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

Jefferson Parish school districts Number of people in state prison from each Jefferson Parish school district, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 296 51,386 51,589 574
District 2 338 49,252 49,590 682
District 3 184 50,309 50,493 364
District 4 123 49,599 49,722 247
District 5 591 46,610 47,201 1,252
District 6 147 50,405 50,552 291
District 7 157 46,108 46,265 339
District 8 83 49,536 49,619 167
District 9 158 49,078 49,236 321

Sources and methodology

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


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