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Health Statistics Regions	Counties included	Number of people in state prison from each Health Statistics Region, 2020	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Imprisonment rate per 100,000
1	Morgan, Logan, Washington, Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick	207	72,378	70,635	293
2	Larimer	575	359,066	359,641	160
3	Douglas	191	357,978	358,169	53
4	El Paso	2,378	730,395	732,773	325
5	Lincoln, Elbert, Kit Carson, Cheyenne	63	40,572	39,913	158
6	Las Animas, Baca, Prowers, Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Crowley, Huerfano	226	68,588	64,938	348
7	Pueblo	793	168,162	168,122	472
8	Mineral, Costilla, Conejos, Alamosa, Saguache, Rio Grande	188	46,108	46,296	406
9	Dolores, Montezuma, La Plata, San Juan, Archuleta	177	97,877	98,054	181
10	Gunnison, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel, Hinsdale	132	104,527	104,265	127
11	Jackson, Routt, Moffat, Rio Blanco	79	46,029	46,108	171
12	Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Summit, Grand	158	181,546	181,540	87
13	Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, Custer	146	80,555	75,765	193
14	Adams	1,598	518,137	519,735	307
15	Arapahoe	1,355	647,793	649,148	209
16	Boulder, Broomfield	424	406,645	407,069	104
17	Park, Teller, Clear Creek, Gilpin	79	57,316	57,395	138
18	Weld	800	328,650	329,450	243
19	Mesa	655	155,703	156,358	419
20	Denver	2,733	723,905	725,494	377
21	Jefferson	1,168	581,784	582,846	200

Health Statistics Regions: This the Health Statistics Region as developed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Health Statistics Regions are aggregations of counties by which the CDPHE publishes public health data.
Number of people in state prison from each Health Statistics Region, 2020: This is the number of people from each Health Statistics Region in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the Health Statistics Region as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the Health Statistics Region 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 Health Statistics Region of different population sizes.