The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College presents one source to find information on redistricting in all fifty states. Scroll over a state to learn about its redistricting process, and click on a state to go to its individual page with more in-depth information and news coverage of redistricting in the state.
A recount of the U.S. census numbers in Detroit could pay off for the city, but results would come too late to make a difference in how Michigan's political districts are drawn, the state's demographer told lawmakers Tuesday.
Mississippi will hold on to its four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, but it's population didn't grow enough to reclaim the fifth seat that was lost after the 2000 Census, according to data released...
Minnesota will keep all eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, squeaking by with an increase in population to 5,303,925 in the 2010 Census, according to census figures released December 21. Both Iowa...
Maryland will keep its eight congressional seats based on figures from the 2010 Census. Maryland is one of 32 states that won't gain on lose any seats in Congress.
Maine's population grew by 4.2 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The state's total population is 1,328,361, up from 1,274,923 a decade ago. Maine is the 41st most populous...
The United States had a population on April 1 of 308,745,538, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s up 9.7 percent from the 2000 population.
In late March, the 2011 Kentucky General Assembly will be winding down for the year, but a new political battle will be just beginning. State officials expect to receive updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau...
Despite recording slower population growth during the past decade, neither Kentucky nor Indiana will lose congressional seats in Washington, according 2010 census data released Tuesday. Kentucky grew 7.4 percent, reaching a population of...
Rep.-elect Tim Scott hasn't even taken office, yet the North Charleston Republican knows that he's already a marked man. It's not his political foes who are targeting him.
Indiana's population is up 6.6 percent compared to 2000 according to the 2010 Census findings. Indiana's population is 6,501,582 people. The state will keep its nine House seats unlike after the 2000 Census when it...
Rhode Island’s population grew just 0.4 percent from 2000 to 2010, making it the slowest growing of all the states except Michigan, the only state to lose population during the decade, according to census numbers...
Idaho ranks fourth nationally in percentage of population growth - 21.1 percent - from April 2000 to April 2010 according to initial 2010 Census data released today. Idaho's population increased 273,629 from the 2000 Census to...
Despite gaining 12 percent more residents since 2000, Oregon will not gain an additional Congressional seat. The U.S. Census bureau’s numbers, released Tuesday, indicate that Oregon’s population increases didn’t keep pace with such states as Texas, which earned...
Hawaii’s population now totals 1,360,301, up 12.3 percent from the 1,211,537 people counted in the year 2000, according to the 2010 Census data released Tuesday.
Georgia will get a 14th seat in the U.S. House and an extra vote in the Electoral College in 2012 based on U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday. The census numbers show that the state's population...
Data from the 2010 United States Census was released today, showing Colorado with strong population gains–but not strong enough to gain an additional seat in the United States House of Representatives.
New Jersey will lose one of its 13 congressional seats, new Census data for 2010 released today shows and it's up to a bi-partisan congressional commission to decide whose district will be on the chopping block.
There wasn't much unexpected news for Arkansas in the latest U.S. Census data released as part of the decennial report.
New Hampshire grew the fastest rate of any state in New England over the past decade, according to 2010 Census population estimates released Tuesday.