Ward Cleaver's

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

for Virginia

based on 1980 census

Single-member districts with ±2% leeway, based on good-government standards

(Total population = 5,346,279)

(10 districts -- ideal population = 534,627.9)

(Municipalities divided between districts are shaded.)

#	DISTRICT LOCATION	SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY	TOTAL POPULATION	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN HOUSE	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN STATE	PERCENT BLACK
1.	Inner suburbs	County: Alexandria & Arlington. Cities: Alexandria, Fairfax & Falls Church. In Fairfax County, magisterial districts: Lee, Mason, Mount Vernon & Providence	543,774	+4.73%	+1.71%	11.3%
2.	Outer suburbs	Counties: Prince William & Stafford. Cities: Manassas & Manassas Park. In Fairfax County, magisterial districts: Annandale, Centreville, Dranesville & Springfield	544,983	+4.96%	+1.94%	5.1%
3.	Shenandoah	Counties: Albemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren. Cities: Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro & Winchester.	535,704	+3.17%	+0.20%	8.4%
4.	Northern Tidewater	Counties: Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, King George, Lancaster, Louisa, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Orange, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Westmoreland & York. Cities: Fredericksburg, Poquoson & Williamsburg.	538,214	+3.66%	+0.67%	20.8%
5.	Hampton Roads	Cities: Hampton, Newport News & Norfolk.	534,499	+2.94%	-0.02%	34.0%
6.	Coast	Counties: Accomack & Northampton. Cities: Chesapeake, Portsmouth & Virginia Beach.	526,895	+1.48%	-1.45%	23.5%
7.	James River	Counties: Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, Prince George & Surry. Cities: Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, Richmond & Suffolk.	542,550	+4.49%	+1.48%	36.7%
8.	Southside	Counties: Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greenville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nelson, Nottaway, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Powhatan, Sussex & Southampton. Cities: Danville, Emporia, Franklin, Lynchburg & South Boston.	524,592	+1.03%	-1.88%	34.0%
9.	Blue Ridge	Counties: Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Highland, Patrick, Roanoke & Rockbridge. Cities: Bedford, Buena Vista, Clifton Forge, Covington, Lexington, Martinsville, Roanoke & Salem.	527,760	+1.64%	-1.28%	12.7%
10.	Highlands	Counties: Bland, Buchanan, Craig, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise & Wythe. Cities: Bristol, Galax, Norton & Radford.	527,308	+1.55%	-1.37%	2.4%
#	DISTRICT LOCATION	SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY	TOTAL POPULATION	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN HOUSE	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN STATE	PERCENT BLACK

Boundary of districts 1 & 2 in Fairfax County

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