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State Senate Districts	Number of people incarcerated from each State Senate district, 2020	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Incarceration rate 100,000
District 1	136	30,238	30,374	448
District 2	132	29,951	30,083	439
District 3	13	27,579	27,592	47
District 4	51	29,812	29,863	171
District 5	90	30,065	30,155	298
District 6	151	30,193	30,344	498
District 7	115	30,234	30,349	379
District 8	67	28,071	28,138	238
District 9	54	29,205	29,259	185
District 10	20	28,332	28,352	71
District 11	13	28,272	28,285	46
District 12	19	29,535	29,554	64
District 13	48	28,284	28,332	169
District 14	36	27,509	27,545	131
District 15	73	30,262	30,335	241
District 16	112	29,042	29,154	384
District 17	19	27,462	27,481	69
District 18	48	28,381	28,429	169
District 19	20	29,386	29,406	68
District 20	57	27,804	27,861	205
District 21	8	28,123	28,131	28
District 22	22	30,185	30,207	73
District 23	17	29,310	29,327	58
District 24	93	27,570	27,663	336
District 25	31	27,460	27,491	113
District 26	32	28,205	28,237	113
District 27	37	31,190	29,204	127
District 28	77	29,207	29,284	263
District 29	32	27,574	27,606	116
District 30	21	29,818	29,839	70
District 31	30	27,616	27,247	110
District 32	8	28,407	28,415	28
District 33	26	27,702	27,728	94
District 34	16	28,498	28,514	56
District 35	20	30,300	30,320	66
District 36	12	30,073	30,085	40
District 37	6	27,634	27,640	22
District 38	18	28,890	28,908	62

State Senate Districts: This is the Rhode Island State Senate district as drawn in 2022.
Number of people incarcerated from each State Senate district, 2020: This is the number of people from each State Senate district incarcerated as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the State Senate district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the State Senate district 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 State Senate district of different population sizes.