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

Providence 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 10 13,399 13,409 75
Ward 2 3 13,361 13,364 22
Ward 3 22 13,357 13,379 164
Ward 4 67 12,235 12,302 545
Ward 5 29 12,131 12,160 238
Ward 6 54 12,777 12,831 421
Ward 7 53 14,206 14,259 372
Ward 8 66 13,501 13,567 486
Ward 9 51 13,039 13,090 390
Ward 10 52 12,860 12,912 403
Ward 11 88 12,184 12,272 717
Ward 12 62 13,328 13,390 463
Ward 13 32 12,416 12,448 257
Ward 14 44 13,074 13,118 335
Ward 15 53 12,817 12,870 412

Sources and methodology

Providence City Council Wards
This is the Providence, 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 City Council Ward incarcerated as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the City Council ward as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the 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 City Council ward of different population sizes.


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