An area established by law for the election of representatives to the United States Congress. 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 number of CDs in each state may change after each decennial census, and the boundaries may be changed more than once during a decade.
A division or part of a state; each district elects one person to the House of Representatives.
a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
a geographic area whose residents are represented in the House of Representatives by the same Member
an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress
One of 13 districts in New Jersey from which a congressional representative is elected. The districts are established by state law and are redrawn following a decennial census to maintain equal population in each.
an area within a state from which a member of the House of Representatives is elected. There are 435 Congressional districts. Each district has about 570,000 people. Seats (positions) in the House of Representatives are reapportioned every 10 years; since the number of Representatives is set to 435, some areas lose Representatives and others gain some.
