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Number of people in prison in 2010 from each New York City Council distict as drawn in 2012

New York City Council Districts Number of people in state prison from New York City Council District, 2010 Census population, 2010 Total population, 2010 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 259 168,966 169,225 153
District 2 472 161,554 162,026 291
District 3 258 173,254 173,512 149
District 4 88 155,199 155,287 57
District 5 56 161,269 161,325 35
District 6 149 163,687 163,836 91
District 7 893 156,217 157,110 568
District 8 1,075 162,739 163,814 656
District 9 1,145 164,423 165,568 692
District 10 558 136,757 137,315 406
District 11 302 162,812 163,114 185
District 12 516 171,188 171,704 301
District 13 257 168,515 168,772 152
District 14 768 158,876 159,644 481
District 15 819 167,995 168,814 485
District 16 1,009 176,956 177,965 567
District 17 1,083 180,064 181,147 598
District 18 708 169,410 170,118 416
District 19 102 155,237 155,339 66
District 20 130 160,913 161,043 81
District 21 303 172,670 172,973 175
District 22 153 146,509 146,662 104
District 23 93 151,382 151,475 61
District 24 190 167,448 167,638 113
District 25 136 162,560 162,696 84
District 26 230 161,419 161,649 142
District 27 551 155,750 156,301 353
District 28 510 147,327 147,837 345
District 29 71 147,922 147,993 48
District 30 148 154,608 154,756 96
District 31 612 160,229 160,841 380
District 32 198 163,306 163,504 121
District 33 230 170,735 170,965 135
District 34 637 158,141 158,778 401
District 35 679 151,793 152,472 445
District 36 1,331 148,936 150,267 886
District 37 915 158,438 159,353 574
District 38 355 157,282 157,637 225
District 39 133 154,341 154,474 86
District 40 547 146,522 147,069 372
District 41 1,242 153,328 154,570 804
District 42 1,071 165,150 166,221 644
District 43 116 169,098 169,214 69
District 44 94 164,339 164,433 57
District 45 387 140,433 140,820 275
District 46 169 165,679 165,848 102
District 47 345 161,814 162,159 213
District 48 140 158,086 158,226 88
District 49 543 170,108 170,651 318
District 50 146 155,346 155,492 94
District 51 88 157,706 157,794 56

Sources and methodology

New York City Council Districts
This is the New York City Council District as drawn in 2012.
Number of people in state prison from New York City Council District, 2010
This is the number of people from each New York City Council District in state prison as of 2010. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2010
This is the population of the New York City Council District as reported in the 2010 Census.
Total population, 2010
This is the total population of the New York City Council Districtas reflected in the 2010 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 districts of different population sizes.


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