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The U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.
English: The congressional district, highlighted in red, overlayed with other congressional districts and county boundaries, as well as major cities, major roads, water areas, national parks and other publicly owned land, American Indian areas, military areas, and urban clusters in Louisiana.
Louisiana's Legislature approved a new congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 that will add a second majority Black district by radically changing the 6th Congressional District boundaries.
The Thirty-seventh Congress illustration is an example of the congressional district boundary maps found in The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts: 1789-1983. [6] [7] In the atlas there are ninety-seven national scale district maps, one for each of the first ninety-seven House of Representatives. The Thirty-seventh House ...
Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order.
Louisiana’s redistricting fight began after the 2020 census, when the Republican-led Legislature overrode the Democratic governor’s veto to approve a new congressional map.
English: Map of the congressional districts of Louisiana, complemented with county boundaries, as well as major roads, water areas, urban areas, and public land in Louisiana, with neighbouring states coloured in gray. These congressional districts are put into effect from 2023, following the 2022 US House elections.
The 4th congressional district was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. census. For most of the next 150 years, the 4th was centered on Shreveport and northwestern Louisiana. However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district, based on population figures.