Delaware County
Delaware County redistricted in 2011, creating districts nearly equal in population with a deviation of only 2.1%. However, Districts 1 and 3 have non-contiguous pieces that lie wholly within other districts.
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County Redistricting Overview
State law and state and federal court decisions require that local government districts be compact, contiguous, not cross precint boundaries, and be as nearly equal in population as possible (usually with population deviation of less than 10%). To be in compliance, answers to each of the questions below should be "Yes".
Note: Other requirements regarding vote dilution and minority representation are not examined in this report.
| Were the districts based on the 2000 census in compliance with state law? | Unknown | |
| Did the county redistrict after the 2010 census? | Yes | |
| Is the population deviation of the current districts less than 10%? | Yes. It is 2% | |
| Are the current districts compact and contiguous? |
No. Six pieces of District 1 lie wholly within District 2; all 6 pieces belong to Precinct 71. Also, 1 piece of District 3 (part of Precinct 41) is wholly within District 1. Part of the problem is that District 2 partly follows the western boundary of Yorktown (it does not follow the eastern part). |
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| Is every precinct wholly contained within a single district? | Yes. | |
| Other comments: | The pieces of District 1 and 3 that are in other districts are non-contiguous precincts, which are usually caused by unincorporated properties within city limits. As these areas are frequently uninhabited, the practical outcome in terms of redistricting is usually minimal or nonexistent. |
2010 Census Data
In 2012, we were able to determine exact populations for each county council district by identifying which precincts (as drawn in 2011 by each county) were in which county council district. We were able to calculate precinct populations using the 2010 census as long as precincts contained whole census blocks, which they are supposed to do.
| District 1 |
29,281 |
| | District 2 |
29,726 |
| | District 3 |
29,560 |
| | District 4 |
29,104 |
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| Total Population | 117,671 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average District Population | 29,417.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Population Deviation | 2.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Population deviation is calculated by subtracting the smallest district from the largest district and dividing by the average district population. The maximum allowable deviation for local governments is 10%.