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Number of people in prison from each Maryland county, 2010

Number of people in prison from each county, 2010.
County Number of people in state prison from this county, 2010 Total population, Census 2010 Incarceration rate per 100,000
Allegany 103 75,087 137
Anne Arundel 777 537,656 145
Baltimore City 7,795 620,961 1,255
Baltimore County 2,022 805,029 251
Calvert 166 88,737 187
Caroline 111 33,066 336
Carroll 207 167,134 124
Cecil 179 101,108 177
Charles 383 146,551 261
Dorchester 166 32,618 509
Frederick 274 233,385 117
Garrett 27 30,097 90
Harford 568 244,826 232
Howard 172 287,085 60
Kent 69 20,197 342
Montgomery 572 971,777 59
Prince George's 1,701 863,420 197
Queen Anne's 101 47,798 211
Somerset 102 26,470 385
St. Mary's 206 105,151 196
Talbot 108 37,782 286
Washington 535 147,430 363
Wicomico 540 98,733 547
Worcester 94 51,454 183

Sources and methodology

County
This is the county or county equivalent as defined by the Census Bureau for Census 2010.
Number of people in state prison from this county, 2010
See the methodology section of the report.
Total population, Census 2010
This is the total population of the county as reported in the 2010 Census.
Incarceration rate per 100,000
This is the number of incarcerated people divided by the population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between counties of different population sizes.


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