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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Pennsylvania 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 1 641 732,646 733,287 87
District 2 2,921 733,054 735,975 397
District 3 3,602 752,117 755,719 477
District 4 761 754,584 753,449 101
District 5 1,773 730,971 731,928 242
District 6 1,425 752,931 754,356 189
District 7 1,219 745,779 746,998 163
District 8 1,216 713,112 712,276 171
District 9 1,299 706,199 704,058 185
District 10 1,858 759,462 759,313 245
District 11 1,205 748,622 749,827 161
District 12 1,160 686,764 687,031 169
District 13 1,437 694,807 691,967 208
District 14 1,143 689,663 688,821 166
District 15 1,490 674,351 669,415 223
District 16 1,430 688,037 686,440 208
District 17 712 741,204 741,916 96
District 18 1,527 698,397 699,924 218

Sources and methodology

Congressional districts
This is the Pennsylvania congressional district as drawn in 2021.
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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