The Geography of Punishment:

How Huge Sentencing Enhancement Zones Harm Communities, Fail to Protect Children

by Aleks Kajstura, Peter Wagner, and William Goldberg
Prison Policy Initiative
July 2008
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Appendix E. Demographic analysis of populations living in enhancement zones.
	Population living in enhancement zones				Percentage living in enhancement zones
	Total	White	Black	Latino	Total	White	Black	Latino	In poverty	Adults without HS diploma or GED
Agawam	6,291	6,032	53	109	22.4%	22.4%	18.0%	21.3%	5.5%	13.5%
Blandford	149	144	2	0	12.3%	12.1%	22.9%	7.50%	3.4%	11.4%
Brimfield	228	223	0	2	6.8%	6.9%	0%	3.5%	5.2%	16.6%
Chester	33	32	0	1	2.5%	2.5%	5.0%	2.9%	5.8%	13.0%
Chicopee	18,130	15,141	577	2,038	33.2%	31.9%	44.2%	42.5%	13.5%	25.0%
East Longmeadow	2,651	2,575	15	39	18.8%	18.8%	11.8%	30.1%	4.7%	9.6%
Granville	85	79	0	1	5.6%	5.30%	0%	8.0%	3.4%	7.8%
Hampden	211	207	1	1	4.1%	4.1%	3.8%	3.0%	2.1%	10.2%
Holland	206	199	2	3	8.6%	8.6%	33.3%	10.0%	7.0%	16.9%
Holyoke	23,322	9,730	742	12,475	58.5%	45.2%	62.5%	75.7%	32.5%	35.0%
Longmeadow	5,197	4,838	63	63	33.2%	32.7%	53.6%	36.9%	1.8%	3.6%
Ludlow	4,129	3,913	28	81	21.1%	20.6%	32.2%	26.8%	13.3%	25.5%
Monson	490	469	1	14	5.9%	5.8%	2.2%	14.7%	5.7%	20.1%
Montgomery	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	n/a	0%	0%	0%
Palmer	2,473	2,376	23	24	19.8%	19.8%	20.2%	15.8%	11.3%	20.9%
Russell	201	196	0	2	12.1%	12.3%	4.3%	7.6%	8.7%	16.8%
Southwick	1,297	1,244	9	29	14.7%	14.6%	14.3%	18.9%	8.2%	16.7%
Springfield	75,341	32,202	17,058	23,754	49.6%	43.3%	53.7%	57.5%	26.4%	28.7%
Tolland	44	43	0	0	10.2%	10.5%	0%	0%	4.2%	12.6%
Wales	227	219	3	1	13.1%	12.9%	18.0%	12.7%	3.5%	14.7%
West Springfield	8,183	7,174	187	489	29.3%	29.1%	29.7%	30.4%	15.5%	18.4%
Westfield	11,697	10,452	134	867	29.2%	28.3%	31.3%	43.2%	15.7%	19.5%
Wilbraham	1,736	1,668	22	19	12.9%	13.0%	11.5%	9.9%	3.7%	5.4%
Hampden County	162,321	99,155	18,919	40,011	35.7%	29.2%	51.9%	58.8%	21.4%	25.1%