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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Rhode Island Cranston neighborhood

Cranston neighborhoods Number of people incarcerated from each Cranston neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Incarceration rate 100,000
Arlington 19 4,968 4,987 381
Auburn 10 3,260 3,270 306
Auburn/Friendly Community 8 3,227 3,235 247
Dean Estates/Budlong 1 2,065 2,066 48
Eden Park 4 4,278 4,282 93
Edgewood 5 5,294 5,299 94
Fiskeville 0 299 299 0
Forest Hills 1 1,643 1,644 61
Garden City 6 2,866 2,872 209
Garden Hills 2 1,990 1,992 100
Glen Woods 0 1,783 1,783 0
Howard 13 2,707 298 4,362
Knightsville 7 3,077 3,084 227
Laurel Hill 8 4,185 4,193 191
Mayfield/Oak Hill 3 2,365 2,368 127
Meshanticut 1 2,905 2,906 34
Northern Edgewood 12 3,991 4,003 300
Oak Lawn/Brookfield 2 2,431 2,433 82
Park View/South Elmwood 10 2,886 2,896 345
Pawtuxet 4 2,341 2,345 171
South Auburn 1 2,573 2,574 39
Spectacle 4 1,976 1,980 202
Stadium 5 2,032 2,037 245
Stone Hill 0 4,338 4,338 0
Thornton 5 3,373 3,378 148
Village 6 1,899 1,905 315
Western Cranston 2 11,804 11,806 17
Woodridge 3 2,571 2,574 117

Sources and methodology

Cranston neighborhoods
This is the Cranston neighborhood as last updated by the City's Planning Department in 2023.
Number of people incarcerated from each Cranston neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each Cranston neighborhood incarcerated as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Cranston neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Cranston neighborhood as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the incarcerated population.
Incarceration rate 100,000
This is the number of incarcerated people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between each Cranston neighborhood of different population sizes.


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