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Number of people in prison in 2022 from each American Indian and Alaska Native area

American Indian and Alaska Native areas Number of people in state prison from each AIANA, 2022 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Adai Caddo SDTSA 6 2,026 2,032 295
Apache Choctaw SDTSA 23 5,054 5,077 453
Bayou Lafourche SDTSA 69 14,195 14,264 484
Chitimacha Reservation 1 644 645 155
Clifton Choctaw SDTSA 2 349 351 570
Coushatta Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 60 60 0
Coushatta Reservation 0 34 34 0
Four Winds Cherokee SDTSA 208 28,785 28,942 719
Grand Caillou/Dulac SDTSA 49 8,884 8,933 549
Isle de Jean Charles SDTSA 12 737 749 1,602
Jena Band of Choctaw Reservation 0 26 26 0
Natchitoches SDTSA 111 26,528 26,553 418
Pointe-au-Chien SDTSA 36 4,579 4,615 780
Tunica-Biloxi Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 29 29 0
Tunica-Biloxi Reservation 1 77 78 1,282
United Houma Nation SDTSA 842 186,056 186,521 451

Sources and methodology

American Indian and Alaska Native areas
This is the American Indian and Alaska Native areas (AIANA) in Louisiana as defined by the Census Bureau. Across the country, AIANAs include reservations and trust lands, tribal jurisdiction statistical areas, Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaska Native village statistical areas, and tribal designated statistical areas. In Louisiana, there are American Indian reservations, trust land, and state designated tribal statistical areas (SDTSAs).
Number of people in state prison from each American Indian and Alaska Native area, 2022
This is the number of people from each American Indian and Alaska Native area in state prison as of 2022. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the American Indian and Alaska Native area as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the American Indian and Alaska Native area 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 American Indian and Alaska Native area of different population sizes.


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