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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Washington State Legislative District

State Legislative districts Number of people in state prison from each State Legislative District, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 83 157,201 157,284 53
District 2 244 157,197 157,441 155
District 3 738 156,591 157,244 469
District 4 210 157,051 157,261 134
District 5 95 157,291 157,289 60
District 6 281 158,883 157,252 179
District 7 315 156,945 157,250 200
District 8 234 157,039 157,266 149
District 9 171 159,099 157,247 109
District 10 249 157,012 157,261 158
District 11 275 156,953 157,228 175
District 12 242 159,112 157,247 154
District 13 329 156,945 157,248 209
District 14 500 156,832 157,253 318
District 15 531 156,700 157,231 338
District 16 341 158,905 157,254 217
District 17 160 157,488 157,239 102
District 18 240 157,021 157,261 153
District 19 666 158,334 157,236 424
District 20 401 156,954 157,243 255
District 21 160 157,052 157,212 102
District 22 315 156,969 157,257 200
District 23 263 156,995 157,258 167
District 24 377 157,873 157,233 239
District 25 205 157,063 157,268 130
District 26 336 157,657 157,227 214
District 27 915 156,386 157,239 582
District 28 315 157,375 157,289 200
District 29 745 156,309 157,054 474
District 30 302 156,975 157,277 192
District 31 155 157,068 157,223 99
District 32 175 157,036 157,211 111
District 33 435 156,821 157,256 277
District 34 568 156,743 157,234 361
District 35 338 158,942 157,268 215
District 36 79 157,171 157,250 50
District 37 499 156,777 157,247 317
District 38 618 156,597 157,215 393
District 39 226 157,080 157,306 144
District 40 218 157,080 157,261 139
District 41 40 157,194 157,234 25
District 42 319 156,944 157,263 203
District 43 143 157,133 157,247 91
District 44 97 157,151 157,248 62
District 45 53 157,231 157,270 34
District 46 120 157,135 157,255 76
District 47 238 157,002 157,240 151
District 48 35 157,217 157,252 22
District 49 500 156,752 157,252 318

Sources and methodology

State Legislative districts
This is the Washington State Legislative district as drawn in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each State Legislative District, 2020
This is the number of people from each State Legislative District in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the State Legislative District as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the State Legislative 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 State Legislative District of different population sizes.


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