Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Fresno Community Planning Area
| Fresno Community Planning Areas (CPAs) | Number of people in state prison from each Fresno CPA, 2020 | Census population, 2020 | Total population, 2020 | Imprisonment rate per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno High-Roeding | 429 | 60,356 | 60,785 | 706 |
| Roosevelt | 479 | 107,943 | 108,422 | 442 |
| Downtown | 514 | 68,963 | 69,436 | 740 |
| Woodward Park | 142 | 62,486 | 62,628 | 227 |
| Bullard | 302 | 104,943 | 105,245 | 287 |
| West | 220 | 57,558 | 57,778 | 381 |
| Hoover | 201 | 55,911 | 56,112 | 358 |
| McLane | 325 | 65,435 | 65,760 | 494 |
Sources and methodology
- Fresno Community Planning Areas (CPAs)
- This is the Community Planning Area in Fresno as drawn in 2021.
- Number of people in state prison from each Fresno CPA, 2020
- This is the number of people from each Fresno Community Planning Area in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
- Census population, 2020
- This is the population of the Fresno CPA as reported in the 2020 Census.
- Total population, 2020
- This is the total population of the Fresno CPA 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 Fresno CPA of different population sizes.
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