Nebraska has three

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due to its population, each of which elects a member to the United States House of Representatives. Census Bureau population growth estimates indicated that Nebraska will keep its third district seat after the 2020 census. An estimate from 2014 indicates that in 2020 Nebraska will have 1.957 million inhabitants, 90,000 inhabitants more than necessary for a third district. Unlike every other U.S. state except for Maine, Nebraska apportions its Electoral College votes according to congressional district, making each district its own separate battleground in presidential elections.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the Nebraskan United States House delegation, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 3 members, all

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Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Nebraska, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in Nebraska between 1973 and 2013 are shown. District numbers are represented by the map fill colors.

Obsolete districts

Fourth district

The fourth district seat was eliminated after the 1960 census.

Fifth district

The fifth district seat was eliminated after the

1940 census The United States census of 1940, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.3 percent over the 1930 population of 122,775,046 people. The census date of record wa ...

Sixth district

The sixth district seat was eliminated after the

1930 census The United States census of 1930, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during ...

At-large district

The at-large district seat was eliminated in 1883.

References

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