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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Los Angeles city council district

Los Angeles city council districts Number of people in state prison from each Los Angeles city council district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 1,024 246,867 247,739 413
District 2 789 250,481 251,270 314
District 3 678 256,822 257,500 263
District 4 617 272,039 272,636 226
District 5 523 280,176 280,699 186
District 6 960 260,301 261,261 367
District 7 1,017 268,710 269,621 377
District 8 2,165 259,409 261,444 828
District 9 1,944 264,172 266,116 731
District 10 1,461 270,520 271,981 537
District 11 739 284,600 285,339 259
District 12 645 262,032 262,662 246
District 13 933 255,414 256,315 364
District 14 1,192 270,303 270,871 440
District 15 1,656 281,244 281,342 589

Sources and methodology

Los Angeles city council districts
This is the city council district in Los Angeles as adopted in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each Los Angeles city council district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles city council district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles city council district of different population sizes.


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