Math Quiz: NYT Learning Network

Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network.  My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/test-yourself-math-june-27-2012/

This question deals with the high number of adults in prison in Louisiana.  Of Louisiana’s 4.5 million residents, how many are in jail?