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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each California State Senate district

State Senate Districts Number of people in state prison from each State Senate district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
District 1 3,970 943,108 938,834 423
District 2 2,067 996,649 991,571 208
District 3 2,258 1,039,211 1,034,770 218
District 4 2,974 1,036,270 1,032,056 288
District 5 2,924 1,024,101 1,021,134 286
District 6 2,587 969,751 966,763 268
District 7 2,100 958,780 960,880 219
District 8 4,604 941,931 945,172 487
District 9 1,523 991,163 992,658 153
District 10 1,351 1,035,025 1,036,376 130
District 11 1,196 1,021,115 1,022,311 117
District 12 2,948 944,035 939,354 314
District 13 1,301 1,011,185 1,012,486 129
District 14 4,557 1,004,564 998,216 457
District 15 2,533 1,030,043 1,032,570 245
District 16 5,094 963,518 942,212 541
District 17 2,695 1,001,026 993,921 271
District 18 2,994 970,127 956,746 313
District 19 3,690 949,159 952,665 387
District 20 3,316 942,908 946,077 351
District 21 2,653 1,024,690 1,024,600 259
District 22 3,788 1,010,820 1,009,475 375
District 23 4,382 1,036,642 1,033,749 424
District 24 2,482 1,033,200 1,035,622 240
District 25 2,965 1,031,657 1,034,541 287
District 26 3,773 945,855 948,823 398
District 27 2,008 991,317 993,140 202
District 28 5,356 980,597 985,823 543
District 29 3,617 939,869 943,463 383
District 30 3,389 987,892 991,239 342
District 31 4,351 950,789 955,140 456
District 32 2,307 941,977 940,016 245
District 33 5,001 1,031,541 1,036,292 483
District 34 2,907 945,781 948,688 306
District 35 6,333 949,050 953,821 664
District 36 1,761 986,596 988,357 178
District 37 1,379 1,018,565 1,019,944 135
District 38 1,855 973,433 975,288 190
District 39 3,301 1,033,627 1,036,034 319
District 40 2,103 950,656 952,610 221

Sources and methodology

State Senate Districts
This is the California State Senate district as drawn in 2021.
Number of people in state prison from each State Senate district, 2020
This is the number of people from each State Senate district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the State Senate district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the State Senate 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 State Senate district of different population sizes.


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