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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each American Indian and Alaska Native area in California
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agua Caliente Indian Reservation | 92 | 26,849 | 26,941 | 341 |
| Agua Caliente Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 241 | 241 | 0 |
| Alturas Indian Rancheria | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Auburn Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Auburn Rancheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Augustine Reservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barona Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barona Reservation | 3 | 756 | 759 | 395 |
| Benton Paiute Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Benton Paiute Reservation | 0 | 75 | 75 | 0 |
| Berry Creek Off-Reservation Trust Land | 4 | 149 | 153 | 2,614 |
| Berry Creek Rancheria | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Big Bend Rancheria | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Big Lagoon Rancheria | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Big Pine Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Pine Reservation | 1 | 571 | 572 | 175 |
| Big Sandy Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Sandy Rancheria | 3 | 175 | 178 | 1,685 |
| Big Valley Rancheria | 5 | 191 | 196 | 2,551 |
| Bishop Reservation | 13 | 1,907 | 1,920 | 677 |
| Blue Lake Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| Blue Lake Rancheria | 1 | 72 | 73 | 1,370 |
| Bridgeport Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgeport Reservation | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| Cabazon Reservation | 0 | 192 | 192 | 0 |
| Cahuilla Reservation | 0 | 229 | 229 | 0 |
| Campo Indian Reservation | 7 | 398 | 405 | 1,728 |
| Capitan Grande Reservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedarville Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Cedarville Rancheria | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Chemehuevi Reservation | 3 | 464 | 467 | 642 |
| Chicken Ranch Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicken Ranch Rancheria | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Cold Springs Rancheria | 1 | 79 | 80 | 1,250 |
| Colorado River Indian Reservation | 7 | 1,395 | 1,402 | 499 |
| Colusa Rancheria | 0 | 91 | 91 | 0 |
| Cortina Indian Rancheria | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Coyote Valley Reservation | 1 | 126 | 127 | 787 |
| Dry Creek Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry Creek Rancheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elk Valley Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Elk Valley Rancheria | 0 | 93 | 93 | 0 |
| Enterprise Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enterprise Rancheria | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ewiiaapaayp Reservation | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Fort Bidwell Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Bidwell Reservation | 3 | 97 | 100 | 3,000 |
| Fort Independence Reservation | 0 | 94 | 94 | 0 |
| Fort Mojave Off-Reservation Trust Land | 3 | 237 | 240 | 1,250 |
| Fort Mojave Reservation | 1 | 16 | 17 | 5,882 |
| Fort Yuma Indian Reservation | 9 | 1,876 | 1,885 | 477 |
| Greenville Rancheria | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Grindstone Indian Rancheria | 2 | 188 | 190 | 1,053 |
| Guidiville Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Guidiville Rancheria | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Hoopa Valley Reservation | 10 | 3,173 | 3,183 | 314 |
| Hopland Rancheria | 4 | 249 | 253 | 1,581 |
| Inaja and Cosmit Reservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ione Band of Miwok TDSA | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Jackson Rancheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamul Indian Village | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karuk Off-Reservation Trust Land | 9 | 539 | 548 | 1,642 |
| Karuk Reservation | 1 | 39 | 40 | 2,500 |
| La Jolla Reservation | 0 | 145 | 145 | 0 |
| La Posta Indian Reservation | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Laytonville Rancheria | 1 | 154 | 155 | 645 |
| Likely Rancheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lone Pine Reservation | 1 | 242 | 243 | 412 |
| Lookout Rancheria | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Coyotes Reservation | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Lytton Rancheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria | 0 | 188 | 188 | 0 |
| Manzanita Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manzanita Reservation | 1 | 101 | 102 | 980 |
| Mechoopda TDSA | 15 | 3,227 | 3,242 | 463 |
| Mesa Grande Reservation | 0 | 87 | 87 | 0 |
| Middletown Rancheria | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Montgomery Creek Rancheria | 1 | 33 | 34 | 2,941 |
| Mooretown Off-Reservation Trust Land | 1 | 66 | 67 | 1,493 |
| Mooretown Rancheria | 3 | 131 | 134 | 2,239 |
| Morongo Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morongo Reservation | 11 | 1,243 | 1,254 | 877 |
| North Fork Off-Reservation Trust Land | 1 | 17 | 18 | 5,556 |
| North Fork Rancheria | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Pala Reservation | 10 | 1,541 | 1,551 | 645 |
| Paskenta Rancheria | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Pauma and Yuima Reservation | 0 | 179 | 179 | 0 |
| Pechanga Reservation | 0 | 582 | 582 | 0 |
| Picayune Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Picayune Rancheria | 0 | 53 | 53 | 0 |
| Pinoleville Rancheria | 0 | 142 | 142 | 0 |
| Pit River Trust Land | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Quartz Valley Off-Reservation Trust Land | 1 | 90 | 91 | 1,099 |
| Quartz Valley Reservation | 0 | 112 | 112 | 0 |
| Ramona Village | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Redding Rancheria | 1 | 40 | 41 | 2,439 |
| Redwood Valley Rancheria | 1 | 237 | 238 | 420 |
| Resighini Rancheria | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Rincon Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rincon Reservation | 2 | 1,095 | 1,097 | 182 |
| Roaring Creek Rancheria | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Robinson Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Robinson Rancheria | 0 | 219 | 219 | 0 |
| Rohnerville (Rancheria) Trust Land | 7 | 208 | 215 | 3,256 |
| Round Valley Off-Reservation Trust Land | 1 | 351 | 352 | 284 |
| Round Valley Reservation | 1 | 103 | 104 | 962 |
| Rumsey Indian Rancheria | 0 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
| San Manuel Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| San Manuel Reservation | 1 | 129 | 130 | 769 |
| San Pasqual Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| San Pasqual Reservation | 5 | 1,249 | 1,254 | 399 |
| Santa Rosa Rancheria | 19 | 898 | 917 | 2,072 |
| Santa Rosa Reservation | 0 | 131 | 131 | 0 |
| Santa Ynez Reservation | 1 | 264 | 265 | 377 |
| Santa Ysabel Reservation | 1 | 263 | 264 | 379 |
| Sherwood Valley Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 89 | 89 | 0 |
| Sherwood Valley Rancheria | 0 | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| Shingle Springs Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shingle Springs Rancheria | 3 | 108 | 111 | 2,703 |
| Smith River Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Smith River Rancheria | 2 | 141 | 143 | 1,399 |
| Soboba Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soboba Reservation | 9 | 567 | 576 | 1,563 |
| Stewarts Point Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewarts Point Rancheria | 1 | 86 | 87 | 1,149 |
| Sulphur Bank Rancheria | 1 | 46 | 47 | 2,128 |
| Susanville Indian Rancheria | 2 | 334 | 336 | 595 |
| Susanville Off-Reservation Trust Land | 2 | 236 | 238 | 840 |
| Sycuan Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| Sycuan Reservation | 1 | 99 | 100 | 1,000 |
| Table Bluff Reservation | 2 | 120 | 122 | 1,639 |
| Table Mountain Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Table Mountain Rancheria | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Timbi-Sha Shoshone Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torres-Martinez Reservation | 17 | 3,454 | 3,471 | 490 |
| Trinidad Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 82 | 82 | 0 |
| Trinidad Rancheria | 0 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Tule River Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tule River Reservation | 16 | 1,250 | 1,266 | 1,264 |
| Tuolumne Rancheria | 2 | 154 | 156 | 1,282 |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Upper Lake Rancheria | 0 | 70 | 70 | 0 |
| Viejas Off-Reservation Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viejas Reservation | 4 | 538 | 542 | 738 |
| Washoe Ranches Trust Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodfords Community | 1 | 225 | 226 | 442 |
| XL Ranch Rancheria | 0 | 117 | 117 | 0 |
| Yurok Reservation | 10 | 1,236 | 1,246 | 803 |
Sources and methodology
- American Indian and Alaska Native areas (AIANAs)
- This is the American Indian and Alaska Native area (AIANA) in California 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 California, 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 American Indian and Alaska Native area in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
- Census population, 2020
- This is the population of the American Indian and Alaska Native area as reported in the 2020 Census.
- Total population, 2020
- This is the total population of the American Indian and Alaska Native area 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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