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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each American Indian and Alaska Native area in Nevada

American Indian and Alaska Native areas (AIANAs) Number of people in state prison from each AIANA, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
South Fork Reservation 2 69 71 2,817
Ely Reservation 5 240 245 2,041
Carson Colony 4 238 242 1,653
Battle Mountain Reservation 2 142 144 1,389
Lovelock Indian Colony 1 95 96 1,042
Campbell Ranch 3 291 294 1,020
Stewart Community 2 196 198 1,010
Las Vegas Indian Colony 1 106 107 935
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 7 944 951 736
Yerington Colony 1 144 145 690
Fallon Paiute‑Shoshone Reservation 3 672 675 444
Moapa River Indian Reservation 1 234 235 426
Elko Colony 3 723 726 413
Dresslerville Colony 1 403 404 248
Washoe Ranches Trust Land 4 3,223 3,227 124
Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation 2 1,933 1,935 103
Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation 0 267 267 0
Duck Valley Reservation 0 1,027 1,027 0
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Colony 0 98 98 0
Duckwater Reservation 0 159 159 0
Walker River Reservation 0 814 814 0
Goshute Reservation 0 20 20 0
Yomba Reservation 0 34 34 0
Wells Colony 0 54 54 0
Winnemucca Indian Colony 0 43 43 0
South Fork Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 29 29 0
Fort Mojave Reservation 0 261 261 0
Battle Mountain Off‑Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone (Colony) Off‑Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Fallon Paiute‑Shoshone (Reservation) Off‑Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Reno-Sparks Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Summit Lake Reservation 0 0 0 0
Summit Lake Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation 0 0 0 0

Sources and methodology

American Indian and Alaska Native areas (AIANAs)
This is the American Indian and Alaska Native area (AIANA) in Nevada as defined by the Census Bureau. Across the country, AIANAs include reservations and trust lands, tribal jurisdiction statistical areas, Alaska Native Regional Corporations , Alaska Native village statistical areas, and tribal designated statistical areas. In Nevada, there are American Indian reservations and trust lands.
Number of people in state prison from each AIANA, 2020
This is the number of people from each AIANA in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the AIANA as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the AIANA 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 American Indian and Alaska Native area of different population sizes.


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