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FIPS code, 2020	Washington counties	Number of people in state prison from each county, 2020	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Imprisonment rate per 100,000
53001	Adams	25	20,613	20,638	121
53003	Asotin	72	22,285	22,357	322
53005	Benton	439	206,873	207,278	212
53007	Chelan	155	79,074	79,229	196
53009	Clallam	133	77,155	76,589	172
53011	Clark	927	503,311	503,829	184
53013	Columbia	12	3,952	3,964	303
53015	Cowlitz	464	110,730	111,152	417
53017	Douglas	74	42,938	43,002	172
53019	Ferry	15	7,178	7,193	209
53021	Franklin	192	96,749	94,918	202
53023	Garfield	2	2,286	2,288	87
53025	Grant	233	99,123	99,342	235
53027	Grays Harbor	349	75,636	74,334	470
53029	Island	89	86,857	86,946	102
53031	Jefferson	31	32,977	32,690	95
53033	King	3,072	2,269,675	2,272,501	135
53035	Kitsap	611	275,611	276,185	221
53037	Kittitas	68	44,337	44,393	153
53039	Klickitat	54	22,735	22,789	237
53041	Lewis	300	82,149	82,337	364
53043	Lincoln	16	10,876	10,892	147
53045	Mason	183	65,726	64,297	285
53047	Okanogan	95	42,104	42,199	225
53049	Pacific	67	23,365	23,361	287
53051	Pend Oreille	16	13,401	13,417	119
53053	Pierce	2,477	921,130	922,415	269
53055	San Juan	13	17,788	17,801	73
53057	Skagit	278	129,523	129,801	214
53059	Skamania	14	12,036	12,050	116
53061	Snohomish	1,298	827,957	827,148	157
53063	Spokane	1,273	539,339	538,615	236
53065	Stevens	113	46,445	46,558	243
53067	Thurston	564	294,793	294,930	191
53069	Wahkiakum	4	4,422	4,426	90
53071	Walla Walla	87	62,584	60,706	143
53073	Whatcom	392	226,847	227,202	173
53075	Whitman	18	47,973	47,991	38
53077	Yakima	869	256,728	257,518	337

FIPS code, 2020: FIPS (Federal Information Processing Series) Codes are codes used by the Census Bureau to uniquely identify counties and county equivalents in the US. The first two digits are the FIPS state code (e.g., 53=WA); and the last three digits are the FIPS county code within the state (e.g., 001=Adams County). These are the FIPS Codes used in the 2020 Census.
Washington counties: This is the county or county equivalent as defined by the Census Bureau for Census 2020.
Number of people in state prison from each county, 2020: This is the number of people from each county in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the county as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the county 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 county of different population sizes.