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Number of people in prison in 2010 from each Buffalo Common Council distict as drawn in 2011

Buffalo Common Council Districts, 2011 Number of people in state prison from Buffalo Common Council District, 2010 Census population, 2010 Total population, 2010 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Ellicot 323 27,616 27,939 1,156
North 168 30,428 30,596 549
Fillmore 371 28,018 28,389 1,307
South 69 28,752 28,821 239
Delaware 57 30,458 30,515 187
Lovejoy 182 27,638 27,820 654
University 232 30,218 30,450 762
Niagra 210 30,476 30,686 684
Masten 363 27,706 28,069 1,293

Sources and methodology

Buffalo Common Council Districts, 2011
This is the Buffalo Common Council District as drawn in 2011.
Number of people in state prison from Buffalo Common Council District, 2010
This is the number of people from each Buffalo 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 Buffalo Common Council District as reported in the 2010 Census.
Total population, 2010
This is the total population of the Buffalo 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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