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Spokane neighborhoods	Number of people in state prison from each Spokane nNeighborhood, 2020	Census population, 2020	Total population, 2020	Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Whitman	13	3,807	3,820	340
Bemiss	35	8,423	8,458	414
West Central	165	9,116	9,281	1,778
Riverside	42	4,141	4,124	1,018
Peaceful Valley	2	625	627	319
Rockwood	4	4,444	4,448	90
North Indian Trail	5	9,324	9,329	54
North Hill	61	13,041	13,102	466
East Central	49	13,221	13,270	369
Comstock	8	6,932	6,940	115
Grandview/Thorpe	2	2,776	2,778	72
Chief Garry Park	44	6,746	6,790	648
Minnehaha	14	5,372	5,386	260
Hillyard	39	6,912	6,951	561
Lincoln Heights	32	15,628	15,660	204
Browne's Addition	8	2,525	2,533	316
Balboa/South Indian Trail	2	5,923	5,925	34
West Hills	8	6,225	6,233	128
Five Mile Prairie	3	6,042	6,045	50
Latah/Hangman	8	7,306	7,314	109
Logan	125	11,035	11,160	1,120
Emerson/Garfield	73	9,882	9,955	733
Audubon/Downriver	17	9,188	9,205	185
Northwest	37	14,169	14,206	260
Southgate	15	13,351	13,366	112
Shiloh Hills	28	18,283	18,311	153
Nevada Heights	65	14,117	14,182	458
Cliff-Cannon	45	8,543	8,562	526
Manito/Cannon Hill	2	4,964	4,966	40

Spokane neighborhoods: This is the Spokane neighborhood council boundary as drawn by the city in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each Spokane neighborhood, 2020: This is the number of people from each Spokane neighborhood in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020: This is the population of the Spokane neighborhood as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020: This is the total population of the Spokane neighborhood 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 Spokane neighborhood of different population sizes.