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The tabs below represent the unique congressional sessions as collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the Redistricting Data Program. Each tab contains information specific to that session's boundary collection along with other relevant products generated in support of any changes. Typically, new products are generated only when changes to congressional districts are reported between sessions. Any changes to congressional plans are submitted to the Census Bureau by non-partisan state liaisons, identified by the governor and legislative leadership of each state at the beginning of each decade's Redistricting Data Program. Once these plans are processed and inserted into the MAF/TIGER database, the Census Bureau generates verification materials for each state to review and certify as accurate. Any reported changes to the verification materials were incorporated into these final products.

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113th Congress

Following the post-2010 Census redistricting process, the Census Bureau collected congressional district boundaries from all states. These were the boundaries in effect for the 2012 election cycle.

2010 Apportionment Results Map

These maps show the change in the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives apportioned to each state between 2000 and 2010.

Data Products

113th Congressional District Summary File and Demographic Profile

The 113th Congressional District Summary File and Demographic Profile contain the data compiled from the questions asked of all people and about every housing unit in the 2010 Census. Population items include age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship, household type, household size, family type, family size, and group quarters. Housing items include occupancy status, vacancy status, and tenure (whether a housing unit is owner-occupied or renter-occupied).

The files contain subject content identical to that shown in the 2010 Census Summary File 1 and the 2010 Census Demographic Profile. The Demographic Profile is available at data.census.gov. The Summary File is available on our FTP site or at data.census.gov

Geographic Products

Block Equivalency Files

These BEFs are the whole 2010 census tabulation block representations of the plans as submitted by the states to the U.S. Census Bureau. The .ZIP file contains a national block equivalency file and individual state files. The fields in these files should be imported as text to preserve leading zeros.

In instances where plans included split 2010 Census tabulation blocks, the Census Bureau requested that the state assign the whole block to one district for the purpose of tabulating data. These block equivalency files contain the whole block tabulation plan. The Census Bureau's maps and TIGER/Line shapefiles depict the correct location of the boundary (splits tabulation blocks). A listing of those blocks split in the states' official plans, and which district the population of these blocks is tabulated to, is also provided. Only one state--Kentucky--split blocks in their 113th Congressional District plan.

TIGER/Line Shapefiles and Geodatabases

These shapefiles were released as official TIGER/Line Shapefile products. This version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles include the 113th Congressional District boundaries by state and as a national file, the State Legislative Districts (2012 election cycle), and the supporting 2010 Census geography. The congressional and state legislative district boundaries were the official boundaries as submitted by the state liaisons in Phase 4 of the Redistricting Data Program, including any split 2010 census tabulation blocks.

The files for the 113th Congressional and 2012 State Legislative Districts are identified by their abbreviation within the file name: "cd113" for the 113th congressional districts; "sldu" for the state legislative districts - upper house; and "sldl" for the state legislative districts - lower house.

Maps

The congressional district map suite includes three map types (national, state-based, and congressional district-based) that depict the congressional districts in effect for the 113th Congress of the United States (January 2013-2015). 

Relationship Files

The 113th Congressional District Relationship Files provide simple relationships between the 113th Congressional Districts and other 2010 Census tabulation geography including American Indian areas, counties, county subdivisions, census tracts, places, school districts, urban/rural population and land area, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

Page Last Revised - November 28, 2023
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