California imprisonment rates fell during the pandemic, and stark disparities across genders and ethnicities persist

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Source: CDCR Offender Data Points (December 2019 report, December 2025 dashboard) and CA DOF population data (2019, 2025).
NOTES: For comparison to pre-pandemic numbers, this uses CDCR ethnicity data. Until 2025, CDCR did not publicly provide disaggregated race data for Asian Americans, Native Americans, and people of other racial groups. By ethnicity, these groups are all included under "Other." Imprisonment rates reflect the number of people incarcerated in prison per 100,000 adult state residents. Users are advised that state population numbers may not be comparable across differing population data sources.
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