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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Colorado Health Statistics Region

Health Statistics Regions Counties included Number of people in state prison from each Health Statistics Region, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
1 Morgan, Logan, Washington, Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick 207 72,378 70,635 293
2 Larimer 575 359,066 359,641 160
3 Douglas 191 357,978 358,169 53
4 El Paso 2,378 730,395 732,773 325
5 Lincoln, Elbert, Kit Carson, Cheyenne 63 40,572 39,913 158
6 Las Animas, Baca, Prowers, Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Crowley, Huerfano 226 68,588 64,938 348
7 Pueblo 793 168,162 168,122 472
8 Mineral, Costilla, Conejos, Alamosa, Saguache, Rio Grande 188 46,108 46,296 406
9 Dolores, Montezuma, La Plata, San Juan, Archuleta 177 97,877 98,054 181
10 Gunnison, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel, Hinsdale 132 104,527 104,265 127
11 Jackson, Routt, Moffat, Rio Blanco 79 46,029 46,108 171
12 Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Summit, Grand 158 181,546 181,540 87
13 Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, Custer 146 80,555 75,765 193
14 Adams 1,598 518,137 519,735 307
15 Arapahoe 1,355 647,793 649,148 209
16 Boulder, Broomfield 424 406,645 407,069 104
17 Park, Teller, Clear Creek, Gilpin 79 57,316 57,395 138
18 Weld 800 328,650 329,450 243
19 Mesa 655 155,703 156,358 419
20 Denver 2,733 723,905 725,494 377
21 Jefferson 1,168 581,784 582,846 200

Sources and methodology

Health Statistics Regions
This the Health Statistics Region as developed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Health Statistics Regions are aggregations of counties by which the CDPHE publishes public health data.
Number of people in state prison from each Health Statistics Region, 2020
This is the number of people from each Health Statistics Region in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Health Statistics Region as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Health Statistics Region 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 Health Statistics Region of different population sizes.


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