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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each California 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 3,649 764,578 760,066 480
District 2 1,384 765,738 760,067 182
District 3 1,292 764,630 760,065 170
District 4 1,717 765,137 760,065 226
District 5 2,044 765,010 760,065 269
District 6 3,336 756,730 760,066 439
District 7 3,309 758,120 760,066 435
District 8 2,016 758,049 760,065 265
District 9 2,785 762,029 760,066 366
District 10 943 760,266 760,066 124
District 11 875 759,192 760,067 115
District 12 1,517 758,548 760,065 200
District 13 2,857 768,072 760,065 376
District 14 677 759,416 760,065 89
District 15 1,008 759,058 760,066 133
District 16 1,244 758,823 760,067 164
District 17 1,129 758,937 760,066 149
District 18 2,574 763,403 760,065 339
District 19 1,610 758,545 760,067 212
District 20 2,409 763,214 760,067 317
District 21 3,778 756,328 760,065 497
District 22 4,228 782,247 760,067 556
District 23 2,858 763,401 760,066 376
District 24 1,874 764,729 760,066 247
District 25 3,119 769,360 760,066 410
District 26 1,531 758,718 760,067 201
District 27 3,171 760,227 760,067 417
District 28 2,256 757,891 760,066 297
District 29 2,762 757,451 760,066 363
District 30 2,001 758,117 760,066 263
District 31 2,878 757,262 760,066 379
District 32 1,792 758,322 760,067 236
District 33 2,872 757,218 760,067 378
District 34 3,154 757,694 760,067 415
District 35 2,787 762,339 760,067 367
District 36 1,842 758,224 760,066 242
District 37 4,879 755,317 760,066 642
District 38 2,384 757,723 760,065 314
District 39 3,556 756,511 760,067 468
District 40 1,022 759,044 760,066 134
District 41 2,382 761,787 760,067 313
District 42 3,432 756,884 760,066 452
District 43 5,192 754,875 760,067 683
District 44 3,676 757,951 760,065 484
District 45 1,516 758,551 760,067 199
District 46 2,424 757,643 760,067 319
District 47 1,005 759,061 760,066 132
District 48 1,838 758,617 760,065 242
District 49 1,550 758,516 760,066 204
District 50 1,629 759,332 760,067 214
District 51 1,864 758,201 760,065 245
District 52 2,766 761,187 760,066 364

Sources and methodology

Congressional districts
This is the California 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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