Ward Cleaver's

PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

in Alabama

based on year 2010 census counts

(Total population = 4,779,736)

Single-member districts

±2% leeway, based on good-government standards

(7 districts -- ideal population = 682,819.4)

#	DISTRICT LOCATION	TOTAL POPU- LATION	DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE POPU- LATION	NON- HISPANIC BLACK PERCENT OF ADULT POPU- LATION	SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY
1.	Northwestern Alabama	669,692	-1.92%	9.4%	Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion, Morgan, Pickens, Walker, and Winston counties.
2.	Northeastern Alabama	682,585	-0.03%	14.3%	Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison, and Marshall counties.
3.	Mountains	686,894	0.60%	13.9%	Autauga, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, and Talladega counties.
4.	Birmingham	681,381	-0.21%	39.1%	Bibb and Jefferson counties.
5.	Black Belt	690,295	1.09%	46.9%	Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, and Wilcox counties.
6.	Southeastern Alabama	679,967	-0.42%	24.6%	Barbour, Chambers, Coffee, Coosa, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Pike, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties.
7.	Gulf Coast	688,922	0.89%	24.4%	Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, and Washington counties.
#	DISTRICT LOCATION	TOTAL POPU- LATION	DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE POPU- LATION	NON- HISPANIC BLACK PERCENT OF ADULT POPU- LATION	SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY

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