What will the new census data mean for the state's two congressional districts?
When the U.S. Census Bureau released raw data for New Hampshire’s once-in-a-decade count, the numbers revealed a slowly diversifying state, whose population is growing in the Seacoast area but shrinking in the north and west.
But the numbers also set the stage for a redistricting effort, one that could affect the state’s congressional representation.
According to an aggregate of town-by-town population counts, New Hampshire’s two congressional districts both grew over the past years. But the 1st Congressional District grew more than the 2nd District.
The 1st District, which encompasses the southeast corner of the state and ranges from Manchester and Exeter to Conway, added 39,504 people. The 2nd District, which includes all of Coos County and the western half of the state, added just 21,552.
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