List of majority-minority United States congressional districts

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A majority-minority district is an electoral district, such as a United States congressional district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are racial or ethnic minorities (as opposed to Non-Hispanic whites in the U.S.). Race is collected through the decennial United States census.

Majority-minority districts may be created to avoid or remedy violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965's prohibitions on drawing redistricting plans that diminish the ability of a racial or language minority to elect its candidates of choice. In some instances, majority-minority districts may result from affirmative racial gerrymandering. The value of drawing district lines to create majority-minority districts is a matter of dispute both within and outside of minority communities. Some view majority-minority districts as a way to dilute the voting power of minorities and analogous to racial segregation; others favor majority-minority districts as ways to effectively ensure the election of minorities to legislative bodies, including the House of Representatives. Majority-minority districts have been the subject of legal cases examining the constitutionality of such districts, including Shaw v. Reno (1993), Miller v. Johnson (1995), and Bush v. Vera (1996).

Districts with an African-American majority[]

Population data are from 2019 Census American Community Survey One-Year Estimates. Districts in the table below reflect the 117th Congress.

Currently, there are 22 congressional districts where African Americans make up a majority of constituents. Every district is represented by Democrats. There are two African American majority congressional districts that are represented by someone who is not African American; Steve Cohen from Tennessee's 9th and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan's 13th.

Congressional districts with African-American majorities
Rank Perc. State District 117th Congress Total 2019 Afric. Amer.
1[1] 65.7% Tennessee TN-09 Steve Cohen (non-Black) 700,497 455,867
2[2] 65.6% Mississippi MS-02 Bennie Thompson 692,452 464,171
3[3] 63.4% Alabama AL-07 Terri Sewell 670,015 419,256
4[4] 62.2% Louisiana LA-02 Troy Carter 788,021 484,763
5[5] 59.1% Georgia GA-04 Hank Johnson 782,142 476,112
6[6] 58.5% Georgia GA-05 Nikema Williams 788,996 436,884
7[7] 57.9% Georgia GA-13 David Scott 802,943 494,566
8[8] 57% South Carolina SC-06 Jim Clyburn 665,215 361,328
9[9] 56.9% Michigan MI-14 Brenda Lawrence 689,939 385,996
10[10] 56.3% Illinois IL-02 Robin Kelly 685,695 383,058
11[11] 55.6% Michigan MI-13 Rashida Tlaib (non-Black) 672,291 363,772
12[12] 55% New York NY-08 Hakeem Jeffries 776,825 403,080
13[13] 54% Pennsylvania PA-03 Dwight Evans 741,654 418,050
14[14] 53.8% Maryland MD-07 Kweisi Mfume 717,158 376,343
16[15] 53.4% Florida FL-20 Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick 802,463 424,842
17[16] 52.9% Maryland MD-04 Anthony G. Brown 758,795 397,281
15[17] 53.5% Ohio OH-11 Shontel Brown 684,617 362,284
19[18] 51.6% Georgia GA-02 Sanford Bishop 671,831 354,964
20[19] 51.3% Illinois IL-01 Bobby Rush 711,039 359,132
18[20] 52.7% New Jersey NJ-10 Donald Payne Jr. 761,783 388,608
21[21] 50.6% Florida FL-24 Frederica Wilson 754,731 355,273
22[22] 50.5% New York NY-09 Yvette Clarke 720,316 336,566

Districts with an Asian-American majority[]

Currently, Asian-Americans make up the majority of constituents in two districts. California's 17th represented by Indian-American Ro Khanna and Hawaii's 1st represented by non-Asian Ed Case. Both are Democrats.

Congressional districts with Asian-American majorities
Rank Perc. State District Member Total 2019 Asian Amer.
1[23] 52.7% California CA-17 Ro Khanna 790,519 439,547
2[24] 50.2% Hawaii HI-01 Ed Case (non-Asian) 720,786 364,354

Districts with a Hispanic/Latino majority[]

Congressional districts with Hispanic/Latino majorities
Rank Perc. State District Congressional Hispanic C… Total 2010 Hispanic
1 82.5% Texas TX-15 Vicente González 787,124 649,297
2 81.5% Texas TX-16 Veronica Escobar 757,427 617,465
3 78.9% Texas TX-28 Henry Cuellar 851,824 672,129
4 78.7% California CA-34 Jimmy Gomez 654,303 515,167
5 76.0% Texas TX-29 Sylvia Garcia 677,032 514,861
6 75.4% California CA-38 Linda Sánchez 641,410 483,490
7 73.5% Illinois IL-04 Jesús "Chuy" García 601,156 442,018
8 73.2% Texas TX-27 Michael Cloud (Republican) 741,993 543,306
9 71.6% Florida FL-25 Mario Díaz-Balart (Republican) 807,176 577,998
10 71.5% Texas TX-20 Joaquin Castro 711,705 509,208
11 70.4% California CA-20 Jimmy Panetta 744,350 523,705
12 68.5% California CA-51 Juan Vargas 757,891 473,224
13 68.2% California CA-31 Pete Aguilar 611,336 417,183
14 66.4% Texas TX-23 Tony Gonzales (Republican) 847,651 562,913
15 66.1% New York NY-15 Ritchie Torres 731,101 483,258
16 62.6% California CA-32 Grace Napolitano 642,236 412,275
17 61.6% Arizona AZ-03 Raúl Grijalva 698,314 446,159
18 56.0% Arizona AZ-07 Ruben Gallego 855,769 479,014
19 51.8% New Mexico NM-02 Yvette Herrell (Republican) 663,956 343,856
20 51.2% California CA-21 David Valadao (Republican) 784,176 401,194

Districts with an African-American plurality[]

Districts with a Hispanic/Latino plurality[]

Districts with a white plurality (majority-minority)[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "My Congressional District: Tennessee's 9th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "My Congressional District: Mississippi's 2nd". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "My Congressional District: Alabama's 7th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "My Congressional District: Louisiana's 2nd". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "My Congressional District: Georgia's 4th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "My Congressional District: Georgia's 5th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "My Congressional District: Georgia's 13th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "My Congressional District: South Carolina's 6th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "My Congressional District: Michigan's 14th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "My Congressional District: Illinois's 2nd". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "My Congressional District: Michigan's 13th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "My Congressional District: New York's 8th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "My Congressional District: Pennsylvania's 3rd". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "My Congressional District: Maryland's 7th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  15. ^ "My Congressional District: Florida's 20th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  16. ^ "My Congressional District: Maryland's 4th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  17. ^ "My Congressional District: Ohio's 11th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  18. ^ "My Congressional District: Georgia's 2nd". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  19. ^ "My Congressional District: Illinois's 1st". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  20. ^ "My Congressional District: New Jersey's 10th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  21. ^ "My Congressional District: Florida's 24th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  22. ^ "My Congressional District: New York's 9th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  23. ^ "My Congressional District: California's 17th". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  24. ^ "My Congressional District: Hawaii's 1st". Census.gov. Retrieved August 15, 2021.

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