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Figure 8. Current Senate Districts, 2000 population.
Senate District Current Senator Party District Type Population Adults Blacks Black Adults Prisoners Black Prisoners Latino Prisoners % District incarcerated % Black Adults Disenfran-chised
1 Kenneth P. LaValle R-C-I Suburban NYC 333,425 249,681 17,377 11,730 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
2 James J. Lack R-C-I Suburban NYC 299,095 221,817 4,674 3,632 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
3 Caesar Trunzo R-C-I Suburban NYC 315,207 229,935 22,410 14,632 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
4 Owen H. Johnson R-C-I Suburban NYC 300,266 220,627 28,516 18,764 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
5 Carl L. Marcellino R-C-I Suburban NYC 297,769 225,118 9,908 6,863 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
6 Kemp Hannon R-C-I Suburban NYC 301,012 225,376 49,364 35,017 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
7 Michael A.L. Balboni R-C-I Suburban NYC 305,748 232,837 25,830 18,338 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
8 Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. R-C-I Suburban NYC 300,521 221,147 46,913 32,420 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
9 Dean G. Skelos R-C-I Suburban NYC 300,870 228,215 18,130 12,136 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
10 Malcolm A. Smith D-C Urban NYC 322,902 235,695 221,375 159,089 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
11 Frank Padavan R-C-I Urban NYC 327,957 258,242 22,101 16,721 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
12 Ada L. Smith D-L Urban NYC 323,696 226,529 194,927 134,108 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
13 Daniel Hevesi D-L Urban NYC 331,635 268,377 16,571 13,208 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
14 George Onorato D Urban NYC 336,406 273,335 15,924 11,242 604 343 178 0.18% 3.05%
15 Serphin R. Maltese R-C-I Urban NYC 355,268 268,823 10,923 7,466 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
16 Toby Ann Stavisky D-L Urban NYC 362,274 276,439 34,562 26,015 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
17 Nellie Santiago D-L-I Urban NYC 312,171 210,603 74,559 48,591 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
18 Velmanette Montgomery D Urban NYC 300,228 224,491 185,062 133,220 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
19 John L. Sampson D-L-R Urban NYC 325,470 231,610 255,967 178,745 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
20 Carl Andrews D Urban NYC 294,716 213,839 187,906 134,584 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
21 Carl Kruger D-L Urban NYC 332,889 253,636 22,835 15,560 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
22 Seymour P. Lachman D-L Urban NYC 340,389 251,468 20,725 13,554 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
23 Vincent J. Gentile D-I Urban NYC 335,485 260,208 18,350 12,040 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
24 John J. Marchi R-C-D Urban NYC 344,825 256,526 23,327 15,156 959 471 332 0.28% 3.11%
25 Martin Connor D-L-I Urban NYC 317,552 247,380 17,292 13,368 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
26 Liz Krueger D Urban NYC 302,609 272,149 6,076 5,513 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
27 Thomas K. Duane D-L Urban NYC 309,990 280,799 12,425 11,106 438 244 152 0.14% 2.20%
28 Olga A. Mendez D-L-I Urban NYC 320,569 233,170 61,421 44,014 449 205 217 0.14% 0.47%
29 David A. Paterson D-L Urban NYC 310,667 232,094 147,695 110,767 376 190 147 0.12% 0.17%
30 Eric T. Schneiderman D Urban NYC 301,725 255,809 27,560 22,336 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
31 Efrain Gonzalez, Jr. D-L Urban NYC 328,193 216,066 84,078 56,221 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
32 Pedro Espada, Jr. R Urban NYC 332,159 221,610 100,110 66,544 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
33 Ruth Hassell-Thompson D Urban NYC 326,986 232,041 193,309 137,448 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
34 Guy J. Velella R-C Urban NYC 325,149 253,040 49,614 37,495 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
35 Nicholas A. Spano R-C-I Suburban NYC 310,257 234,221 45,482 31,263 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
36 Suzi Oppenheimer D Suburban NYC 316,168 238,335 26,580 20,174 2,264 1,241 722 0.72% 6.15%
37 Vincent L. Leibell R-C Suburban NYC 316,304 231,407 13,070 9,417 1,318 699 367 0.42% 7.42%
38 Thomas P. Morahan R-C-I Suburban NYC 324,436 233,994 31,449 21,520 737 406 211 0.23% 1.89%
39 William J. Larkin, Jr. R-C Rural 331,137 235,683 26,793 17,535 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
40 John J. Bonacic R-C Rural 320,512 244,567 15,452 12,522 8,688 4,517 2,817 2.71% 36.07%
41 Stephen M. Saland R-C Rural 306,087 230,892 26,789 18,899 6,623 3,441 2,035 2.16% 18.21%
42 Neil D. Breslin D-I-L Upstate Urban 294,565 228,088 31,514 21,020 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
43 Joseph L. Bruno R-C-I Rural 308,116 232,900 9,225 6,361 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
44 Hugh T. Farley R-C-I Rural 296,393 222,875 11,123 7,045 1,364 660 414 0.46% 9.37%
45 Ronald B. Stafford R-C Rural 299,603 229,473 8,997 8,474 13,223 6,545 4,399 4.41% 77.24%
46 James W. Wright R-C Rural 294,667 217,844 9,127 7,175 5,291 2,791 1,824 1.80% 38.90%
47 Raymond A. Meier R-C Rural 286,371 216,847 10,892 7,637 1,893 969 680 0.66% 12.69%
48 Nancy Larraine Hoffmann R Rural 276,926 208,348 33,686 21,841 2,881 1,391 940 1.04% 6.37%
49 John A. DeFrancisco R-C-I Rural 291,620 215,502 11,480 6,992 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
50 James L. Seward R-C Rural 293,736 228,840 5,259 3,928 501 241 152 0.17% 6.14%
51 Thomas W. Libous R-C Rural 280,253 212,939 6,700 4,478 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
52 John R. Kuhl R-C Rural 293,381 218,951 7,498 5,546 3,033 1,665 781 1.03% 30.02%
53 Michael F. Nozzolio R-C Rural 306,649 226,799 9,030 6,748 5,219 2,668 1,546 1.70% 39.54%
54 Richard A. Dollinger D Upstate Urban 304,038 225,161 76,174 47,836 101 35 14 0.03% 0.07%
55 James S. Alesi R-C Upstate Urban 296,210 221,613 18,418 11,520 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
56 Patricia K. McGee R-C Rural 289,190 216,684 4,100 3,000 1,308 601 452 0.45% 20.03%
57 Byron W. Brown D-L Upstate Urban 263,325 194,499 94,692 64,055 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
58 William T. Stachowski D-C-I Upstate Urban 276,377 211,902 27,564 16,997 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
59 Dale M. Volker R-C-I Rural 315,545 238,722 7,497 7,084 11,345 5,598 3,027 3.60% 79.02%
60 Mary Lou Rath R-C-I Rural 301,543 230,588 7,007 5,075 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
61 George D. Maziarz R-C Rural 307,225 229,944 9,209 6,862 2,851 1,528 847 0.93% 22.27%

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