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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district

East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council districts Number of people in state prison from each East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 102 42,735 42,732 239
District 2 182 31,267 30,677 593
District 3 119 45,944 46,063 258
District 4 88 39,774 39,862 221
District 5 226 34,277 34,503 655
District 6 177 34,541 34,716 510
District 7 348 33,966 34,314 1,014
District 8 74 38,229 38,303 193
District 9 53 46,709 46,762 113
District 10 289 37,492 37,781 765
District 11 48 40,805 40,853 117
District 12 78 39,117 39,195 199

Sources and methodology

East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council districts
This is the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district as updated in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district, 2022
This is the number of people from each East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district in state prison as of 2022. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan 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 East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council district of different population sizes.


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