1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Congressional Redistricting Criteria and Considerations Updated November 15, 2021 Congressional redistricting involves creating geographic boundaries for U.S. House districts within a state. Following each decennial census
2、, House districts are first allocated among states through apportionment (or reapportionment), then allocated within states based upon each states redistricting process. The sections below describe selected federal and state redistricting criteria for congressional districts, followed by a brief dis
3、cussion of recent related congressional proposals. This product does not provide a legal analysis; for discussion of redistricting law, see CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10639, Congressional Redistricting 2021: Legal Framework, CRS Report R44199, Congressional Redistricting: Legal and Constitutional Issues,
4、and CRS Report R44798, Congressional Redistricting Law: Background and Recent Court Rulings. Selected Redistricting Criteria Redistricting criteria commonly reflect a combination of state and federal statutes, judicial interpretations, and historical practices. They may be viewed as efforts to provi
