Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Jersey City neighborhood

Jersey City neighborhoods Number of people in state prison from each Jersey City neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Bates 0 335 335 0
Bayside/Greenville 0 595 595 0
Bayside/West Side 5 3,989 3,994 125
Bergen Hill 55 18,064 18,119 304
Canal Crossing 0 160 160 0
Country Village 4 2,643 2,647 151
Exchange Place 0 101 101 0
Greenville Yards 2 645 647 309
Gregory Park 1 3,613 3,614 28
Hackensack 0 20 20 0
Hamilton Park 2 6,458 6,460 31
Harbor Place 0 5 5 0
Harborside 0 2,120 2,120 0
Harsimus Cove 3 6,269 6,272 48
Hoboken Yards 0 731 731 0
Hudson City 34 21,855 21,889 155
Jackson Hill/Bergen-Lafayette 184 21,588 21,772 845
Jackson Hill/Greenville 162 18,437 18,599 871
Journal Square 9 12,517 12,526 72
Lafayette 20 7,440 7,460 268
Lafayette Industrial 12 940 952 1,261
Liberty Harbor 0 4,928 4,928 0
Liberty State Park 0 0 0 0
Lincoln Park 1 599 600 167
LSP Industrial 0 5 5 0
Marion 26 11,415 11,441 227
Meadowlands 0 0 0 0
Metroplaza 0 3,789 3,789 0
Mill Creek 9 1,341 1,350 667
Mount Pleasant 7 3,311 3,318 211
Newport 0 11,681 11,681 0
Our Lady of Mercy 13 10,275 10,288 126
Palisade 8 3,452 3,460 231
Palus Hook 1 12,037 12,038 8
Port Liberte 2 1,711 1,713 117
Powerhouse 0 7,128 7,128 0
Resorvior 2 2,711 2,713 74
Society Hill 0 3,357 3,357 0
South Greenville 68 11,961 12,029 565
Sparrow Hill 5 5,100 5,105 98
St. Aedens 10 4,585 4,595 218
St. Joes 4 3,450 3,454 116
St. Pete 22 8,836 8,858 248
State College 14 7,414 7,428 188
The Island 0 422 422 0
Van Leer 5 4,951 4,956 101
Van Vorst Park 4 7,252 7,256 55
Village 1 1,976 1,977 51
Washington Village 7 5,095 5,102 137
Waverly 15 5,902 5,917 254
West End 1 1,680 1,681 59
West Side 23 10,275 10,298 223
Western Slope 10 10,678 10,688 94

Sources and methodology

Jersey City neighborhoods
This is the Jersey City neighborhood as last modified in 2018 by the city.
Number of people in state prison from each Jersey City neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each Jersey City neighborhoods in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Jersey City neighborhoods as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Jersey City neighborhoods 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 Jersey City neighborhoods of different population sizes.


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