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Census Dots is an interactive map displaying all 331 million Americans from the decennial census, color-coded by race. Users can explore demographic patterns from national to neighborhood levels.
The map included only one majority Black district despite the fact that the state’s population is about one ... was unconstitutional because voters’ race was the main consideration.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one.
The case involves the interplay between race and politics in drawing ... legislature drew a new congressional map in 2022 to account for population shifts reflected in the 2020 Census.
Its rulings have also said race cannot "predominate" as a factor in how election maps are drawn, but that politics is a permissible factor. Several justices indicated that Louisiana's map should ...
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices aired concerns Monday about race in redistricting, in a case about Louisiana's congressional map.