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

State Senate districts Number of people in state prison from each senate district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 202 325,301 325,503 62
District 2 162 320,423 320,585 51
District 3 535 324,968 325,503 164
District 4 716 324,787 325,503 220
District 5 117 325,387 325,504 36
District 6 699 324,804 325,503 215
District 7 94 325,409 325,503 29
District 8 199 325,305 325,504 61
District 9 194 325,310 325,504 60
District 10 898 318,838 319,736 281
District 11 190 319,546 319,736 59
District 12 194 319,714 319,736 61
District 13 360 319,376 319,736 113
District 14 627 319,109 319,736 196
District 15 280 319,456 319,736 88
District 16 167 319,569 319,736 52
District 17 186 319,550 319,736 58
District 18 662 319,074 319,736 207
District 19 1,104 318,632 319,736 345
District 20 881 318,855 319,736 276
District 21 567 319,169 319,736 177
District 22 120 319,615 319,735 38
District 23 799 318,937 319,736 250
District 24 163 319,573 319,736 51
District 25 1,390 318,346 319,736 435
District 26 293 322,005 319,736 92
District 27 440 320,063 319,736 138
District 28 97 319,639 319,736 30
District 29 1,170 318,566 319,736 366
District 30 1,529 318,207 319,736 478
District 31 831 318,973 319,735 260
District 32 1,135 318,601 319,736 355
District 33 719 319,016 319,735 225
District 34 556 319,179 319,735 174
District 35 468 319,268 319,736 146
District 36 765 318,970 319,735 239
District 37 137 319,598 319,735 43
District 38 265 323,516 323,781 82
District 39 916 321,439 318,141 288
District 40 167 321,122 319,014 52
District 41 584 321,766 320,116 182
District 42 431 317,147 316,397 136
District 43 738 315,571 316,309 233
District 44 974 325,834 326,808 298
District 45 888 325,409 318,587 279
District 46 1,263 315,070 316,333 399
District 47 233 319,503 319,736 73
District 48 1,610 325,359 325,026 495
District 49 686 321,160 318,426 215
District 50 477 318,252 318,729 150
District 51 676 320,459 317,421 213
District 52 784 321,403 322,187 243
District 53 944 322,625 319,816 295
District 54 602 317,766 317,514 190
District 55 1,142 321,116 322,258 354
District 56 1,511 320,776 322,258 469
District 57 571 326,526 323,430 177
District 58 818 326,221 323,551 253
District 59 270 319,466 319,736 84
District 60 149 327,312 324,627 46
District 61 406 314,060 314,466 129
District 62 674 318,369 317,511 212
District 63 1,602 312,864 314,466 509

Sources and methodology

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


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