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Cities and towns in Rhode Island	Number of people incarcerated from each city or town, 2020	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Incarceration rate 100,000
Barrington town	2	17,153	17,155	12
Bristol town	10	22,493	22,503	44
Burrillville town	10	16,158	16,168	62
Central Falls city	68	22,583	22,651	300
Charlestown town	5	7,997	8,002	62
Coventry town	27	35,688	35,715	76
Cranston city	126	82,934	80,638	156
Cumberland town	27	36,405	36,432	74
East Greenwich town	5	14,312	14,317	35
East Providence city	53	47,139	47,192	112
Exeter town	5	6,460	6,465	77
Foster town	2	4,469	4,471	45
Glocester town	5	9,974	9,979	50
Hopkinton town	9	8,398	8,407	107
Jamestown town	1	5,559	5,560	18
Johnston town	31	29,568	29,599	105
Lincoln town	19	22,529	22,548	84
Little Compton town	2	3,616	3,618	55
Middletown town	8	17,075	17,083	47
Narragansett town	3	14,532	14,535	21
Newport city	50	25,163	25,213	198
New Shoreham town	2	1,410	1,412	142
North Kingstown town	21	27,732	27,753	76
North Providence town	48	34,114	34,162	141
North Smithfield town	3	12,588	12,591	24
Pawtucket city	214	75,604	75,818	282
Portsmouth town	9	17,871	17,880	50
Providence city	678	190,934	191,612	354
Richmond town	1	8,020	8,021	12
Scituate town	4	10,384	10,388	39
Smithfield town	10	22,118	22,128	45
South Kingstown town	7	31,931	31,938	22
Tiverton town	11	16,359	16,370	67
Warren town	11	11,147	11,158	99
Warwick city	82	82,823	82,905	99
Westerly town	14	23,359	23,373	60
West Greenwich town	1	6,528	6,529	15
West Warwick town	55	31,012	31,067	177
Woonsocket city	141	43,240	43,381	325

Cities and towns in Rhode Island: This is the city or town defined by the Census Bureau as a county subdivision.
Number of people incarcerated from each city or town, 2020: This is the number of people from each city or town incarcerated as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the city or town as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the city or town as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the incarcerated population.
Incarceration rate 100,000: This is the number of incarcerated people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between each city or town of different population sizes.