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Jefferson Parish Council districts	Number of people in state prison from each Jefferson Parish Council district, 2022	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1	405	93,101	93,506	433
District 2	358	83,304	83,569	428
District 3	875	84,346	85,221	1,027
District 4	254	86,790	87,044	292
District 5	186	95,435	95,621	195

Jefferson Parish Council districts: This is the Jefferson Parish Council district as of February 2023 (provided by the Jefferson Parish GIS office).
Number of people in state prison from each Jefferson Parish Council district, 2022: This is the number of people from each Jefferson Parish Council district in state prison as of 2022. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the Jefferson Parish Council district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the Jefferson Parish 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 Jefferson Parish Council district of different population sizes.