U.S. to release census data used for legislative redistricting

Interactive map: See new Census data on population, race, housing and more

(WGHP/AP) -- The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data. RELATED → Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking In the interactive map above, provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, you can explore data based on population, race, housing and more. RELATED → Census data: Redistricting fights start The data comes fr…

State redistricting can start with new census data, but litigation looms

The Census Bureau kicked off a shortened redistricting season Thursday with the release of detailed mapmaking data from last year’s count, as most states across the country scramble to finish their maps in time for next year’s midterm elections.A handful of states, including Ohio and Colorado, face redistricting deadlines before the end of September. Others, like Texas, will have to draw their maps in a special legislative session.Those mapmaker…

Local redistricting efforts to gear up with release of 2020 Census local data

“It gives us the information we need in order to plan the 37 county board districts for the next 10 years,” the county’s redistricting commission chair Ken Opin said. “It’s

Redistricting fight, round 1: The Census data is released

Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide — potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade.The new data being released Thursday will show which counties, cities and neighborhoods gained or lost the most people in the 2020 census. That wi…

The Census released detailed data Thursday about each state's population. Here's what happens next

With the release of 2020 census data months behind schedule, officials in each state now must hustle in order to meet their own deadlines and prepare state maps before primary elections in 2022.

Chairwoman Maloney’s Statement on Newly Released 2020 Census Redistricting Data

Washington, D.C. (August 12, 2021)— Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Census Bureau released census redistricting data based on the 2020 Census: “Today’s release of 2020 Census redistricting data marks the final stage of the largest and most digitally advanced census in our nation’s history.