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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each San Francisco neighborhood

San Francisco neighborhoods Number of people in state prison from each San Francisco neighborhood, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Alamo Square 4 3,298 3,302 121
Anza Vista 1 2,129 2,130 47
Aquatic Park‑Ft. Mason 0 1,030 1,030 0
Ashbury Heights 1 3,270 3,271 31
Bayview 53 15,782 15,835 335
Bernal Heights 18 14,757 14,775 122
Bret Harte 13 5,981 5,994 217
Buena Vista 9 6,397 6,406 140
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area 3 2,650 2,653 113
Castro 2 2,506 2,508 80
Cathedral Hill 6 6,697 6,703 90
Cayuga 8 6,859 6,867 117
Chinatown 10 8,881 8,891 112
Civic Center 8 6,632 6,640 120
Clarendon Heights 2 2,250 2,252 89
Cole Valley 1 2,620 2,621 38
Corona Heights 0 2,233 2,233 0
Cow Hollow 2 3,687 3,689 54
Crocker Amazon 17 14,317 14,334 119
Diamond Heights 2 3,314 3,316 60
Dogpatch 2 4,515 4,517 44
Dolores Heights 11 10,152 10,163 108
Downtown‑Union Square 2 2,003 2,005 100
Duboce Triangle 5 5,235 5,240 95
Eureka Valley 3 7,477 7,480 40
Excelsior 22 19,142 19,164 115
Fairmount 14 4,126 4,140 338
Financial District 4 1,309 1,313 305
Fishermans Wharf 3 1,830 1,833 164
Forest Hill 2 2,220 2,222 90
Forest Knolls 0 1,602 1,602 0
Glen Park 5 3,578 3,583 140
Golden Gate Heights 15 11,485 11,500 130
Haight Ashbury 12 5,328 5,340 225
Hayes Valley 16 5,403 5,419 295
Holly Park 7 4,335 4,342 161
Hunters Point 13 4,778 4,791 271
Ingleside 13 10,376 10,389 125
Ingleside Terraces 1 2,006 2,007 50
Inner Richmond 20 25,814 25,834 77
Inner Sunset 12 13,833 13,845 87
Japantown 3 4,406 4,409 68
Laguna Honda 2 3,433 3,435 58
Lake Street 4 3,798 3,802 105
Lakeshore 5 4,782 4,787 104
Laurel Heights‑Jordan Park 3 4,194 4,197 71
Little Hollywood 2 1,886 1,888 106
Lone Mountain 5 8,429 8,434 59
Lower Haight 12 7,708 7,720 155
Lower Nob Hill 14 13,956 13,970 100
Lower Pacific Heights 6 6,867 6,873 87
Marina 8 13,565 13,573 59
Merced Heights 11 6,238 6,249 176
Merced Manor 5 2,739 2,744 182
Midtown Terrace 6 1,668 1,674 358
Mint Hill 5 2,889 2,894 173
Miraloma Park 4 4,799 4,803 83
Mission 54 38,672 38,726 139
Mission Bay 8 13,148 13,156 61
Mission Dolores 13 12,866 12,879 101
Mission Terrace 16 9,901 9,917 161
Monterey Heights 0 1,012 1,012 0
Mt. Davidson Manor 4 1,294 1,298 308
Nob Hill 16 16,103 16,119 99
Noe Valley 11 14,149 14,160 78
North Beach 10 10,539 10,549 95
Northern Waterfront 3 2,660 2,663 113
Oceanview 18 9,189 9,207 196
Outer Mission 13 8,850 8,863 147
Outer Richmond 24 31,495 31,519 76
Outer Sunset 38 53,234 53,272 71
Pacific Heights 24 22,201 22,225 108
Panhandle 9 6,694 6,703 134
Parkmerced 9 9,259 9,268 97
Parkside 15 18,549 18,564 81
Parnassus Heights 5 3,450 3,455 145
Peralta Heights 1 2,316 2,317 43
Polk Gulch 7 5,852 5,859 119
Portola 18 14,501 14,519 124
Potrero Hill 24 14,422 14,446 166
Presidio Heights 3 4,356 4,359 69
Presidio National Park 7 3,678 3,685 190
Presidio Terrace 4 2,674 2,678 149
Rincon Hill 4 8,825 8,829 45
Russian Hill 12 14,636 14,648 82
Seacliff 4 1,847 1,851 216
Sherwood Forest 3 1,982 1,985 151
Showplace Square 5 3,786 3,791 132
Silver Terrace 27 10,548 10,575 255
South Beach 0 5,573 5,573 0
South of Market 38 37,155 37,193 102
St. Francis Wood 2 1,300 1,302 154
St. Mary's Park 1 3,038 3,039 33
Stonestown 1 1,505 1,506 66
Sunnydale 14 4,050 4,064 344
Sunnyside 2 6,993 6,995 29
Sutro Heights 3 3,437 3,440 87
Telegraph Hill 3 2,961 2,964 101
Tenderloin 52 27,929 27,981 186
Treasure Island 4 2,679 2,683 149
Union Street 6 5,918 5,924 101
University Mound 2 4,617 4,619 43
Upper Market 1 4,747 4,748 21
Visitacion Valley 20 13,902 13,922 144
West Portal 5 3,964 3,969 126
Western Addition 27 15,156 15,183 178
Westwood Park 4 3,042 3,046 131

Sources and methodology

San Francisco neighborhoods
This is the City of San Francisco’s neighborhood as defined by the Mayor’s Office in 2006. We only included neighborhoods with at least 1,000 residents. It is unclear if these boundaries have changed since the publication of this neighborhood map.
Number of people in state prison from each San Francisco neighborhood, 2020
This is the number of people from each San Francisco neighborhood in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the San Francisco neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the San Francisco 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 San Francisco neighborhood of different population sizes.


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