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drawing criteria included population equality as required by the U.S.
Constitution, the Federal Voting Rights Act, geographic contiguity,
geographic integrity, geographic compactness, and nesting. Geography was
defined by U.S. Census Block geometry.
Each of the 52 Congressional districts apportioned to California have an ideal population of 760,066, and the Commission adhered to federal constitutional mandates by requiring a district population deviation of no more than +/- one person. These districts also posed some of the Commission’s biggest challenges, and, because of strict population equality requirements, resulted in many more splits of counties, cities, neighborhoods, and communities of interest compared to State Assembly or Senate plans.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-us-congressional-districts-map-2020 | ||
| 3 | https://services3.arcgis.com/uknczv4rpevve42E/arcgis/rest/services/California_US_Congressional_Districts_Map_2020/FeatureServer/0 | ||
| 8 | https://gis.data.ca.gov/api/download/v1/items/5bdbecba7641495ba6c7a6939c684105/csv?layers=0 | ||
| 57 | https://gis.data.ca.gov/api/download/v1/items/5bdbecba7641495ba6c7a6939c684105/shapefile?layers=0 | ||
| 15 | https://gis.data.ca.gov/api/download/v1/items/5bdbecba7641495ba6c7a6939c684105/geojson?layers=0 | ||
| 25 | https://gis.data.ca.gov/api/download/v1/items/5bdbecba7641495ba6c7a6939c684105/kml?layers=0 |
Tags
- california-citizens-redistricting-commission
- california-us-congressional-districts-map-2020