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EMBARGOED UNTIL: Wed., March 24, 1993
Public Information Office CB93-53
301-763-4040
Don Starsinic
301-763-5158
NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WITH BLACK OR HISPANIC
MAJORITIES DOUBLES, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
The number of congressional districts with Black or Hispanic
majorities doubled as a result of the 1990 census, the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau said today.
Black majority districts increased from 17 to 32, and
Hispanic majority districts from 9 to 20. Two districts in
Hawaii have Asian and Pacific Islander majorities. In total,
1 out of every 8 congressional districts is primarily minority
(54 of 425); this is more than twice the number in 1980.
Don Starsinic, author of Population and Housing Profile:
Congressional Districts of the 103rd Congress (CPH-L-117), says,
"Some of this change resulted from rapid population growth of
minority groups from 1980 to 1990, while other changes were a
result of state redistricting to make minority representation
more equitable."
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States adding Black majority districts were:
Florida (3)
Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas (2 each)
Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, and Virginia (1 each)
In all, 16 new Black majority districts were created for the
103rd Congress, offset by the loss of one district in California
in which Blacks are no longer in the majority.
Eleven Hispanic majority districts were added:
California (5)
Texas (2)
Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and New York (1 each)
Other highlights from the tables:
Florida's 22nd district (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area) had
the oldest population, with a median age of 47.6 years,
about 15 years older than the U.S. average. It was
followed closely by Florida district 13 (the Sarasota-
Bradenton area), with a median age of 46.8 years. In
all, seven districts (all in Florida) had median ages
over 40. Utah's 3rd district had the youngest
population, with a median age of 24.1 years.
California's 29th district (Los Angeles) was the only
one with 1990 median home values in excess of $500,000.
There were 41 congressional districts with median home
values of $200,000 or more. Of these, 16 were in the
Los Angeles-San Diego metropolitan areas, 9 in the San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area, and 11 in the New
York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island area.
Other topics covered in the seven-table profile include
district breakouts by age, land area, race, gender, metropolitan
status, household and housing characteristics, urban-rural
residence, residence in 1985, nativity, veteran status, school
enrollment and educational attainment, income, poverty, language,
and labor force characteristics.
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The data were derived from the 1990 census report,
Population Characteristics for Congressional Districts of the
103rd Congress, CPH-4, now being released on a state-by-state
basis.
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Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
listings (CPH-L-117) from the bureau's Public Information Office
on 301-763-4040. Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Population Division on 301-763-5002.
The Census Bureau will release the new Congressional District
Atlas for the 103rd Congress of the United States this April.
This two-volume, 1,200 page atlas is the authoritative source on
the new Congress defined following the 1990 census. The atlas
contains maps of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the
United States. More information will be provided to you sometime
next month.