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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Butte-Silver Bow County commissioner district

Commissioner districts Number of people in state prison from each commissioner district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 0 3,102 3,102 0
District 2 3 2,907 2,910 103
District 3 10 3,007 3,017 331
District 4 2 2,875 2,877 70
District 5 2 3,262 3,264 61
District 6 5 2,882 2,887 173
District 7 11 2,775 2,786 395
District 8 12 2,756 2,768 434
District 9 10 2,969 2,979 336
District 10 12 2,786 2,798 429
District 11 27 2,990 3,017 895
District 12 7 3,164 3,171 221

Sources and methodology

Commissioner districts
This is the Butte-Silver Bow County commissioner district as drawn in 2021 and provided by the Department of Planning.
Number of people in state prison from each commissioner district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Butte-Silver Bow County commissioner district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Butte-Silver Bow County commissioner district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Butte-Silver Bow County commissioner 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 Butte-Silver Bow County commissioner district of different population sizes.


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