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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each San Jose city council district

San Jose city council district Number of people in state prison from each San Jose city council district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 171 115,576 115,747 148
District 2 240 100,428 100,668 238
District 3 298 103,185 103,483 288
District 4 235 119,137 119,372 197
District 5 449 115,481 115,930 387
District 6 239 110,667 110,906 216
District 7 313 99,180 99,493 315
District 8 218 102,538 102,756 212
District 9 210 106,471 106,675 197
District 10 187 99,825 100,012 187

Sources and methodology

San Jose city council district
This is the city council district in San Jose as adopted in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each San Jose city council district, 2020
This is the number of people from each San Jose city council district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the San Jose city council district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the San Jose city council 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 Jose city council district of different population sizes.


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