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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each San Diego Community Planning Area

San Diego Community Planning Areas Number of people in state prison from each San Diego Community Planning Area, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Balboa Park 3 614 617 486
Barrio Logan 31 4,191 4,222 734
Black Mountain Ranch 22 18,939 18,961 116
Carmel Mountain Ranch 16 11,498 11,514 139
Carmel Valley 35 35,451 35,486 99
Clairemont Mesa 175 79,630 79,805 219
College Area 43 26,344 26,387 163
Del Mar Mesa 2 2,041 2,043 98
Downtown 167 44,899 44,172 378
East Elliott 3 1,972 1,975 152
Encanto Neighborhoods-Southeastern 342 51,969 52,311 654
Fairbanks Ranch Country Club 1 1,074 1,075 93
Greater Golden Hill 50 14,257 14,307 349
Greater North Park 139 46,651 46,790 297
Kearny Mesa 16 10,868 10,884 147
La Jolla 44 29,884 29,928 147
Linda Vista 99 35,511 35,610 278
Los Penasquitos Canyon 1 1,132 1,133 88
Mid-City-City Heights 388 68,595 68,983 562
Mid-City-Eastern Area 161 43,507 43,668 369
Mid-City-Kensington-Talmadge 43 14,090 14,133 304
Mid-City-Normal Heights 56 15,305 15,361 365
Midway-Pacific Highway 14 5,367 5,381 260
Military Facilities 5 2,183 2,188 229
Military Facilities 6 7,014 7,020 85
Military Facilities 8 8,500 8,508 94
Mira Mesa 147 77,788 77,935 189
Miramar Ranch North 17 11,932 11,949 142
Mission Bay Park 5 1,719 1,724 290
Mission Beach 7 3,249 3,256 215
Mission Valley 32 23,652 23,684 135
Navajo 127 58,089 58,216 218
North City Future Urbanizing Area Subarea II 2 961 963 208
Ocean Beach 35 12,887 12,922 271
Old Town San Diego 5 977 982 509
Otay Mesa 45 19,757 19,802 227
Otay Mesa-Nestor 215 65,064 65,279 329
Pacific Beach 84 40,574 40,658 207
Pacific Highlands Ranch 21 15,192 15,213 138
Peninsula 89 41,190 41,279 216
Rancho Bernardo 88 44,987 45,075 195
Rancho Encantada 3 3,574 3,577 84
Rancho Penasquitos 65 42,743 42,808 152
Sabre Springs 16 12,440 12,456 128
San Pasqual 14 7,072 7,086 198
San Ysidro 76 28,385 28,444 267
Scripps Miramar Ranch 34 21,142 21,176 161
Serra Mesa 44 21,439 21,483 205
Skyline-Paradise Hills 306 74,914 75,220 407
Southeastern San Diego‑Southeastern 367 54,062 54,429 674
Tierrasanta 52 30,698 30,750 169
Tijuana River Valley 3 758 761 394
Torrey Highlands 13 8,665 8,678 150
Torrey Hills 5 6,236 6,241 80
Torrey Pines 6 7,468 7,474 80
University 91 69,034 69,125 132
Uptown 79 39,199 39,278 201
Via De La Valle 2 981 983 203

Sources and methodology

San Diego Community Planning Areas
This is the Community Planning Area in San Diego as drawn by the San Diego Association of Governments in 2018 to identify specific communities in the city. Only Community Planning Areas with at least 500 residents are included here.
Number of people in state prison from each San Diego Community Planning Area, 2020
This is the number of people from each San Diego 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 San Diego Community Planning Area as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the San Diego Community Planning 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 San Diego Community Planning Area of different population sizes.


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