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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Spokane Neighborhood

Spokane neighborhoods Number of people in state prison from each Spokane nNeighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Whitman 13 3,807 3,820 340
Bemiss 35 8,423 8,458 414
West Central 165 9,116 9,281 1,778
Riverside 42 4,141 4,124 1,018
Peaceful Valley 2 625 627 319
Rockwood 4 4,444 4,448 90
North Indian Trail 5 9,324 9,329 54
North Hill 61 13,041 13,102 466
East Central 49 13,221 13,270 369
Comstock 8 6,932 6,940 115
Grandview/Thorpe 2 2,776 2,778 72
Chief Garry Park 44 6,746 6,790 648
Minnehaha 14 5,372 5,386 260
Hillyard 39 6,912 6,951 561
Lincoln Heights 32 15,628 15,660 204
Browne's Addition 8 2,525 2,533 316
Balboa/South Indian Trail 2 5,923 5,925 34
West Hills 8 6,225 6,233 128
Five Mile Prairie 3 6,042 6,045 50
Latah/Hangman 8 7,306 7,314 109
Logan 125 11,035 11,160 1,120
Emerson/Garfield 73 9,882 9,955 733
Audubon/Downriver 17 9,188 9,205 185
Northwest 37 14,169 14,206 260
Southgate 15 13,351 13,366 112
Shiloh Hills 28 18,283 18,311 153
Nevada Heights 65 14,117 14,182 458
Cliff-Cannon 45 8,543 8,562 526
Manito/Cannon Hill 2 4,964 4,966 40

Sources and methodology

Spokane neighborhoods
This is the Spokane neighborhood council boundary as drawn by the city in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each Spokane neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each Spokane neighborhood in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Spokane neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Spokane neighborhood 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 Spokane neighborhood of different population sizes.


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