Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

has three

congressional districts Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts and legislative districts, electorates, or wards in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region in the larger congressional bod ...

due to its population, each of which elects a member to the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

. 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 Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

, 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 Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated Cook PVI, CPVI, or PVI, is a measurement of how strongly a List of United States congressional districts, United States congressional district or U.S. state leans toward the Democratic Party (United Sta ...

. The delegation has a total of 3 members, all Republicans.

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.

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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