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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Washington Seattle City Council District

Seattle City Council Districts Number of people in state prison from each Seattle City Council District, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 131 102,240 102,371 128
District 2 362 101,245 101,578 356
District 3 403 106,845 107,219 376
District 4 52 106,133 106,185 49
District 5 108 102,329 102,437 105
District 6 58 102,723 102,781 56
District 7 122 123,351 123,396 99

Sources and methodology

Seattle City Council Districts
This is the Seattle City Council Districts as last updated in 2018. The newest Seattle City Council Districts are expected to be approved in November 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each Seattle City Council District, 2020
This is the number of people from each Seattle City Council District in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Seattle City Council District as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Seattle City Council District as reflected in the 2020 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 each Seattle City Council District of different population sizes.


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