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Number of incarcerated people in 2020 from each Rhode Island ZIP code

Rhode Island ZIP codes City or town Number of incarcerated people from each ZIP code, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Incarceration rate per 100,000
02802 Albion 0 814 814 0
02804 Ashaway 3 2,782 2,785 108
02806 Barrington 2 17,153 17,155 12
02807 Block Island 2 1,410 1,412 142
02808 Bradford 2 2,332 2,334 86
02809 Bristol 10 22,493 22,503 44
02812 Carolina 0 1,220 1,220 0
02863 Central Falls 68 22,596 22,664 300
02813 Charlestown 5 8,021 8,026 62
02814 Chepachet 5 7,549 7,554 66
02815 Clayville 0 247 247 0
02816 Coventry 27 33,206 33,233 81
02910 Cranston 40 21,907 21,947 182
02920 Cranston 64 37,791 35,433 181
02921 Cranston 3 12,406 12,409 24
02864 Cumberland 27 36,376 36,403 74
02818 East Greenwich 6 19,907 19,913 30
02914 East Providence 29 22,140 22,169 131
02822 Exeter 4 5,960 5,964 67
02823 Fiskeville 0 151 151 0
02824 Forestdale 0 404 404 0
02825 Foster 3 5,265 5,268 57
02826 Glendale 0 822 822 0
02827 Greene 0 2,224 2,224 0
02828 Greenville 3 7,469 7,472 40
02829 Harmony 0 122 122 0
02830 Harrisville 6 6,474 6,480 93
02831 Hope 1 3,860 3,861 26
02832 Hope Valley 4 4,887 4,891 82
02833 Hopkinton 0 469 469 0
02835 Jamestown 1 5,559 5,560 18
02919 Johnston 31 29,473 29,504 105
02836 Kenyon 0 158 158 0
02881 Kingston 0 8,443 8,443 0
02865 Lincoln 10 17,902 17,912 56
02837 Little Compton 2 3,616 3,618 55
02838 Manville 9 3,801 3,810 236
02839 Mapleville 0 1,870 1,870 0
02842 Middletown 8 17,115 17,123 47
02882 Narragansett 3 12,919 12,922 23
02840 Newport 50 23,902 23,952 209
02841 Newport 0 1,220 1,220 0
02852 North Kingstown 20 23,579 23,599 85
02911 North Providence 26 16,384 16,410 158
02857 North Scituate 2 8,339 8,341 24
02896 North Smithfield 3 11,154 11,157 27
02858 Oakland 0 580 580 0
02859 Pascoag 4 6,701 6,705 60
02860 Pawtucket 167 47,894 48,061 347
02861 Pawtucket 47 27,761 27,808 169
02871 Portsmouth 9 17,640 17,649 51
02903 Providence 29 13,264 13,293 218
02904 Providence 82 31,542 31,624 259
02905 Providence 92 26,334 26,426 348
02906 Providence 23 25,559 25,582 90
02907 Providence 146 29,827 29,973 487
02908 Providence 165 38,507 38,672 427
02909 Providence 181 46,119 46,300 391
02912 Providence 0 4,739 4,739 0
02918 Providence 1 3,125 3,126 32
02872 Prudence Island 0 231 231 0
02915 Riverside 14 16,603 16,617 84
02873 Rockville 0 266 266 0
02916 Rumford 10 8,350 8,360 120
02874 Saunderstown 1 6,137 6,138 16
02875 Shannock 0 350 350 0
02876 Slatersville 0 753 753 0
02917 Smithfield 7 14,738 14,745 47
02878 Tiverton 11 16,359 16,370 67
02879 Wakefield 6 20,982 20,988 29
02885 Warren 11 11,147 11,158 99
02886 Warwick 28 29,373 29,401 95
02888 Warwick 21 19,578 19,599 107
02889 Warwick 32 28,277 28,309 113
02817 West Greenwich 1 6,528 6,529 15
02892 West Kingston 2 5,420 5,422 37
02893 West Warwick 55 31,030 31,085 177
02891 Westerly 13 21,803 21,816 60
02894 Wood River Junction 0 814 814 0
02895 Woonsocket 141 43,269 43,410 325
02898 Wyoming 2 1,887 1,889 106

Sources and methodology

Rhode Island ZIP codes
This is the Census Bureau’s generalized representation of United States Postal Service ZIP Code areas, as defined by the Census Bureau for Census 2020.
City or town
This is the Rhode Island city or town associated with each ZIP code.
Number of incarcerated people from each ZIP code, 2020
This is the number of incarcerated people from each ZIP code as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the ZIP code as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the ZIP code as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the incarcerated population.
Incarceration rate per 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 ZIP code of different population sizes.


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