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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	556	776,971	777,527	72
District 2	1,228	776,971	778,199	158
District 3	333	776,971	777,304	43
District 4	888	776,971	777,859	114
District 5	1,718	776,971	778,689	221
District 6	410	776,971	777,381	53
District 7	1,225	776,971	778,024	157
District 8	2,505	776,972	779,477	321
District 9	1,539	776,972	778,511	198
District 10	824	776,971	774,466	106
District 11	841	776,971	777,812	108
District 12	430	776,971	777,401	55
District 13	2,949	776,971	779,851	378
District 14	1,265	776,972	778,237	163
District 15	2,341	776,971	779,312	300
District 16	1,062	776,971	778,033	137
District 17	500	776,971	773,391	65
District 18	1,676	776,971	772,585	217
District 19	1,735	776,971	775,230	224
District 20	2,642	776,971	779,613	339
District 21	1,764	776,971	768,703	229
District 22	2,541	776,971	775,759	328
District 23	1,133	776,971	772,753	147
District 24	1,744	776,971	768,650	227
District 25	2,791	776,971	779,733	358
District 26	2,387	776,971	779,358	306

Congressional districts: This is the New York 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.