The 110th Congressional District Atlas

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by  Katherine A. Debrandt, Deidre A. Gaquin

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THE 110TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ATLAS
The 110th Congressional District Atlas reflects the congressional district boundaries that will be in effect
until the 113th Congress, unless a state initiative or court-ordered redistricting requires additional changes.
This invaluable reference contains maps and tables that depict the boundaries and geographic relation-
ships of the 109th and 110th congressional districts. The Atlas is organized into two sections—Part I:
Maps and Part I: Tables. The maps are presented on the national and state level and detail the districts of THE 110TH
the 110th Congress and the nonvoting delegate districts. The state-based tables show the relationship
between the congressional districts and counties or county equivalents.
Also included are: CONGRESSIONAL
• A compilation of data from the 2006 American Community Survey, the U.S. Social Security
Administration, the 2002 Census of Agriculture, and the 2000 Census of Population and Housing for all
congressional districts
DISTRICT ATLAS
• Key data from the 2000 census for the county components within all congressional districts
• Selected rankings of congressional districts
• Information on congressional representation changes from 1890 to 2000 Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin and Katherine A. DeBrandt
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THE 110TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ATLAS
THE 110TH
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT ATLAS
THE 110TH
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT ATLAS
Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin and Katherine A. DeBrandt
Published in the United States of America
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
United States Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Part I: Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Northern Mariana Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Part II: Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Congressional District Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Table A. 110th Congressional Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Table B. 110th Congressional Districts by Counties, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Source Notes and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Preface
The 110th Congressional District Atlas reflects the congressional district boundaries that will be in effect
until the 113th Congress unless a state initiative or court-ordered redistricting requires additional changes.
The 110th Congressional District Atlas was edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin and Katherine A. DeBrandt. Ms.
Gaquin has been a data use consultant to private organizations, government agencies, and universities for
over 20 years. Prior to that, she was Director of Data Access Services at Data Use & Access Laboratories,
a pioneer in private sector distribution of federal statistical data. A former president of the Association of
Public Data Users, Ms. Gaquin has served on numerous boards, panels, and task forces concerned with fed-
eral statistical data and has worked on four decennial censuses. She holds a Master of Urban Planning
degree from Hunter College. Ms. Gaquin is also an editor of Bernan Press’ The Who, What, and Where of
America: Understanding the Census Results; County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data
Book; and Places, Towns and Townships.
Ms. DeBrandt is the managing editor at Bernan Press. She received her B.A. in political science from
Colgate University. She is also a co-editor of The Almanac of American Education; State Profiles: The
Population and Economy of Each U.S. State; and Social Change in America: The Historical Handbook, all
published by Bernan Press.
Responsibility of the editors and publisher of this publication is limited to reasonable care in the reproduc-
tion and presentation of data obtained from sources believed to be reliable.
As always, we are especially grateful to the many federal agency personnel who assisted us in obtaining the
data, provided excellent resources on their Web sites, and patiently answered our questions.
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Introduction
The Atlas is organized into two sections—Part I: Maps the territories have voting representation). The number
and Part II: Tables. The maps are presented on the of representatives has been set at 435 since the 1910 cen-
national and state level and detail the districts of the sus, except for a brief period with 437 representatives to
110th Congress, as well as the nonvoting delegate dis- account for the new states of Alaska and Hawaii in the
tricts. After the 2000 census, the 435 seats in the U.S. 1950s.
House of Representatives were reapportioned among the As a result of the new population counts, many state
states based on the new population data. These popula- legislatures and, in some states, bipartisan commissions
tions included states’ resident populations along with redrew districts to reflect reapportionment and changes
their overseas populations of military and federal civilian in population. Redistricting can be a contentious issue, as
employees, along with their dependents. The apportion- in some states the political party with the majority can
ment population is not adjusted to reflect overcounting design districts to suit its own interests. The total popula-
or undercounting in the decennial census. tion in the 50 states exceeded 280,000,000 in 2000, giving
As required by Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, the average congressional district a population of about
a census is conducted every 10 years for the purpose of 645,000 people. The population counts from the 2000 cen-
reapportioning the seats of the House of Representatives sus are used by states to create new boundaries for con-
among the 50 states (neither the District of Columbia nor gressional districts that must be equal in population.
Number of Representatives by State, 1890–2000
2000 Change Number of apportioned Representatives
State A
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United States . 281 424 17 435 X 435 435 435 435 437 435 435 435 435 391 357
Alabama . 4 461 130 7 0 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 9
Alaska . 628 93 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 X X X X X X
Arizona . 5 140 683 8 2 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 X X
Arkansas . 2 679 73 4 0 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 6
California . 3 930 798 53 1 52 45 43 38 30 23 20 1 1 8 7
Colorado . 4 31 82 7 1 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2
Conecticut . 3 409 535 5 -1 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
Delaware . 785 068 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Florida . 16 028 890 25 2 23 19 15 12 8 6 5 4 4 3 2
Georgia . 8 206 975 13 2 1 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 1 1
Hawai . 1 216 642 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 X X X X X X
Idaho . 1 297 274 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Ilinois . 12 439 042 19 -1 20 2 24 24 25 26 27 27 27 25 2
Indiana . 6 090 782 9 -1 10 10 1 1 1 1 12 13 13 13 13
Iowa . 2 931 923 5 0 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 1 1 1 1
Kansas . 2 693 824 4 0 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8
Kentucky . 4 049 431 6 0 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 1 1 1 1
Louisiana . 4 480 271 7 0 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6
Maine . 1 27 731 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Maryland . 5 307 86 8 0 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Masachusets . 6 35 568 10 0 10 1 12 12 14 14 15 16 16 14 13
Michigan . 9 95 829 15 -1 16 18 19 19 18 17 17 13 13 12 12
Minesota . 4 925 670 8 0 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 7
Misisipi . 2 852 927 4 -1 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 7
Misouri . 5 606 260 9 0 9 9 10 10 1 13 13 16 16 16 15
Montana . 905 316 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Nebraska . 1 715 369 3 0 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6
Nevada . 2 02 032 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Hampshire . 1 238 415 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
New Jersey . 8 424 354 13 0 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 12 12 10 8
New Mexico . 1 823 821 3 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 X X
New York . 19 04 973 29 -2 31 34 39 41 43 45 45 43 43 37 34
North Carolina . 8 067 673 13 1 12 1 1 1 12 12 1 10 10 10 9
North Dakota . 643 756 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1
Ohio . 1 374 540 18 -1 19 21 23 24 23 23 24 2 2 21 21
Oklahoma . 3 458 819 5 -1 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 8 5 X
Oregon . 3 428 543 5 0 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2
Pensylvania . 12 30 670 19 -2 21 23 25 27 30 3 34 36 36 32 30
Rhode Island . 1 049 62 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
South Carolina . 4 025 061 6 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
South Dakota . 756 874 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
Tenese . 5 70 037 9 0 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10
Texas . 20 903 94 32 2 30 27 24 23 2 21 21 18 18 16 13
Utah . 2 236 714 3 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Vermont . 609 890 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Virginia . 7 10 702 1 0 1 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10
Washington . 5 908 684 9 0 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 3 2
West Virginia . 1 813 07 3 0 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 4
Wisconsin . 5 371 210 8 -1 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 10
Wyoming . 495 304 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1Includes the resident population for the 50 states and counts of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to their home state, as
reported by the employing federal agencies. The total United States apportionment population excludes the population of the District of Columbia.
X = Not applicable.
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