List of United States congressional districts
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats in the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census.[1] The number of voting seats has applied since 1913, excluding a temporary increase to 437 after the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii. The total number of state members is capped by the Reapportionment Act of 1929.[2] In addition, each of the five inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington, D. C., sends a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.
The Bureau of the Census conducts a constitutionally mandated decennial census whose figures are used to determine the number of congressional districts to which each state is entitled, in a process called "apportionment". The 2022 elections were the first to be based on the congressional districts which were defined based on the 2020 United States census.[3]
Each state is responsible for the redistricting of districts within their state, while several states have one "at-large" division. Redistricting must take place if the number of members changes following a re-apportionment, or may take place at any other time if demographics represented in a district have changed substantially. Setting the boundaries of states' congressional districts is the responsibility of state governments, who often gerrymander districts for various reasons. Districts may sometimes retain the same boundaries, while changing their district numbers.
The following is a complete list of the 435 current congressional districts for the House of Representatives, and over 200 obsolete districts, and the six current and one obsolete non-voting delegations.
Average population: 761,169 people based on 2020 U.S. census. It was 708,377 in 2010.
[1]
State with the most people in the average district: (989,948).[1] In 2010, Montana: 994,416.
Delaware
State with the fewest people in the average district: (542,113).[1] In 2010, Rhode Island: 527,624.
Montana
District with the fewest people: (545,085).[4] In 2010, also Rhode Island's 1st: 526,283.
Rhode Island's 1st
: 1818–1819 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1819–1823, 1841–1843, 1873–1877, 1913–1917, 1963–1965 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1823–1841, 1843–1963, 1965–present
1st district
: 1823–1841, 1843–1963, 1965–present
2nd district
: 1823–1841, 1843–1963, 1965–present
3rd district
: 1833–1841, 1843–1963, 1965–present
4th district
: 1833–1841, 1843–1963, 1965–present
5th district
: 1843–1963, 1965–present
6th district
: 1843–1863, 1877–1963, 1965–present
7th district
: 1906–1959 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1959–present
At-large
: 1863–1912 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1912–1949 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1949–present
1st district
: 1949–present
2nd district
: 1963–present
3rd district
: 1973–present
4th district
: 1983–present
5th district
: 1993–present
6th district
: 2003–present
7th district
: 2003–present
8th district
: 2013–present
9th district
: 1819–1836 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1836–1853, 1873–1875, 1883–1885 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1853–present
1st district
: 1853–present
2nd district
: 1863–present
3rd district
: 1875–present
4th district
: 1849–1865, 1883–1885 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1865–present
1st district
: 1865–present
2nd district
: 1865–present
3rd district
: 1873–present
4th district
: 1885–present
5th district
: 1885–present
6th district
: 1893–present
7th district
: 1903–present
8th district
: 1913–present
9th district
: 1913–present
10th district
: 1913–present
11th district
: 1933–present
12th district
: 1933–present
13th district
: 1933–present
14th district
: 1933–present
15th district
: 1933–present
16th district
: 1933–present
17th district
: 1933–present
18th district
: 1933–present
19th district
: 1933–present
20th district
: 1943–present
21st district
: 1943–present
22nd district
: 1943–present
23rd district
: 1953–present
24th district
: 1953–present
25th district
: 1953–present
26th district
: 1953–present
27th district
: 1953–present
28th district
: 1953–present
29th district
: 1953–present
30th district
: 1963–present
31st district
: 1963–present
32nd district
: 1963–present
33rd district
: 1963–present
34th district
: 1963–present
35th district
: 1963–present
36th district
: 1963–present
37th district
: 1963–present
38th district
: 1973–present
39th district
: 1973–present
40th district
: 1973–present
41st district
: 1973–present
42nd district
: 1973–present
43rd district
: 1983–present
44th district
: 1983–present
45th district
: 1993–present
46th district
: 1993–present
47th district
: 1993–present
48th district
: 1993–present
49th district
: 1993–present
50th district
: 1993–present
51st district
: 1993–present
52nd district
: 1861–1876 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1876–1893, 1903–1915 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1893–present
1st district
: 1893–present
2nd district
: 1915–present
3rd district
: 1915–present
4th district
: 1973–present
5th district
: 1983–present
6th district
: 2003–present
7th district
: 2023–present
8th district
: 1789–1837, 1903–1913, 1933–1965 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1837–present
1st district
: 1837–present
2nd district
: 1837–present
3rd district
: 1837–present
4th district
: 1837–1843, 1913–present
5th district
: 1789–present
At-large
The oldest district in the country, it has never changed its shape or size. From 1813 to 1823, Delaware had two representatives — both chosen at-large on a general ticket from the same statewide district.
: 1822–1845 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1845–1875, 1913–1915, 1933–1937, 1943–1945 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1875–present
1st district
: 1875–present
2nd district
: 1903–present
3rd district
: 1915–present
4th district
: 1937–present
5th district
: 1945–present
6th district
: 1953–present
7th district
: 1953–present
8th district
: 1963–present
9th district
: 1963–present
10th district
: 1963–present
11th district
: 1963–present
12th district
: 1973–present
13th district
: 1973–present
14th district
: 1973–present
15th district
: 1983–present
16th district
: 1983–present
17th district
: 1983–present
18th district
: 1983–present
19th district
: 1993–present
20th district
: 1993–present
21st district
: 1993–present
22nd district
: 1993–present
23rd district
: 2003–present
24th district
: 2003–present
25th district
: 2013–present
26th district
: 2013–present
27th district
: 2023–present
28th district
: 1793–1827, 1829–1845, 1883–1885 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–1793, 1827–1829, 1845–present
1st district
: 1789–1793, 1827–1829, 1845–present
2nd district
: 1789–1793, 1827–1829, 1845–present
3rd district
: 1827–1829, 1845–present
4th district
: 1827–1829, 1845–present
5th district
: 1827–1829, 1845–present
6th district
: 1827–1829, 1845–present
7th district
: 1845–1863, 1873–present
8th district
: 1873–present
9th district
: 1885–present
10th district
: 1893–1933, 1993–present
11th district
: 1913–1933, 2003–present
12th district
: 2003–present
13th district
: 2013–present
14th district
: 1900–1959 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1959–1971 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1971–present
1st district
: 1971–present
2nd district
: 1864–1890 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1890–1919 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1919–present
1st district
: 1919–present
2nd district
: 1812–1818 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1818–1833, 1863–1873, 1893–1895, 1913–1949 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1833–present
1st district
: 1833–present
2nd district
: 1833–present
3rd district
: 1843–present
4th district
: 1843–present
5th district
: 1843–present
6th district
: 1843–present
7th district
: 1853–present
8th district
: 1853–present
9th district
: 1863–present
10th district
: 1863–present
11th district
: 1863–present
12th district
: 1863–present
13th district
: 1873–present
14th district
: 1873–present
15th district
: 1873–present
16th district
: 1873–present
17th district
: 1805–1816 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1816–1823, 1873–1875 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1823–present
1st district
: 1823–present
2nd district
: 1823–present
3rd district
: 1833–present
4th district
: 1833–present
5th district
: 1833–present
6th district
: 1833–present
7th district
: 1843–present
8th district
: 1843–present
9th district
: 1838–1846 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1846–1847 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1847–present
1st district
: 1847–present
2nd district
: 1863–present
3rd district
: 1863–present
4th district
: 1854–1861 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1861–1875, 1883–1885, 1893–1907 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1875–present
1st district
: 1875–present
2nd district
: 1875–present
3rd district
: 1885–present
4th district
: 1933–1935 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1792–1933, 1935–present
1st district
: 1792–1933, 1935–present
2nd district
: 1803–1933, 1935–present
3rd district
: 1803–1933, 1935–present
4th district
: 1803–1933, 1935–present
5th district
: 1803–1933, 1935–present
6th district
: 1806–1812 (obsolete since statehood)
Orleans Territory
: 1812–1823, 1873–1875 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1823–present
1st district
: 1823–present
2nd district
: 1823–present
3rd district
: 1843–present
4th district
: 1863–present
5th district
: 1875–present
6th district
: 1820–1821, 1883–1885 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1821–1883, 1885–present
1st district
: 1821–1883, 1885–present
2nd district
Until 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts. After the 1810 census, Massachusetts was allocated 20 districts. Seven Massachusetts districts (then numbered 14 through 20) were credited to Maine soon after it became a state in 1820. See District of Maine.
: 1963–1967 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–present
1st district
: 1789–present
2nd district
: 1789–present
3rd district
: 1789–present
4th district
: 1789–present
5th district
: 1789–1863, 1873–present
6th district
: 1793–1843, 1953–present
7th district
: 1793–1835, 1967–present
8th district
: 1793–1795 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–present
1st district
: 1789–present
2nd district
: 1789–present
3rd district
: 1789–present
4th district
: 1789–1793, 1795–present
5th district
: 1789–1793, 1795–present
6th district
: 1789–1793, 1795–present
7th district
: 1789–1793, 1795–present
8th district
: 1795–present
9th district
: 1819–1837 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1837–1843, 1913–1915, 1963–1965 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1843–present
1st district
: 1843–present
2nd district
: 1843–present
3rd district
: 1853–present
4th district
: 1863–present
5th district
: 1863–present
6th district
: 1873–present
7th district
: 1873–present
8th district
: 1873–present
9th district
: 1883–present
10th district
: 1883–present
11th district
: 1893–present
12th district
: 1915–present
13th district
: 1849–1858 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1858–1863, 1913–1915, 1933–1935 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1863–1933, 1935–present
1st district
: 1863–1933, 1935–present
2nd district
: 1873–1933, 1935–present
3rd district
: 1883–1933, 1935–present
4th district
: 1883–1933, 1935–present
5th district
: 1893–1933, 1935–present
6th district
: 1893–1933, 1935–present
7th district
: 1903–1933, 1935–present
8th district
: 1801–1817 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1817–1847, 1853–1855 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1847–present
1st district
: 1847–present
2nd district
: 1847–present
3rd district
: 1847–present
4th district
: 1812–1821 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1821–1847, 1933–1935 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1847–1933, 1935–present
1st district
: 1847–1933, 1935–present
2nd district
: 1847–1933, 1935–present
3rd district
: 1847–1933, 1935–present
4th district
: 1847–1933, 1935–present
5th district
: 1853–1933, 1935–present
6th district
: 1853–1933, 1935–present
7th district
: 1863–1933, 1935–present
8th district
: 1865–1889 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1889–1919, 1993–2023 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1919–1993, 2023–present
1st district
: 1919–1993, 2023–present
2nd district
: 1855–1867 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1867–1883 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1883–present
1st district
: 1883–present
2nd district
: 1883–present
3rd district
: 1861–1864 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1864–1983 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1983–present
1st district
: 1983–present
2nd district
: 2003–present
3rd district
: 2013–present
4th district
: 1789–1847 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1847–present
1st district
: 1847–present
2nd district
: 1789–1799, 1801–1813, 1815–1843 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1799–1801, 1813–1815, 1843–present
1st district
: 1799–1801, 1813–1815, 1843–present
2nd district
: 1799–1801, 1813–1815, 1843–present
3rd district
: 1799–1801, 1843–present
4th district
: 1799–1801, 1843–present
5th district
: 1873–present
6th district
: 1873–present
7th district
: 1893–present
8th district
: 1903–present
9th district
: 1903–present
10th district
: 1913–present
11th district
: 1913–present
12th district
: 1851–1912 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1912–1969 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1969–present
1st district
: 1969–present
2nd district
: 1983–present
3rd district
: 1873–1875, 1883–1885, 1933–1945 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–present
1st district
: 1789–present
2nd district
: 1789–present
3rd district
: 1789–present
4th district
: 1789–present
5th district
: 1789–present
6th district
: 1793–present
7th district
: 1793–present
8th district
: 1793–present
9th district
: 1793–present
10th district
: 1803–present
11th district
: 1803–present
12th district
: 1803–present
13th district
: 1803–present
14th district
: 1803–present
15th district
: 1803–1809, 1813–present
16th district
: 1803–1809, 1813–present
17th district
: 1813–present
18th district
: 1813–present
19th district
: 1813–present
20th district
: 1813–present
21st district
: 1821–present
22nd district
: 1823–present
23rd district
: 1823–present
24th district
: 1823–present
25th district
: 1823–present
26th district
: 1883–1885 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–present
1st district
: 1789–present
2nd district
: 1789–present
3rd district
: 1789–present
4th district
: 1789–present
5th district
: 1793–present
6th district
: 1793–present
7th district
: 1793–1863, 1873–present
8th district
: 1793–1853, 1885–present
9th district
: 1793–1843, 1903–present
10th district
: 1803–1843, 1933–present
11th district
: 1803–1843, 1943–1963, 1993–present
12th district
: 1813–1843, 2003–present
13th district
: 2023–present
14th district
: 1861–1889 (obsolete since statehood)
Dakota Territory
: 1889–1913, 1933–1963, 1973–present
At-large
: 1799–1803 (obsolete since statehood)
Northwest Territory
: 1803–1813, 1913–1915, 1933–1953, 1963–1967 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1813–present
1st district
: 1813–present
2nd district
: 1813–present
3rd district
: 1813–present
4th district
: 1813–present
5th district
: 1813–present
6th district
: 1823–present
7th district
: 1823–present
8th district
: 1823–present
9th district
: 1823–present
10th district
: 1823–present
11th district
: 1823–present
12th district
: 1823–present
13th district
: 1823–present
14th district
: 1833–present
15th district
: 1890–1907 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1913–1915, 1933–1943 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1907–present
1st district
: 1907–present
2nd district
: 1907–present
3rd district
: 1907–present
4th district
: 1907–present
5th district
: 1849–1859 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1859–1893 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1893–present
1st district
: 1893–present
2nd district
: 1913–present
3rd district
: 1943–present
4th district
: 1983–present
5th district
: 2023–present
6th district
: 1789–1791, 1793–1795, 1873–1875, 1883–1889, 1893–1903, 1913–1923, 1943–1945 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
1st district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
2nd district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
3rd district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
4th district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
5th district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
6th district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
7th district
: 1791–1793, 1795–present
8th district
: 1795–present
9th district
: 1795–present
10th district
: 1795–present
11th district
: 1795–1803, 1813–present
12th district
: 1813–present
13th district
: 1813–present
14th district
: 1813–present
15th district
: 1823–present
16th district
: 1823–present
17th district
: 1790–1843 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1843–present
1st district
: 1843–present
2nd district
: 1873–1875 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–present
1st district
: 1789–present
2nd district
: 1789–present
3rd district
: 1789–present
4th district
: 1789–1863, 1875–present
5th district
: 1793–1863, 1883–present
6th district
: 1803–1853, 1883–1933, 2013–present
7th district
1861–1889 (obsolete since statehood)
Dakota Territory
: 1889–1913, 1983–present
At-large
: 1794–1796 (obsolete since statehood)
Southwest Territory
: 1796–1805, 1873–1875 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1805–present
1st district
: 1805–present
2nd district
: 1805–present
3rd district
: 1813–present
4th district
: 1813–present
5th district
: 1813–present
6th district
: 1823–present
7th district
: 1823–present
8th district
: 1823–1863, 1873–1973, 1983–present
9th district
: 1873–1875, 1913–1919, 1933–1935, 1953–1959, 1963–1967 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1845–present
1st district
: 1845–present
2nd district
: 1863–present
3rd district
: 1863–present
4th district
: 1875–present
5th district
: 1875–present
6th district
: 1883–present
7th district
: 1883–present
8th district
: 1883–present
9th district
: 1883–present
10th district
: 1883–present
11th district
: 1893–present
12th district
: 1893–present
13th district
: 1903–present
14th district
: 1903–present
15th district
: 1903–present
16th district
: 1919–present
17th district
: 1919–present
18th district
: 1935–present
19th district
: 1935–present
20th district
: 1935–present
21st district
: 1959–present
22nd district
: 1967–present
23rd district
: 1973–present
24th district
: 1983–present
25th district
: 1983–present
26th district
: 1983–present
27th district
: 1993–present
28th district
: 1993–present
29th district
: 1993–present
30th district
: 2003–present
31st district
: 2003–present
32nd district
: 2013–present
33rd district
: 2013–present
34th district
: 2013–present
35th district
: 2013–present
36th district
: 2023–present
37th district
: 2023–present
38th district
: 1851–1896 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1896–1913 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1913–present
1st district
: 1913–present
2nd district
: 1983–present
3rd district
: 2013–present
4th district
: 1813–1821, 1823–1825, 1933–present
At-large
: 1883–1885, 1933–1935 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
1st district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
2nd district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
3rd district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
4th district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
5th district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
6th district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
7th district
: 1789–1933, 1935–present
8th district
: 1789–1863, 1873–1933, 1935–present
9th district
: 1789–1863, 1885–1933, 1953–present
10th district
: 1793–1863, 1993–present
11th district
: 1854–1889 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1889–1909, 1913–1915, 1953–1959 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1909–present
1st district
: 1909–present
2nd district
: 1909–present
3rd district
: 1915–present
4th district
: 1915–present
5th district
: 1933–present
6th district
: 1959–present
7th district
: 1983–present
8th district
: 1993–present
9th district
: 2013–present
10th district
: 1913–1917 (obsolete)
At-large
: 1863–present
1st district
: 1863–present
2nd district
: 1848–present
1st district
: 1848–present
2nd district
: 1849–present
3rd district
: 1863–present
4th district
: 1863–present
5th district
: 1863–present
6th district
: 1873–present
7th district
: 1873–present
8th district
: 1869–1890 (obsolete since statehood)
Territory
: 1890–present
At-large
, 1978–present
American Samoa
, 1835 & 2019–present (yet to be seated)
Cherokee Nation
, 1830 (never seated)
Choctaw Nation
, 1871–1875 & 1971–present
District of Columbia
, 1970–present
Guam
, 2009–present
Northern Mariana Islands
, 1901–present
Puerto Rico
, 1970–present
United States Virgin Islands
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