Congressional District - Definition and Overview

U.S. Congressional districts are determined after each census. As of the 2000 census, each district has about 640,000 people. States with relatively small populations have only a single district; at present, these states are Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Vermont, and Wyoming. Since the boundaries of districts shift with each redistricting, over the years the region and demographics represented in a single numbered district can change substantially.

The map below represents the allocation of Congressional districts after the 2000 census.

List of state congressional districts

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
  • First Congressional District
  • Second Congressional District
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 1
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 2
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 3
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 4
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 5
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 6
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 7
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 8
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 9
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 10
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 11
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 12
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 13
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 14
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 15
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 16
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 17
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 18
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 19
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 20
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 21
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 22
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 23
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 24
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 25
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 27
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 28
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 29
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 30
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 31
  • United States House of Representatives, Texas District 32
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

External links

• Maps of the congressional districts (http://nationalatlas.gov/congdistprint.html) from the U.S. Geological Survey
• Congressional Apportionment (http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/apportionment.html) from the U.S. Census Bureau