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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Fresno city council district

Fresno City Council Districts Number of people in state prison from each Fresno city council district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 406 79,774 80,180 506
District 2 196 84,907 85,103 230
District 3 640 82,018 82,617 775
District 4 362 83,583 83,945 431
District 5 331 81,744 82,075 403
District 6 186 78,457 78,643 237
District 7 475 83,070 83,545 569

Sources and methodology

Fresno City Council Districts
This is the city council district in Fresno as adopted in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each Fresno city council district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Fresno city council district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Fresno city council district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Fresno city council 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 Fresno city council district of different population sizes.


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