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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Santa Clara County supervisorial district

Santa Clara County supervisorial districts Number of people in state prison from each Santa Clara County supervisorial district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 828 394,838 395,666 209
District 2 1,266 377,551 378,817 334
District 3 649 380,086 380,735 170
District 4 666 393,905 394,565 169
District 5 483 396,534 397,017 122

Sources and methodology

Santa Clara County supervisorial districts
This is the Santa Clara County Supervisorial District as approved by the county in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each Santa Clara County supervisorial district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Santa Clara County supervisorial district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Santa Clara County supervisorial district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Santa Clara County supervisorial 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 Santa Clara County supervisorial district of different population sizes.


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