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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each California San Francisco police district

San Francisco police districts Number of people in state prison from each San Francisco police district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Central 72 69,889 69,961 103
Southern 51 65,115 65,166 78
Bayview 153 74,038 74,191 206
Mission 95 81,818 81,913 116
Northern 126 103,941 104,067 121
Park 67 63,292 63,359 106
Richmond 73 87,817 87,890 83
Ingleside 172 137,830 138,002 125
Taraval 161 154,868 155,029 104
Tenderloin 61 35,841 35,902 170

Sources and methodology

San Francisco police districts
This is the police district as defined by the City of San Francisco in 2015. It is unclear if these boundaries have changed since the publication of this police district map.
Number of people in state prison from each San Francisco police district, 2020
This is the number of people from each San Francisco police district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the San Francisco police district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the San Francisco police district 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 police district of different population sizes.


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