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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each Jefferson Parish Council district

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

Sources and methodology

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.


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