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

State Senate districts Number of people in state prison from each Senate district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 10 338 125,835 126,173 268
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 28 251 136,354 136,503 184
District 3 171 125,990 126,161 136
District 31 144 130,739 130,883 110
District 32 232 138,486 135,064 172
District 36 289 134,818 134,994 214
District 39 138 133,845 133,983 103
District 4 84 126,452 126,536 66
District 40 1,857 124,305 126,162 1,472
District 41 1,022 125,128 126,149 810
District 45 1,619 124,582 126,182 1,283
District 46 817 127,466 126,149 648
District 5 123 133,781 133,491 92
District 6 579 130,703 131,282 441
District 8 388 128,099 128,487 302
District 1 214 134,726 132,581 161
District 2 352 132,638 128,391 274
District 7 181 129,415 129,596 140
District 9 44 130,237 130,281 34
District 11 156 126,330 126,486 123
District 12 213 131,694 131,907 161
District 27 225 136,066 136,291 165
District 29 221 135,385 135,606 163
District 30 209 126,331 126,540 165
District 33 93 131,785 131,878 71
District 34 385 131,550 131,935 292
District 35 199 134,595 134,794 148
District 37 714 134,714 135,428 527
District 38 535 136,653 134,250 399
District 42 117 127,486 127,603 92
District 43 745 126,409 127,154 586
District 44 450 132,532 132,982 338
District 47 257 136,259 136,516 188

Sources and methodology

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


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