Congressional district

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000358",
  "term": "Congressional district",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "term_source": "Congressional District",
  "definition": "An area established by law for the election of representatives to the United States Congress. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on decennial census population counts, each state with multiple seats is responsible for establishing CDs for the purpose of electing representatives. Each CD is to be as equal in population to all other CDs in the state as practicable, based on the decennial census counts. The boundaries may be changed more than once during a decade.\n\nThe District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each Island Area each contain one CD for a single nonvoting delegate.\n\nData for Congressional Districts are available in American Factfinder.\n\n• 106th Congress, seated in 1999 and 2000 - Census 2000\n\n• 109th Congress, seated in 2005 and 2006 - ACS\n\n• 110th Congress, seated in 2007 and 2008 - Census 2000, ACS\n\n• 111th Congress, seated in 2009 and 2010 - 2010 Census, ACS\n\n• 112th Congress, seated in 2011 and 2012 - same as 111th Congress\n\n• 113th Congress, seated in 2013 and 2014 - 2010 Census, ACS",
  "abbreviation": "CD",
  "see_also": [
    "Apportionment",
    "Decennial census",
    "Redistricting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/congressional-district/"
}