ResidentData/Demographics
Demographic information about each CDCR resident from January 1, 2016 to the present.
Columns
ResidentId
Anonymized signed integer unique to each resident, consistent across all data in the same upload.
- Examples
578998371, -456578293
Starting
The first date for which the demographic characteristic applies.
- Examples
2021-01-06, 2020-12-31
Month
The year and month of the starting date, used to segment files
- Examples
2019-11, 2020-01
Ending
The last date for which the demographic characteristic applies. This date is null if the record applies currently. Note: For any given record, the effective period is [Starting, Ending), meaning that the period includes the starting date but does not include the ending date.
- Examples
2021-01-06, 2020-12-31, NULL
Demographic
The demographic characteristic
Sex
Resident's legal gender. Startdate for this value is the first day of the resident's birth year, which is a known limitation in the case of a change in legal gender. Note that legal gender does not necessarily correspond to gender identity or morphological sex.
GenderIdentity
This characteristic is currently unavailable Resident's gender identity.
Race
Resident's race/ethnicity. Startdate for this value is the first day of the resident's birth year.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| A | Asian or Pacific Islander |
| B | Black |
| C | Cuban |
| H | Hispanic |
| I | American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| M | Mexican |
| O | Other |
| U | Unknown |
| W | White |
Missing values are left blank
Ethnicity
Resident self-report of ethnicity. Startdate for this value is the first day of the resident's birth year. Note that Race and Ethnicity values are independent of each other and may not correspond.
- Values
American Indian, Black, Cambodian, Chinese, Columbian, Cuban, Filipino, Guamanian, Guatemalan, Hawaiian, Hispanic, Indian, Jamaican, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Other, Other Asian, Pacific Islander, Puerto Rican, Salvadorian, Samoan, Thai, Unknown, Vietnamese, White
BirthYear
The year aduring which the resident was born.
- Examples
1970, 2000
LatestEntryMonth
Month of resident's most recent admission to CDCR, return from parole, or recapture, whichever happened most recently. Starting date for this value is the month of the current CDCR commitment.
EstimatedReleaseMonth
Resident's current estimated month and year of release. Dates with year=1000 indicate unkown values; dates with year=9999 indicate life sentence with no parole date set. Starting date for this value is the month of the current CDCR commitment.
HomeCounty
County of last legal residence
SecurityLevel
Security level (I, II, III, IV)
CustodyPoints
CDCR custody points
PrimaryLanguage
Resident's primary language, including ASL. Note: Only the most recent primary language status is known and is applied to all records for the resident.
ReadingLevel
The resident's most recent reading score on the Test of Achievement in Basic Education (TABE). Scores are intended to reflect reading grade level, from 0 to 12.9
Value
The value of the corresponding demographic characteristic.