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FIPS code, 2020	New Jersey counties	Number of people in state prison from each county, 2020	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Imprisonment rate per 100,000
34001	Atlantic	1,003	274,534	275,531	364
34003	Bergen	475	955,732	956,200	50
34005	Burlington	580	461,860	457,230	127
34007	Camden	1,811	523,485	524,999	345
34009	Cape May	259	95,263	95,518	271
34011	Cumberland	653	154,152	147,094	444
34013	Essex	3,028	863,728	863,421	351
34015	Gloucester	376	302,294	302,670	124
34017	Hudson	1,039	724,854	725,887	143
34019	Hunterdon	36	128,947	127,899	28
34021	Mercer	1,015	387,340	385,636	263
34023	Middlesex	1,151	863,162	862,610	133
34025	Monmouth	843	643,615	644,455	131
34027	Morris	203	509,285	509,479	40
34029	Ocean	560	637,229	637,786	88
34031	Passaic	1,395	524,118	525,464	265
34033	Salem	150	64,837	64,987	231
34035	Somerset	282	345,361	345,641	82
34037	Sussex	112	144,221	144,333	78
34039	Union	1,122	575,345	576,460	195
34041	Warren	86	109,632	109,716	78

FIPS code, 2020: FIPS (Federal Information Processing Series) Codes are codes used by the Census Bureau to uniquely identify counties and county equivalents in the US. The first two digits are the FIPS state code (e.g., 34=NJ); and the last three digits are the FIPS county code within the state (e.g., 001=Atlantic County). These are the FIPS Codes used in the 2020 Census.
New Jersey counties: This is the county or county equivalent as defined by the Census Bureau for Census 2020.
Number of people in state prison from each county, 2020: This is the number of people from each county in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the county as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the county 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 county of different population sizes.