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Number of people in state prison or a local jail in 2020 from each Arlington neighborhood

Arlington neighborhoods Number of people in state prison or a local jail from each Arlington neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Incarceration rate per 100,000
Alcova Heights 4 2,554 2,558 156
Arlington-East Falls Church 1 7,288 7,289 14
Arlington Forest 0 2,710 2,710 0
Arlington Heights 8 2,619 2,627 305
Arlington Mill 22 9,257 9,279 237
Arlington Ridge 2 6,701 6,703 30
Arlington View 3 1,167 1,170 256
Ashton Heights 3 4,993 4,996 60
Aurora Highlands 3 12,210 12,213 25
Ballston-Virginia Square 4 15,784 15,788 25
Barcroft 5 3,831 3,836 130
Bellevue Forest 0 1,104 1,104 0
Bluemont 4 7,299 7,303 55
Boulevard Manor 6 3,293 3,299 182
Buckingham 11 6,648 6,659 165
Cherrydale 0 3,111 3,111 0
Claremont 1 2,868 2,869 35
Clarendon-Courthouse 13 9,058 9,071 143
Colonial Village 1 2,657 2,658 38
Columbia Forest 6 7,120 7,126 84
Columbia Heights 5 5,206 5,211 96
Crystal City 2 8,272 8,274 24
Dominion Hills 1 1,900 1,901 53
Donaldson Run 0 3,078 3,078 0
Douglas Park 14 12,208 12,222 115
Fairlington 3 8,008 8,011 37
Glencarlyn 1 4,172 4,173 24
Green Valley 16 6,766 6,782 236
Highland Park-Overlee Knolls 0 1,823 1,823 0
John M Langston 0 1,446 1,446 0
Leeway Overlee 0 2,404 2,404 0
Long Branch Creek 5 5,034 5,039 99
Lyon Park 2 6,250 6,252 32
Lyon Village 0 4,231 4,231 0
Madison Manor 2 2,426 2,428 82
Maywood 0 1,402 1,402 0
North Highlands 4 4,498 4,502 89
North Rosslyn 2 3,479 3,481 57
Old Dominion 0 1,272 1,272 0
Old Glebe 0 1,825 1,825 0
Penrose 9 5,895 5,904 152
Radnor/Ft.Myer Heights 1 14,037 13,943 7
Rock Spring 0 3,558 3,558 0
Shirlington 3 3,963 3,966 76
Stafford-Albemarle-Glebe 0 1,089 1,089 0
Tara-Leeway Heights 0 2,566 2,566 0
Waverly Hills 0 3,844 3,844 0
Waycroft-Woodlawn 1 1,705 1,706 59
Westover Village 2 2,298 2,300 87
Williamsburg 1 3,718 3,719 27
Woodmont 0 1,198 1,198 0
Yorktown 0 3,461 3,461 0

Sources and methodology

Arlington neighborhoods
This is the Arlington civic association — approximating a neighborhood — as updated in 2022 by the city.
Number of people in state prison or a local jail from each Arlington neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each Arlington neighborhood in state prison or a local jail as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Arlington neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Arlington neighborhood as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the imprisoned population.
Incarceration rate per 100,000
This is the number of incarcerated people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of incarceration between each Arlington neighborhood of different population sizes.


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