Independent redistricting commissions prep data

The Colorado Independent Congressional and Legislative Redistricting Commissions have both approved a data set to allow them to prepare preliminary redistricting maps.  

Because census redistricting data will not be released until August, the commissions agreed that proceeding with preliminary data gives them the best chance of completing their work and receiving valuable feedback without delaying the 2022 election calendar.

Redistricting commissions staff and the Colorado State Demography Office have worked together to create the data set, using as a benchmark the recently released state resident population from the U.S. Census Bureau of 5,773,714.  

The preliminary data comes from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and state population forecasts, and its distribution is based on the Census Bureau’s Master Address File. The total population number will match the redistricting data exactly, and the distribution should be a close match.

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