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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Maryland house district

House of Delegates districts Number of people in state prison from each house district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 01A 56 42,812 42,868 131
District 01B 84 47,008 44,733 188
District 01C 74 44,906 44,980 165
District 02A 86 89,013 84,500 102
District 02B 266 43,625 43,891 606
District 3 171 125,990 126,161 136
District 4 84 126,452 126,536 66
District 5 123 133,781 133,491 92
District 6 579 130,703 131,282 441
District 07A 117 84,006 84,123 139
District 07B 64 45,409 45,473 141
District 8 388 128,099 128,487 302
District 09A 24 85,549 85,573 28
District 09B 20 44,688 44,708 45
District 10 338 125,835 126,173 268
District 11A 74 42,293 42,367 175
District 11B 82 84,037 84,119 97
District 12A 72 86,401 86,473 83
District 12B 141 45,293 45,434 310
District 13 114 131,670 131,054 87
District 14 75 127,872 127,947 59
District 15 59 130,355 130,414 45
District 16 10 132,973 132,983 8
District 17 88 134,626 134,714 65
District 18 70 127,698 127,768 55
District 19 98 128,540 128,638 76
District 20 98 130,161 130,259 75
District 21 95 133,402 133,497 71
District 22 154 136,297 136,451 113
District 23 125 135,858 135,983 92
District 24 332 135,172 135,504 245
District 25 290 135,779 136,069 213
District 26 271 135,433 135,704 200
District 27A 104 45,367 45,471 229
District 27B 45 45,259 45,304 99
District 27C 76 45,440 45,516 167
District 28 251 136,354 136,503 184
District 29A 69 45,395 45,464 152
District 29B 96 44,567 44,663 215
District 29C 56 45,423 45,479 123
District 30A 167 83,998 84,165 198
District 30B 42 42,333 42,375 99
District 31 144 130,739 130,883 110
District 32 232 138,486 135,064 172
District 33A 48 42,141 42,189 114
District 33B 20 45,449 45,469 44
District 33C 25 44,195 44,220 57
District 34A 344 86,220 86,564 397
District 34B 41 45,330 45,371 90
District 35A 101 89,184 89,285 113
District 35B 98 45,411 45,509 215
District 36 289 134,818 134,994 214
District 37A 491 43,976 44,467 1,104
District 37B 223 90,738 90,961 245
District 38A 228 48,193 45,483 501
District 38B 201 43,804 44,005 457
District 38C 106 44,656 44,762 237
District 39 138 133,845 133,983 103
District 40 1,857 124,305 126,162 1,472
District 41 1,022 125,128 126,149 810
District 42A 21 42,834 42,855 49
District 42B 54 42,014 42,068 128
District 42C 42 42,638 42,680 98
District 43A 710 84,227 84,937 836
District 43B 35 42,182 42,217 83
District 44A 141 44,952 45,093 313
District 44B 309 87,580 87,889 352
District 45 1,619 124,582 126,182 1,283
District 46 817 127,466 126,149 648
District 47A 194 90,849 91,043 213
District 47B 63 45,410 45,473 139

Sources and methodology

House of Delegates districts
This is the Maryland House of Delegates district as drawn in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each house district, 2020
This is the number of people from each house district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the house district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the house 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 house district of different population sizes.


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