different population sizes.


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