Past Congressional and State Legislative Shapefiles
Congressional representation is reapportioned every decade following the completion of the decennial census. Each year the Census Bureau produces the Population and Housing Unit Estimates Program; ...
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National News Moore v. Harper Legal analysts believe SCOTUS may try to duck issuing an opinion in Moore v. Harper after the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to rehear the case . S...
Recent Redistricting News
National News Census Some academics are voicing support for the Biden Administration’s proposed addition of a MENA category and a consolidated race and ethnicity question. Redistricting ...
Recent Redistricting News
National News Census The Biden Administration is moving forward with revising the way the Census Bureau asks about race and ethnicity . The proposed changes would combine race and ethnicity ...
Earl Blumenauer (D - Portland) introduced the REAL House Act, to expand the House of Representatives to 585 & create a mechanism to increase the house following each apportionment.
The Restoring Equal and Accountable Legislators in the House Act , REAL House Act , would remove the cap of 435 total seats in the US House of Representatives in order to reduce the average congre...
Redistricting terms related specifically to the redistricting and electoral process.
Alternative Population Base A count other than total population from the federal decennial census that is used for redistricting. Apportionment After each Decennial Census, the populat...
Redistricting terms related specifically to the Decennial Census and U.S. Census Bureau.
Alaska Native Self-identification among people of Alaska Native descent. There were six main Alaska Native groups in the 2020 Census: Alaska Athabaskan Aleut Inupiat Tlingit-Haida Tsimsh...
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STATE NEWS NEW YORK New York’s supreme court appellate division affirmed the trial court’s Commission-led remedial state Assembly plan procedure . NORTH CAROLINA State legislative lead...
Redistricting control as of January 18, 2023.
Congressional Redistricting Republican Control (20 States - 187 Seats): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas**, Kentucky**, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska...
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NEW ARP CONTENT Shifting Seats An in-depth examination of how population shifts have impacted congressional reapportionments from 1960 to today. 2023 Redistricting Control A new blog...