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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Cranston City Council ward

Cranston City Council Wards Number of people incarcerated from each City Council ward, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Incarceration rate 100,000
Ward 1 35 15,599 15,634 224
Ward 2 20 14,245 14,265 140
Ward 3 42 15,060 15,102 278
Ward 4 4 15,038 15,042 27
Ward 5 16 15,409 15,425 104
Ward 6 25 13,776 11,379 220

Sources and methodology

Cranston City Council Wards
This is the Cranston, Rhode Island City Council ward as drawn in 2022.
Number of people incarcerated from each City Council ward, 2020
This is the number of people from each Cranston City Council ward incarcerated as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Cranston City Council ward as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Cranston City Council ward 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 City Council ward of different population sizes.


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