Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

is currently divided into four

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s, each represented by a member of the

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. After the 2020 census, the number of Mississippi's seats remained unchanged.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the United States House delegation from Mississippi, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of four members, including three

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and one

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Apportionment history

From 1789 to 1817, the

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was represented in

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by a non-voting delegate. Since becoming a state on December 10, 1817, Mississippi has sent between one and eight representatives to Congress. #Mississippi was granted statehood on December 10, 1817.

Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Mississippi, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in Mississippi between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Obsolete districts

At-large district

Mississippi's at-large congressional district existed from the granting of statehood in 1817 to 1847 and again from 1853 to 1855.

5th district

The fifth congressional district was created after the 1850 census and abolished following the 2000 census.

6th district

The sixth congressional district was created after the 1870 census and abolished following the 1960 census.

7th district

The seventh congressional district was created after the 1880 census and abolished following the

1950 census The 1950 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 151,325,798, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 131,669,275 persons enumerated during the 1940 census. This was th ...

8th district

The eighth congressional district was created after the 1900 census and abolished following the 1930 census.

References

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Congressional districts Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region in the larger congressional body. Countries with congressional districts includ ...