Importing Constituents:
Prisoners and Political Clout in Wisconsin

State prison incarceration rates for each Wisconsin county per 100,000 population.

Appendix D. State prison incarceration rates for each Wisconsin county per 100,000 population.
County	State prison incarceration rate per 100,000 (2000)
Adams	236
Ashland	249
Barron	156
Bayfield	200
Brown	283
Buffalo	51
Burnett	147
Calumet	130
Chippewa	125
Clark	89
Columbia	132
Crawford	186
Dane	382
Dodge	127
Door	154
Douglas	208
Dunn	88
Eau Claire	263
Florence	256
Fond du Lac	178
Forest	190
Grant	169
Green	131
Green Lake	147
Iowa	105
Iron	437
Jackson	183
Jefferson	251
Juneau	222
Kenosha	838
Kewaunee	119
La Crosse	288
Lafayette	93
Langlade	313
Lincoln	267
Manitowoc	174
Marathon	188
Marinette	265
Marquette	126
Menominee	44
Milwaukee	877
Monroe	232
Oconto	140
Oneida	201
Outagamie	181
Ozaukee	134
Pepin	69
Pierce	98
Polk	61
Portage	158
Price	265
Racine	659
Richland	195
Rock	458
Rusk	156
Sauk	199
Sawyer	210
Shawano	391
Sheboygan	222
St. Croix	101
Taylor	142
Trempealeau	104
Vernon	132
Vilas	190
Walworth	340
Washburn	218
Washington	140
Waukesha	176
Waupaca	166
Waushara	199
Winnebago	190
Wood	167

State prison incarceration rate per 100,000 (2000): This table represents the number of people from each county that were in state prison in April 2000 divided by the April 2000 Census population of that county and then multiplied by 100,000. In this way, counties of different sizes can be compared in how frequently they send their residents to prison. The number of people in prison in 2000 from each county was drawn from the very detailed, race, ethnicity and gender specific data published by Professor Pamela Oliver in her Excel spreadsheets for Wisconsin counties imprisonment rates data [XLS], aggregated to give the total of for each county and then combined with the Census 2000 population totals for each county. These calculations do not include people sent to local jails or federal prison from each county.