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Number of people in prison in 2010 from each Albany Common Council distict as drawn in 2013

Albany Common Council District, 2013 Number of people in state prison from Albany Common Council District, 2010 Census population, 2010 Total population, 2010 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
1st Ward 95 6,445 6,540 1,453
2nd Ward 173 6,559 6,732 2,570
3rd Ward 206 6,433 6,639 3,103
4th Ward 109 6,502 6,611 1,649
5th Ward 184 6,494 6,678 2,755
6th Ward 48 6,476 6,524 736
7th Ward 41 6,606 6,647 617
8th Ward 5 6,542 6,547 76
9th Ward 21 6,469 6,490 324
10th Ward 26 6,480 6,506 400
11th Ward 75 6,601 6,676 1,123
12th Ward 10 6,612 6,622 151
13th Ward 14 6,513 6,527 214
14th Ward 9 6,557 6,566 137
15th Ward 3 6,567 6,570 46

Sources and methodology

Albany Common Council District, 2013
This is the Albany Common Council District as drawn in 2013.
Number of people in state prison from Albany Common Council District, 2010
This is the number of people from each Albany Common Council District in state prison as of 2010. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2010
This is the population of the Albany Common Council District as reported in the 2010 Census.
Total population, 2010
This is the total population of the Albany Common Council Districtas reflected in the 2010 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 districts of different population sizes.


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