Well, look what HE's doing to US now...

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Cool.

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I`ve done Alabama, but I'm not done naming yet.
I'll post it tomorrow.

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BAMA
4,447 mio inhabitants. 44 seats

MOBILE CENTRAL
MOBILE SOUTH & BAYOU LA BATRE
MOBILE WEST & BIG CREEK LAKE
PRICHARD & SEMMES
Mobile County. 399K. Central is entirely in Mobile CCD (250K). Others combine parts of Mobile CCD with, respectively, Theodore, Bayou La Batre, and Grand Bay CCDs (57K), Tanner Williams CCD (59K), and Mount Vernon, Semmes, and Citronelle CCDs (32K). This is because the Tanner Williams CCD extends west to the state line (where the small town of Tanner Williams is) but has most of its population right on the outskirts of the Mobile Agglomeration - inside city limits, in fact. A district entirely outside Mobile CCD would have had to include Tanner Williams.
DAPHNE & PERDIDO BAY
Daphne, Fairhope, Foley, Elberta, Summerdale and Robertsdale CCDs of Baldwin county. 114K
BAY MINETTE, BREWTON & MONROEVILLE
Bay Minette and Stockton CCDs of Baldwin County; Escambia, Conecuh, and Monroe counties. 102K
LOWER TOMBIGBEE
Washington, Choctaw, Sumter, Clarke, Marengo counties. 100K
ANDALUSIA & ENTERPRISE
Covington, Coffee, Geneva. 107K
DOTHAN
Houston county. 89K
EUFAULA & FORT RUCKER
Dale, Henry, Barbour. 94K
GREENVILLE & TROY
Butler, Crenshaw, Pike, Wilcox, Lowndes. 91K
MONTGOMERY NORTH
MONTGOMERY SOUTH
Montgomery County. 223K. CCDs apart from Montgomery (195K) all in South constituency.
AUTAUGA - ELMORE
Autauga, Elmore. 110K
TUSKEGEE & PHENIX CITY
Russell, Macon, Bullock. 86K
AUBURN - OPELIKA
Lee. 115K
SELMA & (?)
Dallas, Perry, Bibb, Hale, Greene. 106K. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men country, btw.

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Part 2
JEFFERSON County has 662K and 7 seats. Birmingham CCD has 490K and would be entitled to 5 seats, the rest is in a large no. of small CCDs. Problem is that Hoover and Greenwood CCDs are divided from the remainder by a southern extension of Birmingham CCD.
HOOVER
Hoover, Greenwood, North Johns, Concor - Hopkins, Maytown - Silver Springs, West Jefferson, Graysville - Adamsville CCDs (82K) plus small part of Birmingham CCD.
TRUSSVILLE & GARDENDALE
Remaining CCDs. 89K
5 BIRMINGHAM CCD seats, of which three or four will likely be named Birmingham.
ALABASTER - MONTEVALLO
Alabaster - Helena and Montevallo CCDs of Shelby County. 96K
CLANTON & COLUMBIANA
Remainder of Shelby County; Chilton, Coosa counties. 99K
ROANOKE, LANETT & ALEXANDER CITY
Tallapoosa, Chambers, Randolph. 100K
TALLADEGA & CHEAHA MOUNTAIN
Talladega, Clay, Cleburne. 108K
ANNISTON
Calhoun. 112K
SAINT CLAIR - BLOUNT
Saint Clair, Blount. 116K
GADSDEN
Etowah. 103K
FORT PAYNE & WEISS LAKE
DeKalb, Cherokee counties; Section, Pisgah, Long Island CCDs of Jackson County (ie, part on the left bank of the Tennessee River). 104K
GUNTERSVILLE & SCOTTSBORO
Marshall County; remainder of Jackson County. 118K. Marshall County entitled to a seat of its own, actually. Jackson County split required by geography.
HUNTSVILLE CENTRAL
HUNTSVILLE WEST & MADISON
HUNTSVILLE EAST & HAZEL GROVE
Madison county. 277K. Central entirely in Huntsville CCD (188K). W includes parts of Huntsville plus  Arsenal, Madison, and Triana-Blackwell CCDs (35K) to the SW. E includes part of Huntsville plus remaining CCDs (54K) to the North and East.
DECATUR
Morgan. 111K
ATHENS & MOULTON
Limestone, Lawrence. 101K
FLORENCE
Lauderdale. 88K
CULLMAN ( & DOUBLE SPRINGS)
Cullman, Winston. 102K
TUSCUMBIA & RUSSELLVILLE
Colbert, Franklin, Marion. 117K
JASPER & (?)
Walker, Fayette, Lamar. 105K
TUSCALOOSA
Tuscaloosa CCD of Tuscaloosa County. 101K
NORTHPORT & CARROLLTON
Remainder of Tuscaloosa County; Pickens County. 85K. Tuscaloosa County (165K) actually entitled to two whole seats.

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TENNESSEE
5,689 mio, 57 seats

Eight MEMPHIS CCD districts, likely named Memphis+neighborhood or suburb (Bartlett and Germantown come to mind). 807K
COLLIERVILLE & MILLINGTON
Remainder of Shelby county. 90K
BOLIVAR & (?)
Fayette, Hardeman, Chester, McNairy. 98K
COVINGTON & BROWNSVILLE
Tipton, Lauderdale, Haywood. 98K
DYERSBURG & UNION CITY
Lake, Dyer, Obio, Weakley. 112K
JACKSON
Madison. 92K
HUMBOLDT & McKENZIE
Gibson, Crockett, Carroll. 92K
LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES SOUTH (until I can think of a better name)
Henry, Benton, Stewart, Houston, Humphreys. 86K
SAVANNAH & (?)
Decatur, Perry, Hardin, Wayne, Lewis, Hickman. 96K
LAWRENCEBURG & FAYETTEVILLE
Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln. 100K
CLARKSVILLE
Clarksville and Saint Bethlehem CCDs of Montgomery County. 109K
DICKSON & FORT CAMPBELL
remainder of Montgomery County; Dickson, Cheatham counties. 105K
six DAVIDSON county constituencies. 570K (no CCDs)
FRANKLIN & BRENTWOOD
Franklin, Brentwood, and Nolensville CCDs of Williamson county. 101K
COLUMBIA
Remainder of Williamson county; Maury. 95K
LEWISBURG, SHELBYVILLE & MANCHESTER
Marshall, Bedford, Coffee. 113K
MURFREESBORO
Murfreesboro CCD of Rutherford county. 91K
SMYRNA (or RUTHERFORD)
Remainder of Rutherford county. 91K. Surrounds Murfreesboro entirely.
WINCHESTER & SOUTH CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
Moore, Franklin, Marion, Grundy, Sequatchie. 98K
HENDERSONVILLE & GALLATIN
Hendersonville, Gallatin CCDs of Sumner county. 88K
PORTLAND & SPRINGFIELD
Remainder of Sumner county, Robertson county. 96K
LEBANON
Wilson county. 89K
UPPER CUMBERLAND
Macon, Trousdale, Smith, Jackson, Clay, Pickett, Overton, Fentress. 106K
COOKEVILLE
Putnam, White, DeKalb. 102K
McMINNVILLE & DAYTON
Cannon, Warren, Van Buren, Bledsoe, Rhea. 97K
CROSSVILLE & BIG SOUTH FORK
Cumberland, Morgan, Scott. 88K
CHATTANOOGA SOUTH (or SOUTH WEST)
part of Chattanooga CCD (202K), East Ridge and Lookout Mountain CCDs (25K)
CHATTANOOGA EAST & OOLTEWAH
Part of Chattanooga CCD, Ooltewah CCD (14K)
CHATTANOOGA NORTH & MIDDLE VALLEY
Part of Chattanooga CCD, remaining CCDs of Hamilton County (66K). 308K together.
CLEVELAND
Bradley, Polk. 104K
ATHENS & SWEETWATER
Meigs, McMinn, Monroe. 99K
ROANE & LOUDON
Roane, Loudon. 91K
MARYVILLE
Blount. 106K
three KNOXVILLE constituencies incl. KNOXVILLE WEST & FARRAGUT
Knoxville (275K) and Concord (25K) CCDs. 300K together.
POWELL
Remainder of Knox county; Union county. 100K
OAK RIDGE & LA FOLLETTE
Anderson, Campbell. 111K
SEVIERVILLE & NEWPORT
Sevier, Cocke. 105K
JEFFERSON CITY & MORRISTOWn
Jefferson, Hamblen. 102K
CLINCH MOUNTAIN (SOUTH)
Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins. 112K
JOHNSON CITY
Washington. 107K
KIGNSPORT
Kingsport and Blountville CCDs of Sullivan county. 101K
GREENEVILLE & ERWIN
Greene, Unicoi counties; Tiger Valley, Roan Mountain, Level Fork CCDs of Carter county. 93K
BRISTOL & ELIZABETHTON
Johnson county; Elizabethton, Stony Creek, and Biltmore CCDs of Carter county; Bristol, Bluff City - Piney Flats, and Holston Valley CCDs of Sullivan county. 115K

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KENTUCKY
4.042 mio inhabitants. 40 seats.

PADUCAH
Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Livingston. 102K
MAYFIELD
Graves, Calloway, Marshall. 101K
HOPKINSVILLE
Trigg, Christian, Lyon, Kramer. 106K
HENDERSON
Henderson, Union, Crittenden, McLean, Webster. 109K
OWENSBORO
Daviess. 92K
MADISONVILLE & (?)
Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Ohio. 102K
BOWLING GREEN
Warren. 93K
ROUGH RIVER LAKE & MAMMOTH CAVE
Meade, Breckinridge, Hancock, Grayson, Edmonson. 102K
RUSSELLVILLE & MIDDLE CUMBERLAND RIVER
Todd, Logan, Simpson, Allen, Monroe, Cumberland, Clinton. 102K
ELIZABETHTON
Hardin, Larue. 107K
GLASGOW & CAMPBELLSVILLE
Hart, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Adair, Taylor. 117K
BULLITT & BARDSTOWN
Bullitt, Washington, Nelson. 109K
LOUISVILLE WEST
Louisville C and Louisville W CCDs. 97K
LOUISVILLE EAST
Louisville E CCD. 93K
LOUISVILLE SOUTH
Louisville S CCD (76K), part of Jefferson SW CCD.
PLEASURE RIDGE PARK
Remainder of Jefferson SW CCD (114K).
NEWBURG
Jefferson C CCD. 105K
JEFFERSONTOWN
Jefferson SE CCD. 105K
LYNDON & (?)
Jefferson NE CCD. 98K
OLDHAM & SHELBYVILLE
Oldham, Shelby, Spencer. 91K
FRANKFORT
Franklin, Anderson, Woodford, Mercer. 111K
SOMERSET & LAKE CUMBERLAND
Russell, Pulaski, Wayne, McCreary. 109K
DANVILLE, CAMPBELLSVILLE & (place or landmark from SE part)
Casey, Boyle, Lincoln, Garrard, Rockcastle, Marion. 116K
WILLIAMSBURG & CUMBERLAND GAP
Whitley, Knox, Bell. 98K
LONDON & UPPER KENTUCKY RIVER
Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Clay, Estill, Lee. 119K
RICHMOND & JESSAMINE
Madison, Jessamine. 110K
LEXINGTON - FAYETTE 1-3.
261K. No CCDs.
LOWER KENTUCKY RIVER
Trimble, Carroll, Henry, Owen, Gallatin, Scott, Harrison. 104K
PARIS & MOUNT STERLING
Bourbon, Nicholas, Clark, Bath, Montgomery. 93K
BOONE
Boone. 86K
NEWPORT
Campbell. 89K
COVINGTON
Covington CCD of Kenton county. 116K
MAYSVILLE & INDEPENDENCE
Independence and Piner - Visalia CCDs of Kenton county; Grant, Pendleton, Bracken, Robertson, Mason counties. 98K
GREENUP & MOREHEAD
Fleming, Lewis, Rowan, Greenup. 86K
ASHLAND
Carter, Boyd, Elliott, Lawrence. 100K
(looking for name for this strip of coal country)
Johnson, Martin, Morgan, Magoffin, Powell, Wolfe, Menifee, Breathitt. 108K
PIKEVILLE
Pike, Floyd. 111K
HAZARD
Perry, Letcher, Leslie, Harlan, Knott. 117K

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(looking for name for this strip of coal country)

If you fiddle Knott county into it, Perkins would do.

What's Perkins?

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Fiddling Knott in would not be a problem, btw.
Change:

ASHLAND
Carter, Boyd, Elliott, Lawrence. 100K
(looking for name for this strip of coal country)
Johnson, Martin, Morgan, Magoffin, Powell, Wolfe, Menifee, Breathitt. 108K
HAZARD
Perry, Letcher, Leslie, Harlan, Knott. 117K

To:
ASHLAND
Carter, Boyd, Elliott, Larence, Martin. 113K
PERKINS
Johnson, Morgan, Magoffin, Powell, Wolfe, Menifee, Breathitt, Knott. 113K
HAZARD
Perry, Letcher, Leslie, Harlan. 99K

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MIZZOURI
5.595 mio inhabitants. 56 seats
A note on Metro areas: Townships and Cities do not necessarily go alike in Missouri. Kansas City spans across three counties...and that's only counting the one in Missouri.

MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
New Madrid, Mississippi, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Stoddard. 116K
CAPE GIRARDEAU
Cape Girardeau, Scott. 109K
FARMINGTON & PERRYVILLE
Saint Francois, Sainte Genevieve, Perry. 92K
ARNOLD
Arnold, Imperial, Windsor, Rock townships of Jefferson county. 90K
FESTUS & HILLSBORO
Remainder of Jefferson county. 104K
SAINT LOUIS 1-3
City of Saint Louis. 348K together.
Following ten seats make up Saint Louis County:
OAKVILLE & MEHLVILLE
Oakville, Tesson Ferry, Lemay townships. 109K
AFFTON & KIRKWOOD
Concord, Gravois, Bonhomme townships. 110K
BALLWIN & MANCHESTER
Meramec, Queeny townships. 88K
CHESTERFIELD
Chesterfield, Lafayette townships. 92K
WEBSTER GROVES & CLAYTON
Hadley, Clayton, Jefferson townships. 105K
UNIVERSITY CITY & JENNINGS
University, Normandy, Norwood townships. 95K
CREVE COEUR & OVERLAND
Creve Coeur, Midland, and Missouri River townships. 104K
MARYLAND HEIGHTS
Maryland Heights, Airport, and Northwest townships. 98K
FLORISSANT
Florissant, Ferguson, and Lewis and Clark townships. 105K
SPANISH LAKE
Saint Ferdinand, Halls Ferry, and Spanish Lake townships. 110K
The following three seats make up Saint Charles county:
SAINT CHARLES & SAINT PETERS EAST
Frontier, Blanchette, Lindenwood, Friedens, Zumbehl, Rivers, Spencer Creek townships. 98K
O'FALLON EAST & SAINT PETERS WEST
Cottleville, Saint Peters, O'Fallon townships. 87K
O'FALLON WEST & WENTZVILLE
Harvester, Boone, Dardenne, Wentzville townships. 98K
UNION & WASHINGTON
Franklin. 94K
POPLAR BLUFF (& ?)
Bollinger, Wayne, Butler, Madison, Ripley, Carter. 98K
TAUM SAUK MOUNTAIN
Iron, Reynolds, Washington, Crawford, Dent, Shannon, Oregon. 97K. Named after state's highest point.
LOWER GASCONADE
Gasconade, Orange, Maries, Phelps, Miller. 101K
JEFFERSON CITY
Cole, Moniteau, Cooper. 103K
LAKE OF THE OZARKS & FORT LEONARD WOOD
Pulaski, Camden, Morgan. 97K
LEBANON & ? (or UPPER GASCONADE)
Texas, Laclede, Wright, Webster, Douglas. 118K
BRANSON & WEST PLAINS
Howell, Ozark, Taney, Stone. 116K
SPRINGFIELD NORTH
SPRINGFIELD SOUTH
Springfield (152K), Campbell, North Campbell, Wilson, Clay townships of Greene county. 195K together.
CHRISTIAN & REPUBLIC
Remainder of Greene county; Christian county. 99K. As far as the name goes: Just couldn't resist the temptation.
JOPLIN
Jasper. 104K
NEOSHO
Newton, McDonald, Barry. 109K
NEVADA & STOCKTON LAKE
Cedar, Dade, Lawrence, Barton, Vernon, Bates. 107K. Would be named Truman in Australia.
CLINTON & BOLIVAR
Dallas, Polk, Hickory, Saint Clair, Benton, Henry. 101K
MARSHALL, SEDALIA & WARRENSBURG
Saline, Pettis, Johnson. 111K
HARRISONVILLE
Cass. 82K
The following seven constituencies are in Jackson county:
INDEPENDENCE EAST
KANSAS CITY (neighborhood) & INDEPENDENCE WEST
Blue township. 160K
KANSAS CITY (neighborhood names)
2 constituencies, Kaw township. 183K
BLUE SPRINGS
Fort Osage, Sni-A-Bar, Van Buren townships. 80K
KANSAS CITY RAYTOWN
Brooking township (81K), part of Washington township (74K)
LEE'S SUMMIT
Praire township (77K), remainder of Washington township.
KANSAS CITY GLADSTONE
Gallatin township (68K), part of Chouteau township (41K) of Clay county.
KANSAS CITY LIBERTY
Remainder of Clay county. 184K together.
KANSAS CITY NORTH WEST & LITTLE PLATTE
Platte, Clinton. 93K
SAINT JOSEPH
Buchanan. 86K
RICHMOND & CHILLICOTHE
Lafayette, Carroll, Ray, Kramer, Livingston, Daviess. 98K. Only district in the state to cross the Missouri, btw.
TRENTON & MARYVILLE (or MISSOURI NORTH WEST)
Atchison, Nodaway, Holt, Andrew, Worth, Gentry, DeKalb, Harrison, Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan. 100K
KIRKSVILLE & HANNIBAL (or MISSOURI NORTH EAST)
Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Ralls. 98K
MACON, MOBERLY & MEXICO
Linn, Macon, Shelby, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe, Audrain. 104K
COLUMBIA
Columbia and Missouri townships, Boone county. 104K
FULTON & (?)
Remainder of Boone county; Howard, Callaway. 82K
CUIVRE RIVER
Pike, Lincoln, Warren, Montgomery. 94K

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IOWA
2,926 mio inhabitants. 29 seats.

Sorry for this one and the last one's zigzagging across the state, btw.

BURLINGTON
Lee, Des Moines, Henry. 100K
MUSCATINE
Louisa, Muscatine, Cedar, Washington. 93K
DAVENPORT
City of Davenport. 98K
BETTENDORF & CLINTON
Remainder of Scott county; Clinton county. 111K
IOWA CITY
Johnson. 111K
CEDAR RAPIDS SW
Fayette, Clinto, Fairfax, College, Putnam townships (7K), part of Cedar Rapid city (121K) of Linn county. Outside the city, boundary follows Cedar river.
CEDAR RAPIDS NE
Remainder of Linn county. 192K together.
OTTUMWA
Jefferson, Van Buren, Wapello, Davis, Monroe, Appanoose, Keokuk. 102K
NEWTON, GRINNELL & OSKALOOSA
Iowa, Poweshiek, Jasper, Mahaska. 94K
INDIANOLA
Warren, Marion, Lucas, Wayne, Clarke, Decatur. 107K
The following four seats are in Linn county:
DES MOINES CENTRAL
Des Moines township. 101K. The city spans a no. of townships and has a total population of 199K.
DES MOINES SOUTH WEST
Bloomfield and Walnut townships. 91K. Includes 27K inhabitants of Des Moines, as well as the 43K inhabitants of West Des Moines.
DES MOINES EAST
Lee, Allen, Camp, Four Mile, Delaware, Clay, Beaver townships. 92K. Includes 62K inhabitants of Des Moines.
DES MOINES NORTH & UNIONDALE
Remainder of county. 91K. Includes 10K inhabitants of Des Moines.
IOWA SOUTH WEST
Union, Ringgold, Adams, Taylor, Montgomery, Page, Mills, Fremont, Adair, Cass. 103K
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Pottawattamie. 88K
DENISON & HARLAN (or, IOWA WEST, or WEST CENTRAL)
Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Monona, Ida, Sac.104K
PERRY & BOONE
Guthrie, Dallas, Greene, Boone. 88K
AMES
Story, Hamilton. 96K
MARSHALLTOWN & IOWA FALLS
Marshall, Grundy, Hardin, Franklin, Butler, Wright. 110K
WATERLOO & CEDAR FALLS
Waterloo, Cedar Falls cities, Cedar Falls township of Black Hawk county. 105K
VINTON & WAVERLY
Remainder of Black Hawk county; Buchanan, Tama, Benton, Bremer. 110K
DUBUQUE
Dubuque. 89K
MANCHESTER & MAQUOKETA
Jackson, Jones, Delaware, Clayton, Allamakee. 92K
DECORAH & CHARLES CITY
Winneshiek, Fayette, Howard, Chickasaw, Mitchell, Floyd, Worth. 101K
MASON CITY & ESTHERVILLE
Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Kossuth, Emmet, Palo Alto, Dickinson. 114K
FORT DODGE & STORM LAKE
Webster, Humboldt, Calhoun, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Clay. 107K
LE MARS & CHEROKEE
Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Osceola, O'Brien, Cherokee. 104K
SIOUX CITY
Woodbury. 104K

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MINNESOTA
4.919 mio. 49 seats

Hennepin, 1.116 mio. 11 seats.
MINNEAPOLIS 1-4
Minneapolis (cities unless mentioned for Hennepin and Ramsey, Anoka, Washington and Dakota, btw), part of St Anthony in Hennepin county. 389K together.
BLOOMINGTON
Bloomington. 85K
RICHFIELD - EDINA - HOPKINS
Fort Snelling unincorporated territory, Richfield, Edina, Hopkins. 98K
EDEN PRAIRIE & MINNETONKA
Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Shorewood, Greenwood, Excelsior. 116K
SAINT LOUIS PARK & GOLDEN VALLEY
Saint Louis Park, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal. 101K
BROOKLYN PARK
Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Osseo. 98K
PLYMOUTH & (what's the name of that lake?)
New Hope, Plymouth, Medicine Lake, Medina, Loretto, Ocono, Long Lake, Minnetonka Beach, Spring Park, Wayzata, Woodland, Deephaven, Tonka Bay. 114K
MAPLE GROVE
Saint Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Mound, Spring Park, Independence, Maple Plain, Greenfield, Rockford, Corcoran, Hanover, Rogers, Hassan township (the only township in Hennepin county), Maple Grove, Dayton, Champlin. 114K
Some of these should actually be "part of xy in Hennepin county", sorry bout that. Also goes for following counties.

Ramsey county - 511K, 5 seats.
SAINT PAUL 1-3
Saint Paul, 287K together
ROSEVILLE & SHOREVIEW
Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Roseville, Saint Anthony, New Brighton, Mounds View, Spring Lake Park, Arden Hills, Shoreview. 115K
MAPLEWOOD & WHITE BEAR LAKE
Remainder. 109K

Anoka county - 298K, 3 seats.
COON RAPIDS
Colonial Heights, Hilltop, Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Coon Rapids. 116K
BLAINE & LINO LAKES
Centerville, Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, Lexington, Blaine, Columbus township, Ham Lake. 89K
RAMSEY & ANDOVER
Linwood, Burns townships, East Bethel, Oak Grove, Andover, Bethel, Saint Francis, Ramsey, Anoka. 96K

Washington - 201K, 2 seats
WOODBURY
Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Newport, Saint Paul Park, Grey Cloud Island township, Denmark, Affton, Hastings, Lakeland, Lakeland Shores, Lake Saint Croix Beach, Saint Marys Point, West Lakeland township. 97K
OAKDALE & STILLWATER
remainder. 104K

Dakota - 356K, 4 seats
EAGAN
Eagan, Mendota Heights, Mendota township, Lilydale (76K together), part of Apple Valley (45K)
BURNSVILLE
Burnsville (60K), remainder of Apple Valley
SOUTH SAINT PAUL & ROSEMONT
West Saint Paul, South Saint Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Sunfish Lake, Rosemont. 84K
LAKEVILLE & HASTINGS
Remainder. 91K

As you'll notice, these 5 metro counties have just over half of Minnesota's population.

RED WING & FARIBAULT
Rice, Goodhue. 101K
ROCHESTER
Rochester city, Cascade, Haverhill, Marion, Rochester townships. 100K
WINONA
Remainder of Olmsted county; Wabasha, Winona. 96K
AUSTIN & (?) (or just MINNESOTA SOUTH EAST)
Houston, Fillmore, Mower, Dodge. 98K
SHAKOPEE (?) & CHASKA
Scott county, Chaska city of Carver county. 106K
CHANHASSEN & HUTCHINSON
Remainder of Carver county; Sibley, McLeod. 103K
MANKATO
Le Sueur, Nicollet, Blue Earth. 111K
ALBERT LEA
Freeborn, Waseca, Steele, Faribault. 103K
REDWOOD FALLS, FAIRMONT & NEW ULM
Redwood, Brown, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Jackson, Martin. 101K
MARSHALL & WORTHINGTON (or Pipestone might be included, for historical relevance)
Nobles, Rock, Murray, Pipestone, Lyon, Lincoln, Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parle. 100K
WILLMAR & LITCHFIELD
Renville, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Chippewa, Swift. 106K
SAINT MICHAEL
Wright. 89K
SAINT CLOUD
Saint Cloud, Sartell, Waite Park, Saint Joseph, Rockville, Pleasat Lake, Kimball, Cold Spring, Avon cities, Le Sauk, Saint Augusta, Saint Joseph, Rockville, Saint Wendel, Lyndon, Fair Haven, Maine Prairie, Luxemburg, Wakefield, Collegeville, Avon townships. 99K
LITTLE FALLS
Remainder of Stearns; Todd, Morrison, Pope. 101K
SAUK RAPIDS & SHERBURNE
Sherburne, Benton. 98K
LOWER SAINT CROIX (if I reuse this in Wisconsin, hit me as hard as you can)
Chisago, Carlton, Pine. 100K
DULUTH
Duluth, Proctor, Hermantown cities, Midway, Rice Lake, Canosia, Lakewood townships. 106K
IRON RANGE & BOUNDARY WATERS
Remainder of Saint Louis county; Cook, Lake. 108K
CAMBRIDGE & MILLE LACS
Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Aitkin. 83K
BRAINERD & LEECH LAKE
Crow Wing, Cass, Wadena, Hubbard. 114K
FERGUS FALLS & MORRIS
Otter Tail, Douglas, Grant, Stevens. 106K
MOORHEAD
Big Stone, Traverse, Wilkin, Clay, Norman, Becker. 105K
BEMIDJI & INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Itasca, Koochiching, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods. 103K
THIEF RIVER FALLS & CROOKSTON
Roseau, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, Clearwater, Mahnomen. 93K

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Wisconsin
5,363 mio. 54 seats.

Not yet finished, some challenging geography.
Counties entitled to seats of their own are:
Eau Claire, 93K (named EAU CLAIRE)
LaCrosse, 107K (named LA CROSSE)
Dane, 427K
Rock, 152K. Coupled with Green (34K)
Walworth, 94K (named ELKHORN & WHITEWATER)
Kenosha, 150K
Racine, 188K
Milwaukee, 940K. After much contemplation, I have decided to try and create a Kenosha district, a Racine district, 9 Milwaukee districts, a Racine/Kenosha district, and a Racine/Milwaukee district, or a total of 13 districts in the region.
Waukesha, 361K
Dodge, 86K. Jefferson county (74K) is in between these two plus Dane and Walworth, and will be split between these two.
Ozaukee, 82K (named OZAUKEE, after the county)
Washington, 117K (named WEST BEND)
Sheboygan, 113K (named SHEBOYGAN)
Brown, 227K
Manitowoc, 83K. This county will be split, one part to go with the Door Peninsula counties of Kewaunee and Door (48K together), the other part with Calumet county (42K)
Fond du Lac, 97K (named FOND DU LAC)
Winnebago, 157K. Will be coupled with Waushara (23K)
Outagamie, 161K
Marathon, 126K. Will be coupled with Portage (67K).

County splits haven't been done yet, and won't get done today.
Multi-county constituencies are:
SHAWANO & WAUPACA
Shawano, Waupaca. 93K
MARINETTE & ANTIGO
Marinette, Langlade, Oconto, Menominee. 105K
RHINELANDER
Florence, Forest, Vilas, Oneida, Lincoln, Iron. 105K
SUPERIOR & ASHLAND
Douglas, Bayfield, Washburn, Sawyer, Ashland. 107K
RICE LAKE & SAINT CROIX FALLS
Burnett, Polk, Barron. 102K
NEW RICHMOND & RIVER FALLS
Saint Croix, Pierce. 100K
MENOMONIE & (?)
Dunn, Pepin, Buffalo, Trempealeau. 88K
FLAMBEAU RIVER (?)
Chippewa, Rusk, Taylor, Price. 106K
SPARTA & BLACK RIVER
Jackson, Clark, Monroe. 94K
BARABOO & RICHLAND CENTER
Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Sauk. 118K
PLATTEVILLE
Grant, Iowa, Lafayette. 89K
PORTAGE
Columbia, Marquette, Green Lake, Adams. 106K
WISCONSIN RAPIDS
Wood, Juneau. 100K

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Was supposed to be Michigan, actually, but okay, Illinois.
First off, though, the missing bits on Wisconsin.

Dane county:
MADISON NORTH EAST
MADISON SOUTH WEST
Madison (208K), Monona cities, Madison, Blooming Grove towns, Shorewood Hills, Maple Bluff villages. 228K together. Areas added for contiguity reasons.
STOUGHTON & SUN PRAIRIE
Sun Prairie, Stoughton cities, DeForest, Markhall, Deerfield, Cottage Grove, McFarland, something that I can't make out for the life of me but begins with Wa and ends with ee villages, Burke, Bristol, Sun Prairie, Windsor, York, Medina, Deerfield, Cottage Grove, Christiana, Pleasant Springs, Dunn, Albion, Dunkirk, Vienna, Westport towns, parts of Edgertown city and Cambridge village in Dane county. 102K
FITCHBURG & MIDDLETON
Remainder. 98K

Rock and Green counties:
JANESVILLE
Janesville, Milton cities, Janesville, Harmons, Rock, La Prairie, Bradford, Johnstown, Lime, Milton, Fulton towns, part of Edgertown city in Rock county. 90K
BELOIT & MONROE
Remainder of Rock county; Green county. 96K

Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee counties:
KENOSHA
Kenosha city, Somers town. 99K
BURLINGTON & PLEASANT PRAIRIE
Remainder of Kenosha county; Burlington city, Rochester, Waterford villages, Burlington, Rochester, Dover, Waterford, Norway towns. 92 K
RACINE
Racine city, Wind Point, North Bay, Elmwood Park, Sturtevant villages, Mount Pleasant town. 112K
OAK CREEK & CUDAHY
Remainder of Racine county; Cudahy, Saint Francis, Oak Creek, Saint Francis cities. 110K
FRANKLIN & GREENFIELD
Franklin, Greenfield cities, Hales Corners, Greendale villages. 86K
WAUWATOSA & WEST ALLIS
Wauwatosa, West Allis cities, West Milwaukee village. 112K
MILWAUKEE 1-6
Bulk of Milwaukee city (597K)
WHITEFISH BAY (named more for the bay than the village)
Glendale city, Brown Deer, River Hills, Fox Point, Whitefish Bay, Shorewood villages, part of Bayside village in Milwaukee county, aka the part of the county to the NE of the city (66K together), plus small part of Milwaukee city.

Waukesha, Jefferson, and Dodge counties:
BROOKFIELD & MUSKEGO
Brookfield, New Berlin, and Muskego cities; Elm Grove village. 110K
WAUKESHA
Waukesha, Pewaukee cities, Waukesha, Pewaukee towns. 94K
MENOMONEE FALLS & OCONOMOWOC
Oconomowoc city, Menomonee Falls, Lannon, Butler, Sussex, Merton, Chenequa, Lac La Belle, Oconomowoc Lake villages, Lisbon, Merton, Oconomowoc towns. 85K. All of these in Waukesha county.
BEAVER DAM & WATERTOWN
Dodge county; Waterloo, Lake Mills cities, Watertown, Milford, Waterloo, Lake Mills, Aztalan towns, part of Watertown city in Jefferson county. 115K
FORT ATKINSON & MUKWONAGO
Remainder of Waukesha county; Remainder of Jefferson county. 116K. I suppose I should move some more NW Waukesha county areas out of this district and into the Oconomowoc one. I don't feel like it. My boundaries look better.

Door, Kewanee, Manitowoc, Calumet counties:
MANITOWOC NORTH & DOOR PENINSULA
Door, Kewanee counties; Two Rivers city, Maribel, Mishicot villages, Cooperstown, Gibson, Two Creeks, Mishicot, Two Rivers towns (68K to here), parts of Manitowoc city and town (35K together)
MANITOWOC SOUTH & CALUMET
Calumet county; remainder of Manitowoc county (70K + parts of city and town)

Brown county:
GREEN BAY
Green Bay city, Scott, Green Bay, Humboldt towns. 109K
DE PERE & HOWARD
Remainder .116K

Outagamie county:
APPLETON
Part of Appleton city in Outagamie county, Kimberly village, Grand Chute town. 82K
KAUKAUNA
Remainder of county. Just 79K actually. I should shift some NW Brown county areas into this constituency.

Winnebago, Waushara counties:
OSHKOSH
Oshkosh, Omro cities; Oshkosh, Algoma, Black Wolf, Nekimi, Utica, Nepeuskun, Omro, Rushford, Vinland towns. 85K
NEENAH & WAUSHARA
Remainder of Winnebago county; Waushara county. 95K

Marathon, Portage counties:
WAUSAU
Wausau, Schofield, Mosinee cities, Rothschild, Weston, Brokaw, Marathon City villages, Wausau, Stettin, Rib Mountain, Maine, Texas, Berlin, Marathon, Mosinee, Kronenwetter towns. 90K
STEVENS POINT
Remainder of Marathon county; Portage county. 103K

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What's Perkins?

Former Congressman for the area.

Not an acceptable name, in that case. THink of something else.

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Illinois.
Population 12,419 mio. 124 seats.
Cook County - 5,377 mio. 54 seats.
DuPage County - 904K. 9 seats.
Lake County - 644K. 6 seats.
Will County - 502K. 5 seats
Kane County - 404K. 4 seats
McHenry County 260K.Boone County, 42K, situated between McHenry, DeKalb, and Winnebago, added. 302K. 3 seats.
The splits for these Chicago area counties will be done next week, as I don't have time today.
The remainder of the state is done, though:

KANKAKEE
Kankakee. 104K
MORRIS & PLANO (?)
Kendall, Grundy. 93K
DE KALB
De Kalb. 89K
ROCKFORD NORTH
Part of Rockford township (179K)
ROCKFORD SOUTH
Remainder of Rockford township; Cherry Valley township (18K). 197K together.
MACHESNEY PARK & SOUTH BELOIT
Remainder of Winnebago county. 81K
FREEPORT
Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll. 89K
DIXON & ROCHELLE
Ogle, Lee. 87K
OTTAWA, LA SALLE & PERU
La Salle. 112K
STERLING & EAST MOLINE
Whiteside county; Cordova, Coe, Canoe Creek, Zuma, Hampton townships of Rock Island county; part of East Moline city in South Moline township. 100K
ROCK ISLAND & MOLINE
Remainder of Rock Island county. 110K
PRINCETON & KEWANEE (?)
Henry, Bureau, Stark, Putnam, Marshall. 112K
MACOMB & MONMOUTH
Mercer, Warren, Henderson, McDonough, Hancock. 97K
QUINCY
Adams, Brown, Schuyler, Pike, Calhoun. 104K
GALESBURG
Knox, Fulton. 94K
PEORIA SOUTH
West Peoria, Hollis, Timber, Limestone, Logan, Trivoli townships (33K), part of Peoria City township (113K), possibly Richwoods township (7K) depending on distribution of population inside city of Peoria.
PEORIA NORTH
Remainder of Peoria county. 183K together.
PEKIN & EAST PEORIA
Washington, Fondulac, Pekin, Groveland, Elm Grove, Cincinnati, Spring Lake, Dillon, Sand Praire townships of Tazewell county. 97K
LINCOLN & (?)
Remainder of Tazewell county; Woodford, Mason, Logan counties. 113K
BLOOMINGTON & NORMAL
Bloomington City, Bloomington, Normal townships. 114K
CLINTON & (?, two more names might do well)
Remainder of McLean county; Piatt, DeWitt, Moultrie. 83K
WATSEKA & PONTIAC
Iroquois, Ford, Livingston. 85K
DANVILLE
Vermilion. 84K
CHAMPAIGN
Champaign City, Champaign, Hensley, Mahomet, Scott townships. 92K
URBANA & RENTOUL
Remainder of Champaign county. 88K
DECATUR
Macon. 115K
SPRINGFIELD NORTH EAST
Fancy Creek, Williams, Clear Lake, Mechanicsburg, Buffalo Hart, Lanesville, Iliopolis, Rochester, Cooper townships (23K); part of Capital township (111K), all or part of Springfield township (7K), possibly part of Woodside township (13K) - these latter depending on contiguity and on the Capital split.
SPRINGFIELD SOUTH WEST
Remainder of Sangamon county. 189K together.
BEARDSTOWN & JERSEYVILLE (or LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER)
Menard, Cass, Morgan, Scott, Greene, Jersey. 106K
ALTON
Alton, Godfrey, Foster, Wood River, Fort Russell, Moro townships of Madison county. 94K. Adding Oumphghent and Hamel might be an option, bringing the population to 98K, but also weirding the shape of the Edwardsville district.
GRANITE CITY & COLLINSVILLE
Granite City, Chouteau, Venice, Nameoki, Collinsville, Jarvis townships. 102K
EDWARDSVILLE & MACOUPIN
Remainder of Madison county; Macoupin county. 112K (or 108K without Oumphghent and Hamel.)
EAST SAINT LOUIS & CAHOKIA
East Saint Louis, Stites, Canteen, Centreville, Caseyville townships of Saint Clair county. 100K
BELLEVILLE
Belleville, Stookey, Saint Clair, Shiloh Valley, O'Fallon townships. 115K
CHESTER & WATERLOO
Remainder of Saint Clair county; Monroe, Randolph counties. 103K
TAYLORSVILLE & LITCHFIELD (?)
Christian, Montgomery, Shelby, Bond. 106K
CHARLESTON & PARIS (?)
Douglas, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar. 104K
LOWER WABASH (?)
Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Edwards. 98K
EFFINGHAM & VANDALIA
Effingham, Fayette, Marion, Clay. 113K
FAIRFIELD & HARRISBURG
Wayne, Hamilton, White, Saline, Gallatin, Pope, Hardin, Johnson. 96K
MOUNT VERNON & DU QUOIN (? one more name for NE part perhaps)
Clinton, Washington, Perry, Jefferson. 114K
BENTON & MARION
Franklin, Williamson. 100K
CARBONDALE & CAIRO
Jackson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, Massac. 110K

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Illinois.
Population 12,419 mio. 124 seats.
Cook County - 5,377 mio. 54 seats.
DuPage County - 904K. 9 seats.
Lake County - 644K. 6 seats.
Will County - 502K. 5 seats
Kane County - 404K. 4 seats
McHenry County 260K.Boone County, 42K, situated between McHenry, DeKalb, and Winnebago, added. 302K. 3 seats.
The splits for these Chicago area counties will be done next week, as I don't have time today.

So much for that...

[minionofmidas]

Aye, Lewis, whatever happened to that?

I quit.

Obviously.

Nor am I going to restart it, at least until I'm finished with Kingdom Cum.

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For decades Chicago has been divided into community areas that now coincide with groups of census tracts that have summary data collected for them. In terms of census data they area at an equivalent level to townships. The Chicago Community Area Data can be found at the City of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development.

The url for the page with the map is map page

The population data can be looked up on this page: pop page

If you want my suggestions on the division into 100 K units I'll be happy to oblige.

Funny thing is, I'd only just now sent muon a pm asking about those links again... but they don't seem to be working right now.

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I just calculated, the Native majority district in SD voted 51.81% for Kerry. So it possibly could go Republican in a very low Native turnout situation. Of course it also voted 61.58% for Daschle in 2004, so it wouln't be that difficult for a Democrat to overperform on Kerry's numbers and get a bit of a cushion. Most likely a relatively moderate white Democrat would win and become an entrenched popular incumbent.

Where's a White Democrat for that district going to come from? It's inhabited almost exclusively by Native American Democrats and White Republicans.

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Lyman and Charles Mix counties no doubt have a significant number of white Democrats. Bennett too.

Indeed - there's plenty of white Democrats in the area, if you look at precinct results for towns that are almost entirely white.  They're obviously the minority, but they certainly exist in significant numbers.

Yeah, but could one win a primary?

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SD has two-member House districts that also serve as single-member Senate districts... except for two Senate districts that are split into single-member districts so that one of them is Native-majority. Another district, which includes Pine Ridge, would appear to be Native-majority anyways. As far as I can see, there would appear to be three Native legislators, all Democrats. The Pine Ridge Senator (who looks full-blood to me, and is a woman, and has one of those pretty surnames - "Two Bulls"), one Pine Ridge Representative (who's obviously mixed-blood, though. His White colleague is a Republican), and one of the split district Representatives (for Corson etc - he too would appear to be mixed blood). At Rosebud though, there is indeed a White Democratic state Rep holding the native-majority split district.

[minionofmidas]

Yeah, me too. It's just that I don't know how to make them. And am not always working from the same computer.

Nowadays, of course, we have the DRA.

I'll not be sticking to the rules outlined in the opening post though. Less tolerance now, say 5000 from the state average. Still keeping the number of county splits to a minimum.

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Crazy Laconia & points se district is, I think necessary if you want to split no more counties than necessary and split no townships except Manchester (which is slightly too large for one district) and have one district entirely in Manchester. Might be preferable to ignore the meaningless New England counties, but the Nashua district is dictated by the remaining rules anyways, and room for maneuver is limited across Hillsborough and Rockingham, so something odd would probably arise anyways.

New Hampshire North 101,429, 55.3% Obama
Lebanon 99,966, 61.3% Obama
Cheshire 101,923, 62.4% Obama
Laconia & North Rockingham 101,180, 49.8% Obama (would no doubt elect a Republican)
Dover & Rochester 103,347, 61.5% Obama
Portsmouth 101,608, 57.7% Obama
Derry & Mid Rockingham 103,123, 53.4% McCain
Salem & Hudson 102,363, 54.9% McCain
Nashua 99,169, 81.0% anglo, 54.9% Obama
West Hillsborough 102,177, 51.3% Obama (would no doubt elect a Republican)
Manchester 99,709, 81.9% anglo, 55.2% Obama
Manchester West & Hooksett (or whatever you'd call it) 100,391, 52.2% McCain
Concord 100,085, 59.9% Obama

All other districts over 90% anglo.

[minionofmidas]

Reworked it. That Laconia district was just too damn silly. Even reduced the number of county splits by one.

Granted, the districts between Manchester and Nashua look a bit silly now, but that's exurbia anyways. (One of them is also very near the upper limit of tolerance now.) On the plus side, West Hillsborough has been improved on.



New Hampshire North 101,429, 55.3% Obama
Lebanon 101,065, 62.5% Obama
Cheshire 101,923, 62.4% Obama
Concord 100,708, 58.1% Obama
Belknap 100,859, 51.3% Obama (would no doubt elect a Republican)
Dover & Rochester 103,347, 61.5% Obama
Mid Rockingham (or whatever you'd call it) 100,251, 53.3% McCain
Portsmouth 101,608, 57.7% Obama
Derry & Salem 104,559, 53.7% McCain
West Hillsborough 99,655, 51.1% Obama (would no doubt elect a Republican)
Manchester 100,966, 81.8% anglo, 55.2% Obama
Merrimack & Hudson (or whatever you want to call it, these are just the two largest townships) 100,931, 53.5% McCain
Nashua 99,169, 81.0% anglo, 54.9% Obama

All other districts over 90% anglo.

[minionofmidas]

Moving this to a new thread.