as not to confuse their sexual predators.
Alaska I think has one the highest concentrations of sexual offenders, of all the states.
The estimated population of Alaska is around 733,000 as of July 2022 and the 2020 census.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK#
As of a few months ago, there were more than 3300 registered sex offenders living in the state, with almost half of them in Anchorage.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/24/some-say-alaska-is-haven-sex-offenders-until-laws-change/
That makes 1 registered offender for every 222 people or so in the state.
However, the population of Anchorage was around 291,000 at last count (2020 census)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska
With more than 1400 offenders just in Anchorage, that gives a concentration of
around 1 registered offender for every 208 people there.
(using the 291,000 population figure and 1400 offender figure for the city.)
Meanwhile, take the most populous state of California.
As of earlier this year, California had nearly 62,000 registered offenders.
61,764 according to the following article.
https://screenandreveal.com/what-state-has-the-most-sex-offenders/
As of July 2022, the population of California was estimated at around 39 million
and the 2020 census had about 39.5 million.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA#
That means for California, there was 1 registered offender for every 629 people
(using the 39 million population figure and 62000 offender figure)
However, take the largest CA city of Los Angeles. Just the city itself, and not the greater metro area.
Currently, according the following article, the concentration in LA is 1 for every 877 people.
https://www.city-data.com/so/so-Los-Angeles-California.html
Also, by comparison, my city in Southern California is almost the same size population-wise (around 276,000 as of the 2020 census) as Anchorage. Yet, as of last count a few days ago, we had only 212 registered offenders in the area.
According to the same site as above, our ratio is 1 registered offender for every 1260 people,
much lower than the state average, and around 1/5 or 1/6 that of Anchorage.
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