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VIRGINIA SENATE MAP 2000

(Municipalities divided between districts are shaded.)

DISTRICT LOCATION SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY TOTAL POPULATION DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE POPULATION VOTING AGE PERCENT NON-HISPANIC BLACK QUESTIONS FOR LEGISLATORS
Dan River Counties: Halifax, Mecklenburg & Pittsylvania.

City: Danville.
179,891 +1.65% As a Southside Senate district including Danville and Halifax, Mecklenburg, and Pittsylvania counties would fall within the acceptable population range, what public purpose would be served by separating these municipalities between districts extending to Central Virginia in the bill published April 3?
Lynchburg Counties: Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Lunenburg & Prince Edward.

City: Lynchburg.
175,390 -0.89% As a Senate district including Lynchburg and Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Lunenburg, and Prince Edward counties would fall well within the acceptable population range, what public purpose would be served by dividing Campbell and Lunenburg counties in the bill published April 3?
Crater Counties: Greensville, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry & Sussex.

Cities: Emporia, Franklin, Hopewell & Petersburg.
181,255 +2.43%
Newport News City: Newport News. 180,150 +1.80%
Richmond In Richmond city, census tracts 102-111, 201-212, 301-302, 305, 402-414, 416, 601-609, 706-711. 169,181 -4.40% 59.1%
Brookland In Henrico county, magisterial districts: Brookland, Fairfield & Tuckahoe.

In Richmond city, census tracts 501-506, 701, 703-704.
174,905 -1.16%
Hanover County Counties: Hanover & New Kent.

In Henrico county, magisterial district: Three Chopt.
169,076 -4.46%
Tidewater Counties: Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond & Westmoreland. 171,961 -2.83%
Anna River Counties: Goochland, Louisa, Orange & Spotsylvania.

City: Fredericksburg.
178,045 +0.61% As a Senate district including Fredericksburg and Goochland, Louisa, Orange, and Spotsylvania counties would fall within the acceptable population range, what public purpose would be served by dividing Goochland and Spotsylvania counties in the bill published April 3?
Loudoun County County: Loudoun. 169,599 -4.16%
Central Shenandoah Valley Counties: Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock & Rockingham.

City: Harrisonburg.
177,202 +0.14% As a Senate district including Harrisonburg and Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, and Rockingham counties would fall within the acceptable population range, what public purpose would be served by dividing Rockingham county in the bill published April 3?
Rivanna Counties: Albemarle, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna & Nelson.

City: Charlottesville.
183,417 +3.65%
Roanoke Cities: Roanoke & Salem.

In Roanoke County, magisterial districts: Cave Spring, Vinton & Windsor Hills.
170,249 -3.79%
West Piedmont Counties: Carroll, Franklin, Henry & Patrick.

Cities: Galax & Martinsville.
176,121 -0.48% As a Senate district including Galax, Martinsville, and Carroll, Franklin, Henry, and Patrick counties would fall well within one-half percent of the ideal, what public purpose would be served by placing these municipalities into districts that deviate by more than one and one-half percent from ideal in the bill published April 3?
New River Valley Counties: Bland, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery & Pulaski.

City: Radford.
172,017 -2.79%
Mt. Rogers Counties: Grayson, Russell, Smyth, Washington & Wythe.

City: Bristol.
177,375 +0.23% As a Senate district including Bristol city and Grayson, Russell, Smyth, Washington, and Wythe counties would fall within the acceptable population range, what public purpose would be served by dividing Grayson, Smyth, and Wythe counties in the bill published April 3?
Norton Counties: Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Tazewell & Wise.

City: Norton.
178,990 +1.15% As a Senate district including Norton city and Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Tazewell, and Wise counties would fall within the acceptable population range, what public purpose would be served by dividing Wise county in the bill published April 3?
What public purpose is served by creating serpentine districts with poor internal transportation in the bill published April 3, such as proposed Senate districts 20, 22, 25, and 38?


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