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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each New Jersey congressional district

Congressional districts Number of people in state prison from each congressional district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 2,138 771,744 773,585 276
District 2 2,249 779,056 773,584 291
District 3 775 778,024 773,586 100
District 4 620 772,969 773,586 80
District 5 374 773,218 773,585 48
District 6 1,517 773,768 773,586 196
District 7 378 774,294 773,584 49
District 8 1,231 772,005 773,223 159
District 9 1,573 772,060 773,584 203
District 10 3,383 773,914 773,962 437
District 11 330 773,246 773,567 43
District 12 1,611 774,696 773,584 208

Sources and methodology

Congressional districts
This is theNew Jersey congressional district as drawn in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each congressional district, 2020
This is the number of people from each congressional district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the congressional district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the congressional 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 congressional district of different population sizes.


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