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Number of people in prison in 2010 from each Rochester City Council distict as drawn in 2012

Rochester City Council Districts, 2012 Number of people in state prison from Rochester Common Council District, 2010 Census population, 2010 Total population, 2010 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
South 586 52,384 52,970 1,106
East 337 52,299 52,636 640
Northwest 618 52,608 53,226 1,161
Northeast 909 53,142 54,051 1,682

Sources and methodology

Rochester City Council Districts, 2012
This is the Rochester City Council District as drawn in 2012.
Number of people in state prison from Rochester Common Council District, 2010
This is the number of people from each Rochester City Council District in state prison as of 2010. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2010
This is the population of the Rochester City Council District as reported in the 2010 Census.
Total population, 2010
This is the total population of the Rochester City 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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