BREAKING: Arizona will not gain a 10th congressional seat
Texas will gain 2 new House seats, while Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will each gain one seat.
Arizona has gained at least one seat in every census since the 1960 census. This is the first time since the 1950 census that we won't gain a seat.
We've all kind of just assumed that a 10th seat was a given. Apparently not.
This is quite the plot twist for redistricting. Everyone has been trying to figure out where the 10th seat might be. Now we can focus on trying to figure out how the current map will be redrawn.
Arizona's population per the 2020 Census is 7,158,923, which is a bit lower than recent estimates had pegged us at.
The Census Bureau previously estimated our 2019 population at 7,278,717, and our 2020 population at about 7.4m.
The Census Bureau previously estimated our 2019 population at 7,278,717, and our 2020 population at about 7.4m.
In the Census Bureau's rankings it uses to apportion House seats, Arizona's prospective 10th seat was at 440. A seat has to be within 435.
Essentially, we were close to the mark, but there were still four more states with a higher "priority value" for another seat than Arizona had for the 10th seat we all expected.
Here's the official population and apportionment table from the 2020 Census: www2.census.gov/programs-surve…
The last time we redrew our congressional map in 2011, when we increased from 8 to 9 seats, each new district had a population of about 710,224.
Under the new population numbers, each of our 9 districts will have a population of about 795,435.
Under the new population numbers, each of our 9 districts will have a population of about 795,435.
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