Incarcerated people come from all over the state

California's most recent redistricting process counted incarcerated people at their last known address rather than prison. The data collected for this reallocation of over 122,000 residents show that Kings, Shasta, Tehama and Yuba counties have the highest rates of imprisonment.

San Bernardino Santa Barbara Fresno Eureka San Jose Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles
Imprisonment rate

per 100k

  • 80-226
  • 227-373
  • 374-520
  • 521-666
Source: 2020 data from the Prison Policy Initiative
Credit: Erica Yee, CalMatters