Number of people in prison in 2020 from each American Indian and Alaska Native area in Washington

American Indian and Alaska Native areas (AIANAs) Number of people in state prison from each AIANA, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Chehalis Reservation 4 680 684 585
Chehalis Off-Reservation Trust Land 1 87 88 1,136
Colville Reservation 19 7,804 7,823 243
Colville Off-Reservation Trust Land 1 3 4 25,000
Cowlitz Reservation 0 0 0 0
Hoh Indian Reservation 0 93 93 0
Hoh Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Jamestown S'Klallam Reservation 0 0 0 0
Jamestown S'Klallam Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 36 36 0
Kalispel Reservation 2 223 225 889
Kalispel Off-Reservation Trust Land 1 530 531 188
Lower Elwha Reservation 1 316 317 315
Lower Elwha Off-Reservation Trust Land 1 364 365 274
Lummi Reservation 16 5,748 5,764 278
Makah Indian Reservation 2 1,692 1,694 118
Muckleshoot Reservation 14 4,366 4,380 320
Muckleshoot Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 25 25 0
Nisqually Reservation 3 639 642 467
Nooksack Reservation 0 0 0 0
Nooksack Off-Reservation Trust Land 6 876 882 680
Port Gamble Reservation 3 745 748 401
Port Gamble Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 5 5 0
Port Madison Reservation 15 7,929 7,944 189
Puyallup Reservation 118 54,402 54,520 216
Puyallup Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 14 14 0
Quileute Reservation 1 404 405 247
Quinault Reservation 4 1,520 1,524 262
Sauk-Suiattle Reservation 0 52 52 0
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation 0 61 61 0
Shoalwater Bay Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 21 21 0
Skokomish Reservation 8 724 732 1,093
Skokomish Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Snoqualmie Reservation 0 0 0 0
Snoqualmie Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Spokane Reservation 8 2,541 2,549 314
Spokane Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Squaxin Island Reservation 3 274 277 1,083
Squaxin Island Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 235 235 0
Stillaguamish Reservation 0 2 2 0
Stillaguamish Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 14 14 0
Swinomish Reservation 6 3,228 3,234 186
Swinomish Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Tulalip Reservation 17 10,969 10,986 155
Tulalip Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Umatilla Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 0 0 0
Upper Skagit Reservation 0 262 262 0
Upper Skagit Off-Reservation Trust Land 0 4 4 0
Yakama Nation Reservation 100 31,469 31,569 317
Yakama Nation Off-Reservation Trust Land 3 122 125 2,400
Samish TDSA 32 41,102 41,134 78

Sources and methodology

American Indian and Alaska Native areas (AIANAs)
This is the American Indian and Alaska Native area (AIANA) in Nevada 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 Washington, there are American Indian reservations and trust lands.
Number of people in state prison from each AIANA, 2020
This is the number of people from each AIANA in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the AIANA as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the AIANA 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 AIANA of different population sizes.


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