Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Washington 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 1 629 772,031 770,539 82
District 2 1,463 769,105 770,531 190
District 3 1,853 769,308 770,527 240
District 4 1,962 768,710 770,535 255
District 5 1,640 774,871 770,526 213
District 6 2,353 773,278 770,523 304
District 7 887 769,663 770,521 115
District 8 774 769,847 770,512 100
District 9 1,804 768,838 770,536 234
District 10 1,729 769,630 770,531 224

Sources and methodology

Congressional districts
This is the Washington 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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