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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Colorado State Senate district

State Senate Districts Number of people in state prison from each senate district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 347 162,823 161,220 215
District 2 88 167,112 167,200 53
District 3 793 168,162 168,122 472
District 4 234 172,459 167,757 139
District 5 194 163,326 163,126 119
District 6 376 161,109 161,485 233
District 7 662 160,971 161,633 410
District 8 181 161,589 161,606 112
District 9 156 164,614 164,770 95
District 10 407 168,317 168,724 241
District 11 1,159 165,985 167,144 693
District 12 567 168,536 169,103 335
District 13 692 161,499 162,191 427
District 14 307 160,676 160,983 191
District 15 239 160,638 160,877 149
District 16 192 166,100 166,292 115
District 17 260 164,658 164,918 158
District 18 92 164,205 164,297 56
District 19 274 164,250 164,524 167
District 20 171 167,911 168,082 102
District 21 605 168,427 169,032 358
District 22 662 162,063 162,619 407
District 23 139 160,735 160,874 86
District 24 365 166,980 167,345 218
District 25 280 168,789 169,069 166
District 26 333 163,784 164,117 203
District 27 139 165,429 165,568 84
District 28 713 163,275 163,988 435
District 29 433 162,059 162,492 266
District 30 83 168,443 168,526 49
District 31 468 164,017 164,485 285
District 32 451 161,289 161,740 279
District 33 724 164,410 163,990 441
District 34 961 166,947 167,908 572
District 35 378 172,127 167,907 225

Sources and methodology

State Senate Districts
This is the Colorado Senate district as drawn in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each State Senate district, 2020
This is the number of people from each State Senate district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the State Senate district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the State Senate 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 State Senate district of different population sizes.


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