U.S. congressional districts

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._congressional_districts
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political division
gptkbp:basis_for_apportionment decennial U.S. Census
gptkbp:canBe gerrymandering
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established 1789
gptkbp:governedBy state legislatures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. congressional districts
gptkbp:largest_number_in_a_state gptkb:California
gptkbp:maximum_per_state 53
gptkbp:minimum_per_state 1
gptkbp:not_applicable_in gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkb:U.S._territories
gptkbp:number 435
gptkbp:purpose elect members to the United States House of Representatives
gptkbp:redistricted_every 10 years
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:U.S._Census
gerrymandering
redistricting
state legislatures
apportionment
gptkbp:represents one representative per district
gptkbp:smallest_number_in_a_state gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:subject gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act
Supreme Court rulings
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Better_Know_a_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6